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Advice for a person in their late-20s switching careers into tech


Hi all, its 2023 and AI is going to take over a lot of jobs. So what advice would you give, to someone who is in their late 20s, for switching from a non-tech related career to tech?

Alternatively if you are a person in this field and would have to do things again from start then what/how would you do things differently given that its 2023?

  👤 MilnerRoute Accepted Answer ✓
If you're worried about AI, you could read up on AI and try to get involved in the field yourself. Or research big data in general -- that's the new tech field that seems to be taking over the world. (There's online resources where you can play around with big data, just to get a feel for it.)

I personally think there will be legacy code to maintain and smaller businesses that need good old-fashioned programming.

Don't take Hacker News comments as your sole window on the world -- this tends to be a subset of the tech sector with its own bias towards the more trendy new tech. Some more general advice: go to Meetups. You learn a lot about new tech, but it's also a good way to network. And don't be afraid to change jobs -- that's how you increase your salary. (Along the same lines, it's helpful to "always be looking.")