Hello techies,
Today's article title sounds a little weird, right?
I decided to share this based on my personal experience, what I see on social media platforms, especially on Twitter, the conversation I have had with techies and newbies and wanting more people to get this right.
Shall we 🚀
The tech world is very vast with lots of tools, talents, opportunities, setbacks, professions, hack tips, fast-growing and developing technologies and many more. The tech world dynamically evolves.
For you to grasp a better understanding a Journey type illustration will be used.
Starting in the tech world is a journey that requires self-determination, sacrifices and many more.
To successfully reach the destination of a journey, you should count the cost(requirements). People do embark on journeys at times not because it interests them but because of peer pressure and many more.
The start of a journey for the wrong reason is no failure but finding purpose along the way is the deal.
It is okay to start in the wrong field or change fields but what is more important is getting a good field because there is no perfect field.
Take a break now and ask yourself these:
- Why am I in tech, is it attached to purpose?
- Have I counted the cost, can I pay it?
How did that go, I hope it went well. You may be passionate about tech and be in the wrong field, that is highly possible.
As aforementioned there are a lot of fields, always do to make research on a field before jumping into one.
Little tips for you.
- Ask those who are in the field
- Surf out answers on the Internet e.t.c
Count the cost: This varies a lot because a few factors determine this:
Your Personality: Some people can withstand the heat of writing codes while some prefer no code and some others product design and many more.
Your Location: There are parts of the world where certain fields don't thrive and it can affect opportunities, sometimes resources e.t.c.
The Monetary/Financial Cost: There are some tech fields where the cost of learning is free or less cost, freelancing is attainable but note that this applies to specific fields.
Along the process, you'll have to spend money on necessities that can't be put attended to or acquire some basic equipment which can be so challenging at times.
Have in mind being in a good field will also be tedious and challenging like having a vehicle tire deflated. Nothing comes easy.
Getting a Tech Role
You'll surely get a job in tech if you are persistent and this also varies a lot based on:
- How skilful you are,
- Your location,
- Your connection(e.g social media presence),
The tech field and position e.t.c
You might have come across similar posts like this
I started learning frontend 5 months ago and I just secured a junior role or an internship.
Yeah, this is highly possible and it is not a constant event that happens to everyone. One can have his first full-time opportunity after a year or two.
Being a freelancer to clients found online or your physical location can also be of help and motivation before landing your first tech role.
NB: Please don't believe or dwell a lot on everything you see on social platforms to save yourself from low self-esteem, frustration etc.
Technologies
As much as there are a lot of tech fields, so also there lots of technologies in specific fields. A choice is to be made here as well and I bet you'll like the most suitable technology. I'll just advise you to make research on the job opportunities, how vast it's been used, ask the experts e.t.c.
This article has come to a stop, thanks for reading through this article and I hope you found it useful, you can connect with me on;
Bye.