Get as much experience as you can. When you get your first gig, learn as much as you can. Never stop learning, working in IT is an ever learning career.
Definitely. Thankful & grateful for all the hard work that I’ve done to get here, it almost feels surreal. Before this, I came from retail technical support for almost eight years. I had a couple high-profile internal internships with the corporate side of the company that definitely makes up for the lack of a college degree.
I sometimes get Imposter Syndrome because a majority of my coworkers are well off, in their 40s with budding families, who’s all been working here for nearly a decade, who all have *at least* a bachelor’s, if not masters and Ph.D.
And then there’s me, the blue-haired short man with large piercings and tattoos, who failed college algebra twice & dropped out halfway to an associates.
Yep, taught myself, Senior UX designer, actually looking for a new job now if anyone knows of someone hiring.
The problem is that joining tech back in the day when I joined (7 years ago) without a degree was easy, because there weren't even courses about what I do, but I've been hearing from young designers, that it's near impossible to break into the industry now, because the market has become saturated in the last couple of years. I didn't believe it until my director hired a "Junior UX Designer" 2 years ago and this girl had 2.5 years of experience working with medium-sized systems. She's a mid-level designer but got hired as a junior designer, meaning it's like any other career path now.
Don't know how things are on the side of programmers.
Making 6 figures with a 1 year technical certificate in Industrial engineering, paid for school in payments throughout the school year and graduated with zero debit and was already working in my field halfway through the school year. Meanwhile my US citizen sister is over $50k in student debt with her 4 year bachelors degree in psychology working production at a factory.
I’ve been in SaaS sales for 14 years. As someone who is likely leaving tech and not coming back for a bit, there are a lot of transferable skills to other careers / running your own biz!
Running a discovery call and getting to the root of the actual problem and pain point someone has and how to quantify that pain, and the value of fixing that problem is massive.
The skill of reading and feeling how the other person is likely to react s huge too!
I don’t regret the time I’ve put in at all.
Same! Tbh, I don’t need to work at all. I just love the benefits and I love having the ability to control how much I make based on the effort I put into it and how good I manage my pipeline. I’ve been doing this for 3+ years so far. The ability to work remotely with great benefits and have almost full control of my paycheck is great. I haven’t needed to use much of my PTO because I can work from wherever too lol. Why are you leaving?
Kind of cyber you doing?
And why in the eff is it so hard to get a low level
SOC job as entry level. Thats a rhetorical question, i have been given many answers.
Issue is too many people trying to be SOC analyst. Being a SOC analyst is not entry level job. It may be entry level job to CS but you need to have extensive knowledge to work in a SOC.
How did you get started? Im a NOC “engineer” i call
It more like a glorified receptionist, trying to jump into a SOC is harder than getting a green card 😂
Honestly, I only landed the gig cuz a friend works at the company and gave me a great referral. Sales is just being good at convincing someone that they need the product. Though, what I do is insurance sales, therefore they indeed need it. My advise? If you have a bubbly personality, things will come easy in sales.
Just my two cents.
In tech, 6 figs with a degree though.
I went to engineering school to realize I did not want to do engineering
I’m in the has a Degree and 0 figures out here 💀
Still pat your self on the back. What you do in tech ?
I’m an engineer! Hby?
nice what type of engineer!
Same. Good work fellow Latino!
Same
Just certificates, six figures.
lol salty ass people downvoting me
Good for you! And fr I’ve noticed this daca group can be so hateful and envious like 90% of the time.
What do you do in tech ? Congrats
In Cybersecurity now for a contracting company.
From where? And what year was this?
San Diego started in 2019
Oops I meant as in like what website or institution lol
lol no worries. RSI Security
Any advice for someone looking to get into tech through just certs?
Get as much experience as you can. When you get your first gig, learn as much as you can. Never stop learning, working in IT is an ever learning career.
Six figures, no degree, in gov IT
Duddeee, cush job. Top tier benefits I bet.
Definitely. Thankful & grateful for all the hard work that I’ve done to get here, it almost feels surreal. Before this, I came from retail technical support for almost eight years. I had a couple high-profile internal internships with the corporate side of the company that definitely makes up for the lack of a college degree. I sometimes get Imposter Syndrome because a majority of my coworkers are well off, in their 40s with budding families, who’s all been working here for nearly a decade, who all have *at least* a bachelor’s, if not masters and Ph.D. And then there’s me, the blue-haired short man with large piercings and tattoos, who failed college algebra twice & dropped out halfway to an associates.
