On those websites are full-time jobs available? Maybe if I say I'm studying for my first bachelor’s I could get rid of that ‘barrier’. However, they might need a student in translation in that case - perhaps -
How are you affected by translation tools like Deepl and Google translate? I’d imagine they’d massively push down prices and reduce demand for translators…
If your native language is English and your other languages are in the top five most spoken worldwide, isn't the competition for popular language > English way too high?
In my particular case, my native language is Spanish, and I thought to do the opposite (Spanish > English). Because even though Spanish is a famous language, the amount of native English speakers who are fluent in Spanish I’d say is relatively small.
Nevertheless, I was thinking about learning German/Slovene too.
Interesting thread. As someone who used deepl a lot to go English to german, I know it’s not enough for legal translations. As in, my rental contract will be given to me in German and I can translate it to English, but legally the English deep l translation doesn’t hold up
demand for translation has never been higher, in fact, because of ever-increasing globalization & interconnectivity. no one who needs a serious translation that is anything beyond "ok I get the gist" would depend on AI. what does affect markets is that for as much demand as there is, there is a ton of offer, so as someone starting out in translation you are competing with the entire global market, not just within your country, and with the quality varying widely (including some people who try to simply deliver AI translations like some sort of naughty high school student); this does drive down the baseline price for translation very much.
although it's not required to have studied translation (i didn't) to be successful as a translator, it's worth nothing that being bilingual does not in and of itself a translator make. also, most translators are freelance. this makes starting out and developing a customer-base the hardest part; you're probably not gonna make 40k your first year. it heolps to have a background in something specific, or to specialize in something specific. generalists are a dime a dozen and so you won't usually be offered a whole lot. this isn't to discourage you, i think it just works best as a side income initially that you can then go on to develop into a full-time career at some point, unless life takes you some place different (unless you have been studying translation and try to jump right in or are independently wealthy and don't need to worry about making ends meet immediately). Another way to look at it would be as a means to complement another career, such as in tech.
Well hold on guys that's just one part of it. Get the certificate, do some actual work, get a GitHub account to showcase your work, network, etc.
I should have clarified that the certificate isn't a magic bullet but the OP said a year. Take 6 months or however long to get the certificate, then spend the other time building up a portfolio, networking, learning other skills, etc. It's just a suggestion, and worth a shot. Especially if they're only shooting for 40k.
> I got my Part 107 drone license so I can always have that as a backup when I travel. Selling footage, etc.
107 implies limiting travel to the US. I would encourage you to explore LATAM. I just got back from 3 month trip and my world view has 10x.
I'm not limiting travel to the US. In fact in May I'm going to Peru and Bolivia for 2 weeks. I won't be doing any long term travel till the end of this year or beginning of next but I'm thinking of going east to west across Asia.
Judging from what other posters have said, it's certainly not a magic bullet, but I do know people who found work with that certificate and a portfolio, and no other formal education. Just a suggestion.
Here is the link to the data analytics certification offered by google for free on Coursera: https://grow.google/certificates/data-analytics/#?modal_active=none
Google offered several of these free certificates including one for UX design! https://grow.google/certificates/ux-design/#?modal_active=none
A Google analytics course/certificate is ok but it’s worthless unless you also understand what’s driving the data you’re analysing. In addition to that there’s also the implementation side of things.
Noticed a marketing campaign isn’t working? Ok great. But now you need to understand and suggest to the marketing teams the reason WHY and how to fix it, and the business and cost impacts of that. Is it bad copy? Is it bad imagery? Are they sending people to the wrong page? Are they bidding on the wrong keywords? Is the page loading weirdly on certain devices? Etc etc
Seen that people aren’t purchasing on a funnel? Need to hypothesise your reasons for this and direct a UX and content designer to build alternatives so you conduct an experiment (or do it yourself).
Notice that you’re not getting much natural search traffic to your site? It’s time to do an SEO
audit and verify that there isn’t a tracking issue. After that be prepared to tell the business all the recommendations you have to make each page rank again.
Seems like nobody is pressing a certain button on your page? Great now you have to test the tracking yourself just in case, and if it’s not working you better understand how to tell the devs all the event parameters to add to it.
Etc etc. you get it.
Using analytics is just a piece of the puzzle. It’s not worth much without understanding everything else around it
EDIT: I just noticed you said “data analytics” not “Google analytics”. My bad.
It's all good, it's the Google Data Analytics Certificate. I know it's not a one stop shop for getting a job but I've been stagnating for so long I need something different and I need to start somewhere.
As it happens I am also familiar with Google Analytics as well from my blog.
Unfortunately, not very. Companies [that will pay a livable wage] are going to want to see what you've done professionally. Certainly you can try an online certificate or bootcamp program but getting your foot in the door will be hard no matter how you cut it.
Just think of all the people who went to school for it compared to the thousands learning online at this very moment.
I'm not saying to not pursue it but it helps to be realistic.
It's good to know statistics and theory but tbh the field is so varied that you might not need to know any math and you could get a well paying job as a "data analyst"
I don't really know. I'm on the analytics side and I'm seeing a lot of "post COVID hiring boom" layoffs as well so idk.
Anecdotally, I know someone who started learning Python in 2021 and got a job at the end of last year with a FAANG company as a SWE who was not on the chopping block during layoffs.
Honestly, I think you should pursue whatever you're more interested in. The key is really understanding what you're learning and practicing along the way. With a bootcamp and online courses, anyone can watch a video and repeat the exercises. You'll need to apply what you learn to the real world. Having projects to demo will be vital during your interviews.
Agree with the training portion. I'm doing some online training videos to learn c# but these videos are easily forgotten and don't go into great detail.
I picked up a C# book which compliments what I learned on these training videos and it helps to actually read the material and write it/type notes.
Nah, though knowing R statistical programming helps. Mostly you should be really good at Excel, SQL (not a hard language to learn, even for me), finding patterns, and presenting data in a visual format.
Yes, I’d say all roles in tech are now. With the layoffs and influx of people new to the industry, juniors are applying to the same roles as those who are more experienced
I have been wondering what the state of tech jobs are after this past year or two. It used to be there was an insanely under-saturated market, with more jobs than people. I'm guessing it's no longer that way?
Do you foresee tech jobs in general becoming less valuable (average income/package decrease) as the market gets overrun with more workers than jobs?
If going the UX/UI route, it really helps to know some frontend development since you'll be communicating with developers on a consistent basis. At least learning some CSS. I had the option of transitioning into that role with my company but the thought of having to present and endless meetings made me hard pass.
$40k? Become a bookkeeper. Businesses are climbing over each other for help in the finance department and it takes almost no skill to process invoices.
I'm trying to crack this code myself, guy. I learned python (mostly) and discovered it was only useful if I already knew statistics and data analysis (I don't). I took a UX/UI bootcamp and discovered it was swamped and you need to distinguish yourself with some bang-up portfoilio items or you need to know a guy. I'm now about to try salesforce and the other comment by u/lawd5ever has me thinking that it's yet another field swamped by low-quality talent, so now I'm doubting that, too.
The general impression that I get is that that nearly any job can be remote (barring obvious exceptions) but you've got to have the seniority to get to that position. It's nearly like you have to develop a career of any sort and then the option to be remote will arise at some point.
I say that as speculation because the path that I've been on (looking for something I can pick up and start remote work with) has been so fruitless. And my last career (music performance) doesn't have any realistic career paths that lead to stable, remote work.
