Mastodawn

How do I pivot my career?

How do I pivot my career? - Reddthat

Hey all. I work in IT and the job market is terrible. I’m not too sure what to do. I was thinking of getting into dsta science stuff, but I don’t know how to get there or what options I have. Any advice would be great.

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lath

Sidestep into engineering. Utilities and maintenance will exist for as long as there are utilities and a need for maintenance.

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Deep 1d ago

what is “engineering” in this field? We have devs and engineers and i dont understand the difference bc im a peon who plays with javascript all day

it’s a title.

Glorified repairman, but of a specialization companies and/or government can’t do without.

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SUDO 1d ago

Currently an engineer actually

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lath 1d ago

So all you gotta do is find offers where there’s a need to maintain software/hardware of industrial machines or server rooms or anything longterm really and insert yourself there, learning the specs on the go.

Easy! 😉 Heh.