Hi everyone! I need some help. I’m in my mid-thirties, and I had a growing career that, since covid, has gotten so flaky I can’t properly provide for my family anymore. I have always been interested in tech, and would like to start a career but I’m not sure how to.

Can anyone in the field give me some advice? I don’t have much college experience, only did 1 year 17/18 years ago. Looks like I need some sort of college degree, which I’m fine with.

I also saw some online “bootcamp” things… are they good? I would like to do something where I was helping companies be protected from hackers and work from home as much as possible. White hat hacker type of thing… if that’s real!

Thank you everyone!

  • @linearchaosEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    to admit you don’t know… customer service. not being an asshole.

    Well said, I cannot stress not being an asshole enough :)

    • No politics,
    • No making fun of people/things/history.
    • You’ve got that great story about your uncle and a cdrom cupholder, nope.
    • Treat all people respectfully, don’t interrupt.
    • Limited dad jokes. One or two can be a party, 3+ and they’re wondering if they want to work with you
    • you are not required to disclose family, disability, age, you might choose to say that you have kids in an attempt to project stability and longevity, that’s a decision only you can make.
    • Look up Dunning–Kruger in case they talk about it with you being fresh into the scene. (The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias[2] in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities.)

    Do: (at the end if they ask for any questions)

    • Ask questions about the company culture
    • Ask questions about your coworkers. (tell me about your team)
    • Ask questions about the craziest thing they’ve ever seen.
    • Engage them, get them talking about the things they like.