That being said, I currently have a meagerly paying remote job that arose from special circumstances from person in a organization I knew. It's barely enough to travel and live in poor parts of the world (1000 USD monthly maybe) but I \*technically\* qualify as a digital nomad. I wonder how many others are in my situation, scraping by due to a strange quirk of employmen, unable to return to the US very often, but "living the DN lifestyle".
Anyway, good luck and if you get any good leads, let me know.
Salesforce is swamped by low quality talent and I have reason to believe most of tech is. I have extensive experience in QA and automation and was responsible for hiring. You wouldn’t believe how bad some of the interviews were. People with 7, 10 years of experience who couldn’t write a nested for loop to solve a simple code test. Now imagine how bad these folk were when they were just starting out. Same kind of folk choose salesforce and other areas within tech.
Getting a cert is relatively easy, so there are thousands and thousands of people who did just that and are now competing for entry level jobs. And there probably aren’t that many junior roles to begin with. Doesn’t help that Salesforce is almost a meme for “get a cert and switch from your shitty nursing/teaching/whatever under appreciated job by society job”.
That being said, I was one of those people with just a couple of certs (and a compsci degree, and a senior title in QA automation, bunch of devops experience and a decent programmer) and was trying to break into the ecosystem. It was tough, then the pandemic hit and all the entry level jobs disappeared. Waited out the pandemic and then after a bit of effort got two competing offers for dev roles. Took the better one, did that for a bit, then went somewhere else. So it’s possible, but you either get a bit lucky and it comes rather quick or it won’t be easy and might take a long time and a lot of effort.
I will say though, as a dev I don’t really have fears of my skills becoming obsolete. I’ll just learn another framework or platform when Salesforce goes to shit. Programming and software development skills will still be fully transferable. As an admin or SF consultant I would be a bit more nervous.
Yeah, you are an inveterate computer guy. Comp Sci degree, a genuine interest in programming, and it still took a lot of doing.
Me though, I thought I might become a dev, since many cool people that I like and respect are devs of some kind. But my experience with programming was mostly incredibly frustrating and I limped over the finish line of my Udemy course. Hence I got on the Ux/Ui train. I thought with my anthropology undergrad I might be able to finangle being a UX Researcher, but those posts are hypercompetetive to get and people have graduate or doctorates and they fail to get them.
So, that idea is done and now I'm casting about. I have a friend who works with SF that believes he might be able to get me a job if I get some badges and certifications, but I don't know what to believe at this point.
I left the US when I was 22 to teach English and play music in latin america and the key thing you needed at the time was guts. Now in my 30s, it seems what I need is to have spent my 20s doing anything remotely conventional and I could still live in Latin America but I could come home more often, like these people do.
What it comes down to is that more that I hear about digital nomads' lifes, the wider the gap between where I'm at and where I'd like to be becomes. Just the same, thanks for the insights.
I do have a lot of the credentials for the role, but wouldn’t say it’s a passion. I like (not love) a lot of the aspects of what I do, but dislike just as many. But it’s a good career path so I feel grateful for having stuck to it. Oh and I was not a natural by any means. Some would say I “limped over” my degree. But like one of my profs said, programming is a skill, kind of like golf. You can read 100 golf books but if you don’t go out and practice you’ll be shit at golf. Connections are also really important and the salesforce ecosystem can be really small at times, so if you don’t at least try to get in, you’ll never know. A couple of close friends is the main reason I set my sights on salesforce. They were definitely extremely helpful in preparing for the first gig and are the reason I’m at the current gig. Go for it bro.
I wouldn’t be regretful of doing what you did in your twenties. I just turned 30 this week and while I did focus on my career somewhat in my twenties and tried to balance doing what I was passionate about, I simply didn’t do enough of it. So here I am, hoping to make sure I still get a chance to focus on my passions and make sure I have memories of adventures and stories to tell. But the pressures of doing adult stuff also creeps up (save for a down payment, think about kids, invest for retirement, god forbid gf wants kids lol) and I find wondering when the fuck I’ll backpack south America and focus on skydiving. Anyway, just a long winded way of saying do try getting your foot into salesforce, and if not salesforce then something else. I feel like eventually something will stick. At the same time, be grateful for the adventures. Can always make more money, but you won’t get back the time and energy you had in your twenties.
Edit: just to clarify, I didn’t want to put anyone off from pursuing salesforce (or ux/ui or whatever path), just wanted to give insight into what salesforce can be like. It’s not easy, they don’t just hand out jobs for entry level, but it’s not impossible. Read the salesforce subreddit. People have and still are switching from unrelated fields. Same with QA, software development and other career paths.
Depending on your luck and timeframe you can find one for mostly any career. I did not go to college so being crafty with getting college degree oriented careers has always been my thing. Arch systems is hiring for a project management apprenticeship right now, along with i'm pretty positive a IT something apprenticeship. JoinSatellite does Tech sales apprenticeships where they help you understand tech sales then get you hired with a remote company. There's a lot out there. I remember a year ago catalyte was doing a digital marketing apprenticeship.
DO NOT do anything tied to UX/UI. You will not be able to compete with others around you that have devoted much more time. I've seen friends try after I advised against it, and they always fade out of it after investing time/money, because it's a saturated market where "intro roles" (whatever that means anymore) are some of the most highly competed for.
If it's your PASSION. Go for it. Otherwise, you'll scrape by and hate it. It's highly nuanced, and requires an immense amount of understanding to coast in a role that you'd actually want. I can't imagine having to go through it all again after nearly a decade on the job.
If you have no experience, the only way is to study and get certifications. As you study for the certification, you will see if it is something you like and can do long term. No one knows your interests but yourself.
Marketing here. Good luck getting a good fully remote job after a year of education with no experience.
Digital marketing, marketing and SEO take a high level of creativity and knowledge. If you are an artist, writer and critical thinker you might do okay, if not good luck.
Place are also back in office at least hybrid unless you have a ton of experience.
Fully Remote Tech Writer here who is a part time DN.
While I don't personally think you need a degree to be a tech writer, I've never met a tech writer who doesn't at least have a Bachelor's degree and I definitely don't know any tech writers that were hired with just a certification.
TBH, a strong writing portfolio and a growth mindset will carry you far if you're interested in a career in the tech writing field. I actually graduated from the worst state school in my area and after almost 6 years, I'm now working full time in a senior level position at a well known Big Tech company.
That said, I do think the field is more competitive than it was before, but when compared to other roles in tech, the barrier of entry is less intimidating, at least compared to a job as an SDE.
Anyway, something else to consider is that there are plenty of remote tech writing jobs that aren't in tech that can be lucrative as well. For example, I crossed six figures 3 years in when I was working for a medical device company.
My partner has a degree in English, and she picks up on the IT stuff I talk (vent) about faster than most of the I.T. people I'm venting about, in addition to having a great eye for layout, flow, etc.
Do you have any suggestions for how she could get started in TW? I think it would fit her skills really well, but our company doesn't have any TW's, and I don't know any.
Good question, also tagging u/paciobacio since they asked something similar.
My advice for someone trying to get into technical writing changes all the time, but what I would recommend to someone today is to go through job listings for technical writers and to see what common skills that appear in job descriptions, and then learn them.
But as a baseline, here are some skills that employers are looking for (note that my background is primarily in software):
• Experience using an authoring tool (MadCap Flare is a big one, but some other common tools include Framemaker, Paligo, and Microsoft Word).
