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Pursuing a Midlife Career Change

Filed Under: Career Path - Career Switchers, Category - Computer Science, Region - North America, Stories

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Pursuing a Midlife Career Change

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Looking to learn how to code and possibly make a career switch into computer programming, Patricia knew she didn’t want to spend money on just any educational institution, considering she still had student loans from her past to pay off. After searching online, she came across Coursera and immediately signed up for Programming for Everybody (Python).

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