I was planning on going back to school to study data science, but everyone online is making it out like the tech field is dead and people are getting laid off and now you need eight year experience just to get an entry level gig. Worried I missed the boat on being able to get a good job in the field, should I just accept I’m stuck in retail?
entry level tech job market is pretty deep in despair judging from experiences of my friends and acquaintances that got laid off/just graduated
But if you’re going to graduate 3-5 years later, who knows what the job market will look like then? A lot of the layoffs/decreased hiring is also purposeful class warfare on the high coding salaries from employers
A lot of the layoffs/decreased hiring is also purposeful class warfare on the high coding salaries from employers
I think the layoffs were more FAANGs trying to move headlines away from a few bad quarters of earnings, “grownups are in charge now” bullshit. Decreased hiring is definitely purposeful. Every company seems to simultaneously never have enough technical staff but also refuse to post positions and refuse to interview even their ideal candidates when they do.
Do you already have a computer background? I would just be wary of going back for an overpriced degree is all. Frankly, if you’re looking for useful skills I’d lean heavy towards AI and security. The combination of the two will be very useful in our cyberpunk dystopia.
I’m not tech illiterate but not super experienced either.
Thing is I kind of suck as self instruction, I thrive better in an environment where I got someone giving me projects and deadlines and direct feedback on my work. Hence why I haven’t had much luck trying to teach myself this stuff just by cruising GitHub.
AI is really maths heavy, just so you’re aware. Using Tensorflow or Scikit learn is fine, but unless you understand the math you’ll be at a disadvantage.
I only know of a couple people I work with that have degrees
Get certs
Any you suggest?
It really depends on what you might do
Starting out at an msp, while it can suck, is a good way of exposing yourself to a lot of technologies quickly… I know where I’m at networking guys are in high demand