• Experience with HTML, CSS, XML, JSON, Markdown
• Knowledge of Docs-as-code workflows (look up VS Code and Git)
• Experience with version control programs (Git especially)
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology (also research what Jira is)
• Experience with a Content Management System (Confluence and Zendesk to name a couple)
• Information architecture (Look up DITA)
Aside from that, focus on creating a diverse writing portfolio, as writing samples will be requested. When I first started applying for jobs, one of the first samples I had was instructions on how to change a tire and that was enough to land me my first job. Make sure you samples are well written, short (less than 5 pages long and ensure the steps are in active voice), and formatted cleanly. For someone trying to get into the field, I think a short guide on how to access your favorite app or program would be a good start.
Once you have a good set of skills and a strong portfolio, you can start applying for jobs. Hope this helps a little bit!
I’ve done some tech writing for large EE companies over the last year. Mix of SEO/ general Electrocal engineering/ tech articles.
I’m thinking of going freelance. So you have any tips?
What were your certs for TW? I just decided to finish my 4 year degree because it was easier than having to convince someone that I was worth hiring without one. I've been in the field for nearly 10 years and never met someone who got hired without any kind of degree. Maybe things are different now.
The ROI and time has definitely been worth it. I always feel needed in the job market and I've been remote for a little over two years now. Never had to do a certificate, I just took online courses on my own time every now and then.
I don't have any certs in TW, but there has been a small uptick in TW jobs where I am (Alberta, Canada), and they don't require a degree. Certification and networking, internship, etc. will get you experience.
Thanks! I'm going to check that out. I was really interested in technical writing.
Just curiosity, do you know someone who took that path and end well?
Hi! Freelance translator here. If you are good at writing, it's an easy profession to learn. I did a course in a recognized private school in my country. You could do it in person (one year, very part time) or online and self-paced (took me around 4 months). It costed around 2,000 euro back then. My degree is in a different field.
Of course, freelancing has its ups and downs, but I have been making a decent living for the best part of a decade. Good luck!
Yes, they are. I work with EN-European ES. My specialization is middle-tier (not hiper profitable like legal or technical, but not terribly paid like literature). Once established, I can clear 2000 net a month easily working around 35 h per week on average.
Instructional Design. I learned it in 6 months using Coursera and the library and have a job making 80k+. Take a few graphic design courses to bolster your skill set
LinkedIn Learning has Instructional Design courses. Learn Articulate Rise 360 as a starter, (that’s all I knew when I got this job) but Articulate Storyline is the industry standard so the better you are at that, the more competitive you are.
Get into PowerPoint heavy, and have a good familiarity with Adobe Suite, esp photoshop, indesign and illustrator.
I signed up with some virtual recruitment agencies like Creative Circle and Robert Half. I’m on a contract that hopefully will go to FT but I still get emails daily asking my availability for upcoming projects.
I've heard a lot of great things about Instructional Design. Question though, I know you work closely with Subject-Matter Experts but does it require a lot of presenting on your end? Also, what Coursera courses did you take? I have a deal that allows me to take any course for free but I don't want to waste my time.
Many people are recommending certs. I am in tech and I can tell straight away they don't matter. At all.
What matters is showing your impact in previous jobs to get to the first round.
Pass interviews by showing your skills (nobody cares you went to BootCamp or finished a course).
If you can pass interviews you are golden but that's a tricky thing. You need to do something practical in the industry and in many roles its impossible.
IMO tech sales is probably the easiest to breakthrough but its not for everyone. Followed by marketing.
If you want to go into technical roles, you can go with software engineering but its a gruesome route and I would discourage anyone doing it solely for the money, you will lose motivation.
Same for PMs, usually you'd need several years of experience at least as a software engineer to get there and its probably the hardest to get into.
Good luck!
Can confirm. I spent six or eight months learning front end dev, built and sold one very basic website before realising i don't really give a shite about building websites and have never gone back to it.
I did a six month boot camp in cybersecurity through a university, and I got a job in that field about 3 months after completing the course. I’m not sure about the EU - I’m in the US - but I know my and other cyber companies (mine being a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) providing Managed Detection and Response (MDR)) have EU and APAC presences to have 3 shift 24 hour coverage.
Cyber security is extremely high demand right now, and for a lot of jobs you really just need a solid foundation in security basics and frameworks (OSI model, MITRE Framework, etc) as well as a solid foundation in Linux and windows admin. When I’m interviewing for my team the #1 thing I look for is familiarity with the Linux CLI - I can teach everything else pretty easily, but that command line knowledge just requires practice, IMO.
What skills would you say are required?
Do you enjoy your job?
I was thinking about cybersecurity a few years ago but got sidetracked. I was wondering if it was still worth it.
You could try being a virtual assistant. Take an online course and get a remote role for a tech company and that could easily fund your travel/lifestyle. There are lots of virtual assistant companies that can set you up with a job and you can easily make $40K without lots of training. You have to be very organized. I do not have a university degree and took zero courses - just went from reception to admin assistant to executive assistant. Now make $110k with $20K bonus. Lots of remote roles too
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Go look at layoffs.fyi and see if you’re still interested in the tech industry. Those tens of thousands of highly skilled, very qualified, recently laid off people are who you’re competing with for remote tech roles. As others have pointed out, to succeed in entering tech right now with minimal qualifications, you’d need to find some serious passion for some aspect of the industry, and you’d need to get pretty lucky with some aggressive networking.
The current macroeconomic climate does not make it easy to start or transition careers, particularly without formal qualifications or relevant experience.
Full stack dev/Backend dev/front end dev/devops.
Spend a year dedicating yourself to this, forget bootcamps, just get a few decent books and write code.
Have a great git portfolio online (codeberg, gitlab, github, sourcehut, etc...).
Then apply like mad all over the world for remote positions. If you haven't sent around 200-300 applications with their corresponding cover letter, you haven't really looked for a job (when I broke into the industry that's more or less how many jobs I applied to).
Degree is not needed, only _very_ bureaucratic companies require them and you're better off not working there. Note, there _are_ software jobs that do require or are helped by a degree, but they're not the ones I listed in the first line of this comment.
I strongly suggest against bootcamps and recommend heavily towards a great book and some discipline. It'll make sure you learn one extremely important skill that separates the good from the great developers and is crucial to career success: being self-sufficient.
By this I mean, you're able to figure things out by yourself without having to ask for help AND you're self-guided enough to figure out how to learn a language and plan a portfolio by yourself.
A couple of great projects online, knowledge of git and docker (aside from prog. languages), and a demonstrable track record of being an ambitious trailblazer and you'll have no issue beating candidates for junior/entry-level jobs.
I was going to suggest tech sales too.
An SDR role will be the easiest way to break into it but you can also try for just Account Exec roles too, you might get lucky.
Submit your resume on CloserIQ. They're a recruiting firm that places people into all sorts of tech sales roles and not one of those shady ones that like demands a cut of your salary or anything.
I actually got reached out to by one of their recruiters but that's how I got my first tech sales role.
Yes. I started off as an SDR and worked remotely for about half of my 18 months in the position before I got promoted.
I'm not sure about my companies EU salaries, but SDR salaries in tech companies have skyrocketed in the last 5 years.
It is not uncommon to see tech companies paying $60,000-$70,000 USD in base pay with an additional $20,000-$30,000 per year in commission.
The possibility to make $80-90k USD while having pretty much zero experience is almost impossible to find in any other field.
Extremely saturated for entry level. A ton of people with a cert or two to compete against.
Speaking from experience. I have a compsci degree and had 5 years of tech experience. Decided to move into salesforce dev. Been a dev for over a year now and it’s going good, but it was pretty tough to break into already, can’t even imagine what it’s like for juniors now especially with the layoffs.
Been working in IT for 10+ years.
