This post from Brooklyn-based editor, writer and content strategist Erin Kissane is initially aimed at coders and programmers trying to start out in a new sector, but is applicable to anybody who may be switching careers or coming into a new profession from the outside.

Sometimes this outsider perspective can make life difficult, but there are ways to turn it to your advantage and offer insights which may not have occurred to those more deeply entrenched in institutional norms.

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