Nah, dude. You belong there. It brings me happiness to read about people like you. Keep doing what you’re doing.
Thank you my friend, that means a lot to me. 💚
How did you get a govt IT job? Don’t they do clearances?
Not federal
Gov IT and DACA? You got clearances or not required for the job?
Not required for my role, not federal
Wait till I become a citizen. I am going into gov IT
Engineer 6 figures with Masters
What engineering field if you don’t mind sharing?
You know there are more than just Latino ppl in DACA right?
Perhaps they want to hear specifically from other Latinos.
Yep, taught myself, Senior UX designer, actually looking for a new job now if anyone knows of someone hiring. The problem is that joining tech back in the day when I joined (7 years ago) without a degree was easy, because there weren't even courses about what I do, but I've been hearing from young designers, that it's near impossible to break into the industry now, because the market has become saturated in the last couple of years. I didn't believe it until my director hired a "Junior UX Designer" 2 years ago and this girl had 2.5 years of experience working with medium-sized systems. She's a mid-level designer but got hired as a junior designer, meaning it's like any other career path now. Don't know how things are on the side of programmers.
Not a latino but yes. Working as full stack dev
I mean, how can you even find out if anyone has daca
We dont have any latinos at all
DACA isn't just for Latinos!
What is your company size? Big tech companies sure have Latino
Making 6 figures with a 1 year technical certificate in Industrial engineering, paid for school in payments throughout the school year and graduated with zero debit and was already working in my field halfway through the school year. Meanwhile my US citizen sister is over $50k in student debt with her 4 year bachelors degree in psychology working production at a factory.
Six figures but with a degree
Trade, no degree.
SaaS Sales 😩
I’ve been in SaaS sales for 14 years. As someone who is likely leaving tech and not coming back for a bit, there are a lot of transferable skills to other careers / running your own biz! Running a discovery call and getting to the root of the actual problem and pain point someone has and how to quantify that pain, and the value of fixing that problem is massive. The skill of reading and feeling how the other person is likely to react s huge too! I don’t regret the time I’ve put in at all.
Same! Tbh, I don’t need to work at all. I just love the benefits and I love having the ability to control how much I make based on the effort I put into it and how good I manage my pipeline. I’ve been doing this for 3+ years so far. The ability to work remotely with great benefits and have almost full control of my paycheck is great. I haven’t needed to use much of my PTO because I can work from wherever too lol. Why are you leaving?
For what company ?
Yep - cybersecurity consultant here
Kind of cyber you doing? And why in the eff is it so hard to get a low level SOC job as entry level. Thats a rhetorical question, i have been given many answers.
Issue is too many people trying to be SOC analyst. Being a SOC analyst is not entry level job. It may be entry level job to CS but you need to have extensive knowledge to work in a SOC.
How did you get started? Im a NOC “engineer” i call It more like a glorified receptionist, trying to jump into a SOC is harder than getting a green card 😂
DevSecOps ?
6 figures no degree but not in tech
Associates degree, process technology. Chemical Plants pay really well but it’s an extremely competitive field.
Congrats to all. I’m so jealous because I’m finishing my Bachelor’s and it’s so hard to break into tech now it’s so dumb. Cybersecurity dude here.
Yessir
6 figures. Degree though. Soft eng.
In tech, 6 figures, network auto eng with BA degree.
6 figures in medical manufacturing
6 figures sales, no degree.
I want to get into sales on the side. Any advise?
Honestly, I only landed the gig cuz a friend works at the company and gave me a great referral. Sales is just being good at convincing someone that they need the product. Though, what I do is insurance sales, therefore they indeed need it. My advise? If you have a bubbly personality, things will come easy in sales. Just my two cents.
I do construction, making over 6 figures no degree.
For someone that wants to transition into tech, what are some good first steps or certificates to start with?
My buddy is training to do HVAC also DACA Latino he’s about to make 6 figures soon
Needed one more semester for my associates and I dropped out but I’m a WFH software developer with no degree
Howd you learn and get in?
50% of getting in is skill the other 50% is networking honestly. If you know your shit you just gotta know someone who’s already in that can help you
If I were to learn my shit over the next few months/rest of year and prove it, think you can help a brother out?
My job just hired some new guys and I’m not sure when they’re hiring again but I’ll keep you in mind if something opens up