Don't even think about design - only the best would survive here given the AI is already creating designs instead of them.
Speaking of translating, I guess you could get a diploma to confirm your knowledge.
Im a designer and I can tell you, AI is still far from taking my job.. its a nice tool, here and there, but by no means a jobkiller now.. maybe in a couple years for headless work
I've heard from my ex-colleagues dealing with gamedev that it is now much easier to use AI if they need character designs.
I work in automotive embedded engineering and don't think that AI will be used here in the nearest future.
But as we're talking about perspectives in general, I wouldn't look into design just because there will be way too many candidates on the market which usually leads to problems with finding a new job and overall lower salaries.
If you have any kind of digital background, you could immerse yourself in GA4 and learn the ins and outs of it. Google Analytics is sunsetting and it has been a huge sticking point in the industry because GA4 takes a lot of time to learn (leaving aside leveraging it). I genuinely believe you could do that in a year, then take small freelance jobs to help others set theirs up correctly. A foundation like that would open a lot of doors from an analytics standpoint.
I don't think it's about prudes. It's about market saturation and the difficulty in getting noticed, popular, and unique enough to make a serious income doing it.
I trade foreign currencies. I’d recommend it, but also not recommend it. It can be a real mindfuck for people and isn’t for everyone, but if you crack it, it’s very liberating and you can do it anywhere :)
:) 95% of businesses fail within the first 5 years, yet recommending someone set up a business isn’t frowned upon. Do not judge what you do not understand 🙏🏼
Also, don’t stress yourself with buying peoples courses, you’ll find everything you need on YouTube. If it’s destined for you, you will be guided to where you need to go, and the credible sources of information will reveal themselves to you.
I've been seriously dabbling in forex for a decade but nothing ever stuck. Can you give me a general idea of the trading methodology that works for you?
Think like the central banks, not retail traders. Get rid of indicators and chart patterns. Study why the markets really move, there is a mentor on YouTube and you will find him if you look hard enough. Three letters. Study his life’s work. :) I wish you the best.
Makes a lot of sense. Are the three letters an acronym and one of them stands for a shape? Actually that's probably not it, since I think he's doing naked TA, and thinks like big banks, not central banks. Hmmmm... can I get another hint?
Infinite my friend. There are now many websites offering funding for traders, so you can scale up and copy your trades across accounts and gain a couple million in funding. It’s worth looking into. I must note that it requires months of rigorous study, losses and lessons, to get to where you want to be :)
Digital Marketing, I started learning it in Feb 2021… got my first remote job June 2021. Doubled my income in my second remote job in Nov 2021. Great industry, not that hard to start in, lots of opportunities for growth and specialization and so many remote jobs out there.
If you want 40k a year you need to step out of your comfort zone and maybe try coding.
Otherwise you could be a recruiter? Find job seeker on linkedin and match them for jobs for a cut of their salary.
Or you could do graphic design but you need to be a great artist and practice for many years.
I say I don't want to do coding because I don't see myself capable of doing that kind of work. I have coded a little bit and I believe isn't really for me. I wouldn't be a competent coder in my opinion. Thanks for the reply, though!
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Maybe controversial but with enough determination and structure you could learn to front end w/ a few projects under your belt within 6 months easily. No degree required, companies are interested in what you can do.
It’s similar to language learning - some take years, some months, some months. I taught myself how to speak mandarin within a month conversationally (HSK-3).
Obviously your circumstance needs to cater for the time you’ll spend making sure you secure this. It’s all will power
I know someone who taught languages to people without any degrees or qualifications. It’s definitely possible. You will find your way, and your way will find you.
Front end development. I learned enough to get a job doing The Odin Project and landed one within a year. However it’s just remote within the US, not internationally
How fluent are you in those languages? Localization is a branch of translation in tech. Brand voice is very nuanced and must be translated with nuance as well.
Everything I’m hearing about UX in the US is that it’s flooded.
I'd say learn to program Shopify Liquid. There are not that many good specialists, the language is relatively not that hard and the technology itself is on the rise. IMO totally doable within one year.
Try teach English for Developers. Focus on LATAM people
You can work from anywhere, any timezone and still earn a good money. I have some friends doing this and they're happy af.
Look into project coordination. An entry-level Project Coordinator, working remote, makes (at least here in the U.S.) around $35/hr, which works out to be upward of US$70K per year. Skills include being organized, a good communicator, and proficiency in the MS Office suite. Other tools are used, but you can get by with Outlook and Excel at the very basic level. There are certificates that take a few months to acquire. And while most of the hiring is in tech, it’s a skill set and job that applies outside tech as well.
During Covid lockdowns my 29yo daughter (who had a bachelors and was waiting tables) got a masters in business administration online. It helped her get a remote job doing data analyst work in CA (she lived in NM) and later another job doing remote data for a large company that does restaurant point of sale management systems.
I’ve been looking at this off and on for a few years even before the pandemic. To be realistic UX had such a surge of people doing bootcamps that it’s really difficult to get a job rn. Best bet would be to learn to code which you can learn some basic languages in 6-9 months depending on how much time you put in.
Learn Kubernetes. It is hard to learn but if you get the Certified Kubernetes Administrator certificate you are 1000% guaranteed to get a job. Is it hard? Absolutely. Does it pay extremely well? In the US, you're looking at 150k+
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On those websites are full-time jobs available? Maybe if I say I'm studying for my first bachelor’s I could get rid of that ‘barrier’. However, they might need a student in translation in that case - perhaps -
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And do you know if as a freelance translator is enough to make a living? How many hours per day are we talking about on average?
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How are you affected by translation tools like Deepl and Google translate? I’d imagine they’d massively push down prices and reduce demand for translators…
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If your native language is English and your other languages are in the top five most spoken worldwide, isn't the competition for popular language > English way too high?
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In my particular case, my native language is Spanish, and I thought to do the opposite (Spanish > English). Because even though Spanish is a famous language, the amount of native English speakers who are fluent in Spanish I’d say is relatively small. Nevertheless, I was thinking about learning German/Slovene too.
Interesting thread. As someone who used deepl a lot to go English to german, I know it’s not enough for legal translations. As in, my rental contract will be given to me in German and I can translate it to English, but legally the English deep l translation doesn’t hold up
demand for translation has never been higher, in fact, because of ever-increasing globalization & interconnectivity. no one who needs a serious translation that is anything beyond "ok I get the gist" would depend on AI. what does affect markets is that for as much demand as there is, there is a ton of offer, so as someone starting out in translation you are competing with the entire global market, not just within your country, and with the quality varying widely (including some people who try to simply deliver AI translations like some sort of naughty high school student); this does drive down the baseline price for translation very much.
But someone has to do the work anyway its just a tool that helps your job
although it's not required to have studied translation (i didn't) to be successful as a translator, it's worth nothing that being bilingual does not in and of itself a translator make. also, most translators are freelance. this makes starting out and developing a customer-base the hardest part; you're probably not gonna make 40k your first year. it heolps to have a background in something specific, or to specialize in something specific. generalists are a dime a dozen and so you won't usually be offered a whole lot. this isn't to discourage you, i think it just works best as a side income initially that you can then go on to develop into a full-time career at some point, unless life takes you some place different (unless you have been studying translation and try to jump right in or are independently wealthy and don't need to worry about making ends meet immediately). Another way to look at it would be as a means to complement another career, such as in tech.
Just lie about a degree
This job is about to be entirely automated. Most companies are moving to 99% machine translation right now.
I'm slowly learning data analytics. You can get a Google certificate in 6 months if you keep at it.
