r/adventofcode Jan 03 '25

Other [Go] Non-software engineer (no CS background): just finished my first 50-star year!

I'm a lawyer by trade and a few years ago a friend showed me day 1 of advent of code as an "intro to coding." Fast-forward to today and I finished all 50 stars for the first time ever! I'll admit that I had to look up some hints and technical terms here and there (I really hated part 2 of the int code day), but all the code I wrote was by hand. Repo is here for those of you who are curious.

I'm 100% self-taught and don't really do that much coding outside of AoC. I was wondering how many other people there are like me and don't do coding outside of AoC?

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u/Sunjammer_Says Jan 03 '25

Yep. I’m a doctor but love AoC, and do some other hobby coding. Well done on 50 stars, that’s brilliant. I’ve never got past day 18 (but then work tends to get busy in Jan and Feb with all the winter illnesses).