Hi!
I’ve been studying with CA the past 6 months in my free time and getting to the point where I want to change career fields but am not really sure where to even start.
My backstory:
I’ve been in recruitment for the past 6 years, and even though I’ve had a great time doing it, I’m now bored and needing a new challenge badly. About a year ago I made the decision I’d be leaving, but didn’t know what I wanted to do. After speaking with several friends in tech, the more I spoke with them the more it was something I was interested in and decided to start learning code in my spare time. It’s been tough, juggling a full-time job, social life, and studying, and there were points where I was maybe only getting an hour a week to do so. Thankfully the past several weeks I’ve been a lot more discliplined and doing 2 evenings a week plus Saturdays. Over the past 6 months I’ve learned HTML, CSS, basic Javascript, basic Ruby-On-Rails, SQL and I’m now nearing the end of the Data Science/Python course. Which leads me to my first problem:
The tech field is so large and diverse, what kind of jobs do I even go for? That is what I am hoping YOU the Code Academy forum audience can help with!
I will break this down into bullets to make it easier to fathom:
- I want to build a long-term career in tech
- I don’t want to spend all day with headphones in, I need human interaction!
- I have 6+ years experience with Sales/Business Development/Client-facing/Interpersonal skills
- I have recently been focusing on Data Science but will learn anything that is within my grasp
- I currently earn OTE £50-£60k - I am willing to take a drop in salary to build a new career, but need to know it will be lucrative long-term and the drop short-term isn’t going to be TOO steep
Any sage advice for career transition novice??
Thanks,
Steve