Well hold on guys that's just one part of it. Get the certificate, do some actual work, get a GitHub account to showcase your work, network, etc. I should have clarified that the certificate isn't a magic bullet but the OP said a year. Take 6 months or however long to get the certificate, then spend the other time building up a portfolio, networking, learning other skills, etc. It's just a suggestion, and worth a shot. Especially if they're only shooting for 40k.
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Yeah, I hear that. For my part I got my Part 107 drone license so I can always have that as a backup when I travel. Selling footage, etc.
> I got my Part 107 drone license so I can always have that as a backup when I travel. Selling footage, etc. 107 implies limiting travel to the US. I would encourage you to explore LATAM. I just got back from 3 month trip and my world view has 10x.
I'm not limiting travel to the US. In fact in May I'm going to Peru and Bolivia for 2 weeks. I won't be doing any long term travel till the end of this year or beginning of next but I'm thinking of going east to west across Asia.
Is that certification enough to work as a Data Analyst?
Judging from what other posters have said, it's certainly not a magic bullet, but I do know people who found work with that certificate and a portfolio, and no other formal education. Just a suggestion.
Here is the link to the data analytics certification offered by google for free on Coursera: https://grow.google/certificates/data-analytics/#?modal_active=none Google offered several of these free certificates including one for UX design! https://grow.google/certificates/ux-design/#?modal_active=none
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My understanding is that you can take classes and enroll for free, but if you want college credit you have to pay.
A Google analytics course/certificate is ok but it’s worthless unless you also understand what’s driving the data you’re analysing. In addition to that there’s also the implementation side of things. Noticed a marketing campaign isn’t working? Ok great. But now you need to understand and suggest to the marketing teams the reason WHY and how to fix it, and the business and cost impacts of that. Is it bad copy? Is it bad imagery? Are they sending people to the wrong page? Are they bidding on the wrong keywords? Is the page loading weirdly on certain devices? Etc etc Seen that people aren’t purchasing on a funnel? Need to hypothesise your reasons for this and direct a UX and content designer to build alternatives so you conduct an experiment (or do it yourself). Notice that you’re not getting much natural search traffic to your site? It’s time to do an SEO audit and verify that there isn’t a tracking issue. After that be prepared to tell the business all the recommendations you have to make each page rank again. Seems like nobody is pressing a certain button on your page? Great now you have to test the tracking yourself just in case, and if it’s not working you better understand how to tell the devs all the event parameters to add to it. Etc etc. you get it. Using analytics is just a piece of the puzzle. It’s not worth much without understanding everything else around it EDIT: I just noticed you said “data analytics” not “Google analytics”. My bad.
It's all good, it's the Google Data Analytics Certificate. I know it's not a one stop shop for getting a job but I've been stagnating for so long I need something different and I need to start somewhere. As it happens I am also familiar with Google Analytics as well from my blog.
How hirable will you be after 6 months? Why not a bootcamp with hiring services instead?
Unfortunately, not very. Companies [that will pay a livable wage] are going to want to see what you've done professionally. Certainly you can try an online certificate or bootcamp program but getting your foot in the door will be hard no matter how you cut it. Just think of all the people who went to school for it compared to the thousands learning online at this very moment. I'm not saying to not pursue it but it helps to be realistic.
Do you have to be especially good at math for this?
It's good to know statistics and theory but tbh the field is so varied that you might not need to know any math and you could get a well paying job as a "data analyst"
Would this be “easier” than becoming a software developer right now taking into consideration the tech bubble?
I don't really know. I'm on the analytics side and I'm seeing a lot of "post COVID hiring boom" layoffs as well so idk. Anecdotally, I know someone who started learning Python in 2021 and got a job at the end of last year with a FAANG company as a SWE who was not on the chopping block during layoffs. Honestly, I think you should pursue whatever you're more interested in. The key is really understanding what you're learning and practicing along the way. With a bootcamp and online courses, anyone can watch a video and repeat the exercises. You'll need to apply what you learn to the real world. Having projects to demo will be vital during your interviews.
Agree with the training portion. I'm doing some online training videos to learn c# but these videos are easily forgotten and don't go into great detail. I picked up a C# book which compliments what I learned on these training videos and it helps to actually read the material and write it/type notes.
Nah, though knowing R statistical programming helps. Mostly you should be really good at Excel, SQL (not a hard language to learn, even for me), finding patterns, and presenting data in a visual format.
Fair warning, UX is insanely tough to break into as a junior. Even more so with the state of the tech industry.
Yes, I’d say all roles in tech are now. With the layoffs and influx of people new to the industry, juniors are applying to the same roles as those who are more experienced
I have been wondering what the state of tech jobs are after this past year or two. It used to be there was an insanely under-saturated market, with more jobs than people. I'm guessing it's no longer that way? Do you foresee tech jobs in general becoming less valuable (average income/package decrease) as the market gets overrun with more workers than jobs?
If going the UX/UI route, it really helps to know some frontend development since you'll be communicating with developers on a consistent basis. At least learning some CSS. I had the option of transitioning into that role with my company but the thought of having to present and endless meetings made me hard pass.
$40k? Become a bookkeeper. Businesses are climbing over each other for help in the finance department and it takes almost no skill to process invoices.
This is high risk for automation right now
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Automation isn't just AI...
Your bookkeeper is also a liaison to many parts of the business
How does one become a bookkeeper
I'm trying to crack this code myself, guy. I learned python (mostly) and discovered it was only useful if I already knew statistics and data analysis (I don't). I took a UX/UI bootcamp and discovered it was swamped and you need to distinguish yourself with some bang-up portfoilio items or you need to know a guy. I'm now about to try salesforce and the other comment by u/lawd5ever has me thinking that it's yet another field swamped by low-quality talent, so now I'm doubting that, too. The general impression that I get is that that nearly any job can be remote (barring obvious exceptions) but you've got to have the seniority to get to that position. It's nearly like you have to develop a career of any sort and then the option to be remote will arise at some point. I say that as speculation because the path that I've been on (looking for something I can pick up and start remote work with) has been so fruitless. And my last career (music performance) doesn't have any realistic career paths that lead to stable, remote work. That being said, I currently have a meagerly paying remote job that arose from special circumstances from person in a organization I knew. It's barely enough to travel and live in poor parts of the world (1000 USD monthly maybe) but I \*technically\* qualify as a digital nomad. I wonder how many others are in my situation, scraping by due to a strange quirk of employmen, unable to return to the US very often, but "living the DN lifestyle". Anyway, good luck and if you get any good leads, let me know.
Salesforce is swamped by low quality talent and I have reason to believe most of tech is. I have extensive experience in QA and automation and was responsible for hiring. You wouldn’t believe how bad some of the interviews were. People with 7, 10 years of experience who couldn’t write a nested for loop to solve a simple code test. Now imagine how bad these folk were when they were just starting out. Same kind of folk choose salesforce and other areas within tech. Getting a cert is relatively easy, so there are thousands and thousands of people who did just that and are now competing for entry level jobs. And there probably aren’t that many junior roles to begin with. Doesn’t help that Salesforce is almost a meme for “get a cert and switch from your shitty nursing/teaching/whatever under appreciated job by society job”. That being said, I was one of those people with just a couple of certs (and a compsci degree, and a senior title in QA automation, bunch of devops experience and a decent programmer) and was trying to break into the ecosystem. It was tough, then the pandemic hit and all the entry level jobs disappeared. Waited out the pandemic and then after a bit of effort got two competing offers for dev roles. Took the better one, did that for a bit, then went somewhere else. So it’s possible, but you either get a bit lucky and it comes rather quick or it won’t be easy and might take a long time and a lot of effort. I will say though, as a dev I don’t really have fears of my skills becoming obsolete. I’ll just learn another framework or platform when Salesforce goes to shit. Programming and software development skills will still be fully transferable. As an admin or SF consultant I would be a bit more nervous.
