From an Unrelated Career To IT/Programming?

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An anonymous reader writes "I hate my career of the past few years. For a long time I've wondered what I'd do after I broke even and could get into something new, and I keep coming back to computers. I'd like to get into software, since I always enjoyed coding. I have some background with C++ so I'm not starting entirely from scratch. My problem is my degrees and past employment have no practical application to the field. Where should I start? I have friends in both IT and software development who might be able to pull some strings and get me an interview or two for entry-level positions, but what can I do to make myself hireable in a short period of time? Is it possible to pick up enough of what I'd need within a couple months? If so, what and how?"http://developers.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/03/20/1518248 (http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/20/1518248&from=rss)
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