How much CS experience do you have? Did you go straight through school or did you work in the industry for a few years?

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Zero. K-JD. Learned much of what I know about the technology on the job.

None. Undergrad is in molecular bio - worked in a clinical reference lab for about 5 years prior to law school. Even though I had a special certification and extra schoolwork (I was teaching medical directors about the work I did), no one hires patent prosecutors in biotech without at least a Masters. So, when IBM hired me out of law school, I ran with it. 8 years later, I work elsewhere, but still mostly do CS related work.

I used to do IBM work as OC. I shudder to think what it’s like to work there lol.

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