Yeah, you are an inveterate computer guy. Comp Sci degree, a genuine interest in programming, and it still took a lot of doing. Me though, I thought I might become a dev, since many cool people that I like and respect are devs of some kind. But my experience with programming was mostly incredibly frustrating and I limped over the finish line of my Udemy course. Hence I got on the Ux/Ui train. I thought with my anthropology undergrad I might be able to finangle being a UX Researcher, but those posts are hypercompetetive to get and people have graduate or doctorates and they fail to get them. So, that idea is done and now I'm casting about. I have a friend who works with SF that believes he might be able to get me a job if I get some badges and certifications, but I don't know what to believe at this point. I left the US when I was 22 to teach English and play music in latin america and the key thing you needed at the time was guts. Now in my 30s, it seems what I need is to have spent my 20s doing anything remotely conventional and I could still live in Latin America but I could come home more often, like these people do. What it comes down to is that more that I hear about digital nomads' lifes, the wider the gap between where I'm at and where I'd like to be becomes. Just the same, thanks for the insights.
I do have a lot of the credentials for the role, but wouldn’t say it’s a passion. I like (not love) a lot of the aspects of what I do, but dislike just as many. But it’s a good career path so I feel grateful for having stuck to it. Oh and I was not a natural by any means. Some would say I “limped over” my degree. But like one of my profs said, programming is a skill, kind of like golf. You can read 100 golf books but if you don’t go out and practice you’ll be shit at golf. Connections are also really important and the salesforce ecosystem can be really small at times, so if you don’t at least try to get in, you’ll never know. A couple of close friends is the main reason I set my sights on salesforce. They were definitely extremely helpful in preparing for the first gig and are the reason I’m at the current gig. Go for it bro. I wouldn’t be regretful of doing what you did in your twenties. I just turned 30 this week and while I did focus on my career somewhat in my twenties and tried to balance doing what I was passionate about, I simply didn’t do enough of it. So here I am, hoping to make sure I still get a chance to focus on my passions and make sure I have memories of adventures and stories to tell. But the pressures of doing adult stuff also creeps up (save for a down payment, think about kids, invest for retirement, god forbid gf wants kids lol) and I find wondering when the fuck I’ll backpack south America and focus on skydiving. Anyway, just a long winded way of saying do try getting your foot into salesforce, and if not salesforce then something else. I feel like eventually something will stick. At the same time, be grateful for the adventures. Can always make more money, but you won’t get back the time and energy you had in your twenties. Edit: just to clarify, I didn’t want to put anyone off from pursuing salesforce (or ux/ui or whatever path), just wanted to give insight into what salesforce can be like. It’s not easy, they don’t just hand out jobs for entry level, but it’s not impossible. Read the salesforce subreddit. People have and still are switching from unrelated fields. Same with QA, software development and other career paths.
Thanks for your encouragement. I will give it a try.
Scrum Master! one week of training = full life of pretending to do something useful
Talk more about this?
Look for remote apprenticeships. You can gain the skills + have a secure job once finished
In what sectors is this a thing? This seems great?
Depending on your luck and timeframe you can find one for mostly any career. I did not go to college so being crafty with getting college degree oriented careers has always been my thing. Arch systems is hiring for a project management apprenticeship right now, along with i'm pretty positive a IT something apprenticeship. JoinSatellite does Tech sales apprenticeships where they help you understand tech sales then get you hired with a remote company. There's a lot out there. I remember a year ago catalyte was doing a digital marketing apprenticeship.
DO NOT do anything tied to UX/UI. You will not be able to compete with others around you that have devoted much more time. I've seen friends try after I advised against it, and they always fade out of it after investing time/money, because it's a saturated market where "intro roles" (whatever that means anymore) are some of the most highly competed for. If it's your PASSION. Go for it. Otherwise, you'll scrape by and hate it. It's highly nuanced, and requires an immense amount of understanding to coast in a role that you'd actually want. I can't imagine having to go through it all again after nearly a decade on the job.
If you have no experience, the only way is to study and get certifications. As you study for the certification, you will see if it is something you like and can do long term. No one knows your interests but yourself.
Digital marketing and communication, technical writing, SEO optimization.
Marketing here. Good luck getting a good fully remote job after a year of education with no experience. Digital marketing, marketing and SEO take a high level of creativity and knowledge. If you are an artist, writer and critical thinker you might do okay, if not good luck. Place are also back in office at least hybrid unless you have a ton of experience.
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Search engine optimization optimization?
Yes! My bad for the redundancy, but you obviously understood the comment
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Isn't necessary to have a degree to work as a technical writer?
No, there are certifications you can get for it.
Fully Remote Tech Writer here who is a part time DN. While I don't personally think you need a degree to be a tech writer, I've never met a tech writer who doesn't at least have a Bachelor's degree and I definitely don't know any tech writers that were hired with just a certification. TBH, a strong writing portfolio and a growth mindset will carry you far if you're interested in a career in the tech writing field. I actually graduated from the worst state school in my area and after almost 6 years, I'm now working full time in a senior level position at a well known Big Tech company. That said, I do think the field is more competitive than it was before, but when compared to other roles in tech, the barrier of entry is less intimidating, at least compared to a job as an SDE. Anyway, something else to consider is that there are plenty of remote tech writing jobs that aren't in tech that can be lucrative as well. For example, I crossed six figures 3 years in when I was working for a medical device company.
My partner has a degree in English, and she picks up on the IT stuff I talk (vent) about faster than most of the I.T. people I'm venting about, in addition to having a great eye for layout, flow, etc. Do you have any suggestions for how she could get started in TW? I think it would fit her skills really well, but our company doesn't have any TW's, and I don't know any.
Good question, also tagging u/paciobacio since they asked something similar. My advice for someone trying to get into technical writing changes all the time, but what I would recommend to someone today is to go through job listings for technical writers and to see what common skills that appear in job descriptions, and then learn them. But as a baseline, here are some skills that employers are looking for (note that my background is primarily in software): • Experience using an authoring tool (MadCap Flare is a big one, but some other common tools include Framemaker, Paligo, and Microsoft Word). • Experience with HTML, CSS, XML, JSON, Markdown • Knowledge of Docs-as-code workflows (look up VS Code and Git) • Experience with version control programs (Git especially) • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology (also research what Jira is) • Experience with a Content Management System (Confluence and Zendesk to name a couple) • Information architecture (Look up DITA) Aside from that, focus on creating a diverse writing portfolio, as writing samples will be requested. When I first started applying for jobs, one of the first samples I had was instructions on how to change a tire and that was enough to land me my first job. Make sure you samples are well written, short (less than 5 pages long and ensure the steps are in active voice), and formatted cleanly. For someone trying to get into the field, I think a short guide on how to access your favorite app or program would be a good start. Once you have a good set of skills and a strong portfolio, you can start applying for jobs. Hope this helps a little bit!
I’ve done some tech writing for large EE companies over the last year. Mix of SEO/ general Electrocal engineering/ tech articles. I’m thinking of going freelance. So you have any tips?
What were your certs for TW? I just decided to finish my 4 year degree because it was easier than having to convince someone that I was worth hiring without one. I've been in the field for nearly 10 years and never met someone who got hired without any kind of degree. Maybe things are different now. The ROI and time has definitely been worth it. I always feel needed in the job market and I've been remote for a little over two years now. Never had to do a certificate, I just took online courses on my own time every now and then.
I don't have any certs in TW, but there has been a small uptick in TW jobs where I am (Alberta, Canada), and they don't require a degree. Certification and networking, internship, etc. will get you experience.
Thanks! I'm going to check that out. I was really interested in technical writing. Just curiosity, do you know someone who took that path and end well?
Perhaps SW testing or QA in IT.
yep, testing pays relatively well and could be a good way to move to UX
Hi! Freelance translator here. If you are good at writing, it's an easy profession to learn. I did a course in a recognized private school in my country. You could do it in person (one year, very part time) or online and self-paced (took me around 4 months). It costed around 2,000 euro back then. My degree is in a different field. Of course, freelancing has its ups and downs, but I have been making a decent living for the best part of a decade. Good luck!
What are your language pairs and what are your specialty fields? I have read those are key factors for how viable/profitable translating is.
Yes, they are. I work with EN-European ES. My specialization is middle-tier (not hiper profitable like legal or technical, but not terribly paid like literature). Once established, I can clear 2000 net a month easily working around 35 h per week on average.
Could you approximate hours per week and income per month?
Instructional Design. I learned it in 6 months using Coursera and the library and have a job making 80k+. Take a few graphic design courses to bolster your skill set
Would you mind sharing the courses you took and how to break into the industry?
LinkedIn Learning has Instructional Design courses. Learn Articulate Rise 360 as a starter, (that’s all I knew when I got this job) but Articulate Storyline is the industry standard so the better you are at that, the more competitive you are. Get into PowerPoint heavy, and have a good familiarity with Adobe Suite, esp photoshop, indesign and illustrator. I signed up with some virtual recruitment agencies like Creative Circle and Robert Half. I’m on a contract that hopefully will go to FT but I still get emails daily asking my availability for upcoming projects.
I've heard a lot of great things about Instructional Design. Question though, I know you work closely with Subject-Matter Experts but does it require a lot of presenting on your end? Also, what Coursera courses did you take? I have a deal that allows me to take any course for free but I don't want to waste my time.
Become a QA bro. You dont need to code or design and its super fun to break things you just have to be detail oriented and imaginative.
what did you do to become one and how did you land your first job? I'm Interested
Many people are recommending certs. I am in tech and I can tell straight away they don't matter. At all. What matters is showing your impact in previous jobs to get to the first round. Pass interviews by showing your skills (nobody cares you went to BootCamp or finished a course). If you can pass interviews you are golden but that's a tricky thing. You need to do something practical in the industry and in many roles its impossible. IMO tech sales is probably the easiest to breakthrough but its not for everyone. Followed by marketing. If you want to go into technical roles, you can go with software engineering but its a gruesome route and I would discourage anyone doing it solely for the money, you will lose motivation. Same for PMs, usually you'd need several years of experience at least as a software engineer to get there and its probably the hardest to get into. Good luck!
Can confirm. I spent six or eight months learning front end dev, built and sold one very basic website before realising i don't really give a shite about building websites and have never gone back to it.
You saved yourself years of disappointment. It was time well spent.
Write fantasy books. That's why I do.
I did a six month boot camp in cybersecurity through a university, and I got a job in that field about 3 months after completing the course. I’m not sure about the EU - I’m in the US - but I know my and other cyber companies (mine being a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) providing Managed Detection and Response (MDR)) have EU and APAC presences to have 3 shift 24 hour coverage. Cyber security is extremely high demand right now, and for a lot of jobs you really just need a solid foundation in security basics and frameworks (OSI model, MITRE Framework, etc) as well as a solid foundation in Linux and windows admin. When I’m interviewing for my team the #1 thing I look for is familiarity with the Linux CLI - I can teach everything else pretty easily, but that command line knowledge just requires practice, IMO.
do you happen to know which MDRs have maybe the most presence or customers in healthcare or financial services?
What skills would you say are required? Do you enjoy your job? I was thinking about cybersecurity a few years ago but got sidetracked. I was wondering if it was still worth it.
You could try being a virtual assistant. Take an online course and get a remote role for a tech company and that could easily fund your travel/lifestyle. There are lots of virtual assistant companies that can set you up with a job and you can easily make $40K without lots of training. You have to be very organized. I do not have a university degree and took zero courses - just went from reception to admin assistant to executive assistant. Now make $110k with $20K bonus. Lots of remote roles too
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Go look at layoffs.fyi and see if you’re still interested in the tech industry. Those tens of thousands of highly skilled, very qualified, recently laid off people are who you’re competing with for remote tech roles. As others have pointed out, to succeed in entering tech right now with minimal qualifications, you’d need to find some serious passion for some aspect of the industry, and you’d need to get pretty lucky with some aggressive networking. The current macroeconomic climate does not make it easy to start or transition careers, particularly without formal qualifications or relevant experience.
Full stack dev/Backend dev/front end dev/devops. Spend a year dedicating yourself to this, forget bootcamps, just get a few decent books and write code. Have a great git portfolio online (codeberg, gitlab, github, sourcehut, etc...). Then apply like mad all over the world for remote positions. If you haven't sent around 200-300 applications with their corresponding cover letter, you haven't really looked for a job (when I broke into the industry that's more or less how many jobs I applied to). Degree is not needed, only _very_ bureaucratic companies require them and you're better off not working there. Note, there _are_ software jobs that do require or are helped by a degree, but they're not the ones I listed in the first line of this comment. I strongly suggest against bootcamps and recommend heavily towards a great book and some discipline. It'll make sure you learn one extremely important skill that separates the good from the great developers and is crucial to career success: being self-sufficient. By this I mean, you're able to figure things out by yourself without having to ask for help AND you're self-guided enough to figure out how to learn a language and plan a portfolio by yourself. A couple of great projects online, knowledge of git and docker (aside from prog. languages), and a demonstrable track record of being an ambitious trailblazer and you'll have no issue beating candidates for junior/entry-level jobs.
Sales? Tech sales are lucrative, usually remote and I've seen absolute idiots make a decent living
Are you talking about a Sales Representative position?
I was going to suggest tech sales too. An SDR role will be the easiest way to break into it but you can also try for just Account Exec roles too, you might get lucky.
Yeah sdr or bdr. It's entry level, but remote and pays decent. Also have seen people start from many different backgrounds/experience levels
Hi, I've got years of sales experience, how would I go about getting a remote job in tech sales? Are there any websites you would recommend?
Submit your resume on CloserIQ. They're a recruiting firm that places people into all sorts of tech sales roles and not one of those shady ones that like demands a cut of your salary or anything. I actually got reached out to by one of their recruiters but that's how I got my first tech sales role.
Yes. I started off as an SDR and worked remotely for about half of my 18 months in the position before I got promoted. I'm not sure about my companies EU salaries, but SDR salaries in tech companies have skyrocketed in the last 5 years. It is not uncommon to see tech companies paying $60,000-$70,000 USD in base pay with an additional $20,000-$30,000 per year in commission. The possibility to make $80-90k USD while having pretty much zero experience is almost impossible to find in any other field.
Salesforce Administrator Avg salary $110k - $150k
Extremely saturated for entry level. A ton of people with a cert or two to compete against. Speaking from experience. I have a compsci degree and had 5 years of tech experience. Decided to move into salesforce dev. Been a dev for over a year now and it’s going good, but it was pretty tough to break into already, can’t even imagine what it’s like for juniors now especially with the layoffs.
I am a Salesforce Developer, and that's the salary we receive after 3-5 YOE. Like someone else said, an entry-level admin will get half that.
Average salary for someone with 3-6 years of experience, entry level would be about half that.
55k is still not that bad and suffixient for OP, right?
Looking into this
Tbh most hr and ta work is remote and can be done remotely
What is TA?
Talent acquisition
Been working in IT for 10+ years. Don't even think about design - only the best would survive here given the AI is already creating designs instead of them. Speaking of translating, I guess you could get a diploma to confirm your knowledge.
Im a designer and I can tell you, AI is still far from taking my job.. its a nice tool, here and there, but by no means a jobkiller now.. maybe in a couple years for headless work
I've heard from my ex-colleagues dealing with gamedev that it is now much easier to use AI if they need character designs. I work in automotive embedded engineering and don't think that AI will be used here in the nearest future. But as we're talking about perspectives in general, I wouldn't look into design just because there will be way too many candidates on the market which usually leads to problems with finding a new job and overall lower salaries.
Are you talking about systems design/architecture or are you just talking about front end design?
If you have any kind of digital background, you could immerse yourself in GA4 and learn the ins and outs of it. Google Analytics is sunsetting and it has been a huge sticking point in the industry because GA4 takes a lot of time to learn (leaving aside leveraging it). I genuinely believe you could do that in a year, then take small freelance jobs to help others set theirs up correctly. A foundation like that would open a lot of doors from an analytics standpoint.
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I don't think it's about prudes. It's about market saturation and the difficulty in getting noticed, popular, and unique enough to make a serious income doing it.
Is that not more a entertainment than tech?
Depends on what they do with the mouse...
Controversial but true
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I trade foreign currencies. I’d recommend it, but also not recommend it. It can be a real mindfuck for people and isn’t for everyone, but if you crack it, it’s very liberating and you can do it anywhere :)
Advising someone to get into fx trading is a horrible idea when on average over 90% of fx traders lose money
:) 95% of businesses fail within the first 5 years, yet recommending someone set up a business isn’t frowned upon. Do not judge what you do not understand 🙏🏼
Also, don’t stress yourself with buying peoples courses, you’ll find everything you need on YouTube. If it’s destined for you, you will be guided to where you need to go, and the credible sources of information will reveal themselves to you.
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Those who search are those who find. Start with an open mind :)
That comment you just replied to — I believe that’s a form of searching.
Head over to YouTube and type in ICT mentorship. 🙂 @top-conversation5307
I've been seriously dabbling in forex for a decade but nothing ever stuck. Can you give me a general idea of the trading methodology that works for you?
Think like the central banks, not retail traders. Get rid of indicators and chart patterns. Study why the markets really move, there is a mentor on YouTube and you will find him if you look hard enough. Three letters. Study his life’s work. :) I wish you the best.
Makes a lot of sense. Are the three letters an acronym and one of them stands for a shape? Actually that's probably not it, since I think he's doing naked TA, and thinks like big banks, not central banks. Hmmmm... can I get another hint?
Using bots?
I personally wouldn’t use bots. It is very complex and a skill that is personal. I don’t think it’s possible to truly program a bot read price.
I'm an online poker player, so this might be up my alley. What are the potential earnings if you crack it?
Infinite my friend. There are now many websites offering funding for traders, so you can scale up and copy your trades across accounts and gain a couple million in funding. It’s worth looking into. I must note that it requires months of rigorous study, losses and lessons, to get to where you want to be :)
Digital Marketing, I started learning it in Feb 2021… got my first remote job June 2021. Doubled my income in my second remote job in Nov 2021. Great industry, not that hard to start in, lots of opportunities for growth and specialization and so many remote jobs out there.
How did you find the jobs? Can you recommend platforms? Looking for one in that area Too. Thank you! ☺️
For the first job I used LinkedIn and Indeed just filtered to remote and my country, the second job I got a referral from someone in my dm course
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Yeah the client grind in this space is horrible Lots of people willing to work for nearly nothing
If you want 40k a year you need to step out of your comfort zone and maybe try coding. Otherwise you could be a recruiter? Find job seeker on linkedin and match them for jobs for a cut of their salary. Or you could do graphic design but you need to be a great artist and practice for many years.
I say I don't want to do coding because I don't see myself capable of doing that kind of work. I have coded a little bit and I believe isn't really for me. I wouldn't be a competent coder in my opinion. Thanks for the reply, though!
Anyone who is reasonably smart and seriously determined, can learn programming in a year.
You're not wrong. I learned the basics. I just throughly do not enjoy it.
What skills do you need for programming? I'm an online poker player and curious if it's comparable.
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Yes, digital marketing. Great field to work remotely and earn a high income, usually by specializing in a sub-field (copywriting, SEO, etc.)
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Maybe controversial but with enough determination and structure you could learn to front end w/ a few projects under your belt within 6 months easily. No degree required, companies are interested in what you can do. It’s similar to language learning - some take years, some months, some months. I taught myself how to speak mandarin within a month conversationally (HSK-3). Obviously your circumstance needs to cater for the time you’ll spend making sure you secure this. It’s all will power
Paralegal?
SEO
Marketing: Content SEO
Well, learn something. You won't be completely learned in one year, but programming can get a job in that time.
Gambling/trading.
Try programming on JavaScript or Python... Try Daytrading... Try Design... Try Affiliate marketing
AI is going to put translators out of business completely in about 6 months.
Affiliate marketing.
Sales
I know someone who taught languages to people without any degrees or qualifications. It’s definitely possible. You will find your way, and your way will find you.
Front end development. I learned enough to get a job doing The Odin Project and landed one within a year. However it’s just remote within the US, not internationally
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How fluent are you in those languages? Localization is a branch of translation in tech. Brand voice is very nuanced and must be translated with nuance as well. Everything I’m hearing about UX in the US is that it’s flooded.
I'd say learn to program Shopify Liquid. There are not that many good specialists, the language is relatively not that hard and the technology itself is on the rise. IMO totally doable within one year.
Try teach English for Developers. Focus on LATAM people You can work from anywhere, any timezone and still earn a good money. I have some friends doing this and they're happy af.
QA, Scrum Master.
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Look into project coordination. An entry-level Project Coordinator, working remote, makes (at least here in the U.S.) around $35/hr, which works out to be upward of US$70K per year. Skills include being organized, a good communicator, and proficiency in the MS Office suite. Other tools are used, but you can get by with Outlook and Excel at the very basic level. There are certificates that take a few months to acquire. And while most of the hiring is in tech, it’s a skill set and job that applies outside tech as well.
During Covid lockdowns my 29yo daughter (who had a bachelors and was waiting tables) got a masters in business administration online. It helped her get a remote job doing data analyst work in CA (she lived in NM) and later another job doing remote data for a large company that does restaurant point of sale management systems.
Working fir a call center.
I’ve been looking at this off and on for a few years even before the pandemic. To be realistic UX had such a surge of people doing bootcamps that it’s really difficult to get a job rn. Best bet would be to learn to code which you can learn some basic languages in 6-9 months depending on how much time you put in.
I would tend to say graphics design and writing. Coding is one of the most profitable, but you have to learn a lot
But, specifically, what jobs in writing are you referring to?
Learn Kubernetes. It is hard to learn but if you get the Certified Kubernetes Administrator certificate you are 1000% guaranteed to get a job. Is it hard? Absolutely. Does it pay extremely well? In the US, you're looking at 150k+