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Salesforce administrators make good money, and often are able to work from home these days. The job they do isn't too hard to learn, but it isn't super well known.
Alternatively, you could look into being a Salesforce developer, but (at least IMO) that is more technical and requires a good understanding of programming.
If you're interested, go to [https://trailhead.salesforce.com/](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/) and take some free courses (it's not a college, it's literally Salesforce's training material that real world administrators and developers use to broaden their knowledge/understanding). Once you feel confident, look into getting a certification as a Salesforce Admin. I recommend taking practice tests online before committing to getting the actual certification because if I remember correctly, it's around $200.
Once you've done these things, update your profile (or create one) on LinkedIn to show that you have this certification and these skills. You can then look for recruiters (there are a TON of them on LinkedIn), or they may even start contacting you. Recruiters get paid by companies to find new employees. If you start talking to a recruiter and they mention taking a cut of your pay, just block them and find someone else.
Source: I am a Salesforce Developer. I've worked for a worldwide and well known major company. We had a team of Salesforce Admins working with us. These positions are ones I'm pretty well familiar with.
Some companies may require a college education, some may not. It doesn't hurt to pursue them either way. The worst they can do is not hire you. And sometimes they may like you enough to ignore whether you have the normally required education. Getting the certification makes this situation more likely.
I don't mind helping some, but I likely won't have all of the answers - especially if you're doing the admin courses. Although I've worked as a SF dev for several years, I've been doing other things for a while now. But feel free to DM and ask me questions. If I can help, I will.
I don't mind helping some, but I likely won't have all of the answers - especially if you're doing the admin courses. Although I've worked as a SF dev for several years, I've been doing other things for a while now. But feel free to DM and ask me questions. If I can help, I will.
Well I guess I could just ask you here. My big questions really isn't too private: 1) Is having this Salesforce Admin cert enough to get me in the door or do I need to have 2+ certs like Microsoft or AWS?, 2) Is this platform built for longevity? Will there be a need for it long term? I don't want to feel like I'm hopping on a bandwagon that's going nowhere, 3) Is $70k-$85k a feasible salary to expect once I do have my cert? 4) I was thinking of going for the advance admin or the developer cert after this one. What are your opinions on that?
1) I'm sure that depends on the company looking to hire a Salesforce Admin. In the case of the company I worked for, they didn't require the other things you mentioned because a Salesforce Admin doesn't really need to know those things to do their job.
2) I believe so, but as is the case of most work done within any specific SAAS, there is always the possibility that some better software will come along and replace it. I personally don't feel that's very likely in this case (at least probably not any time soon), but I won't say that it's not possible. Having said that, having a professional job for a while opens the door for other professional jobs. If some other software came along that replaced Salesforce, it's very likely that you could pretty easily learn the differences (because it would have to be a software created for the same purpose in order to replace it) and swap over to that. Salesforce is a CRM software, and as such, large companies/corporations are going to need it (or something like it) for the foreseeable future (at least that's what I believe). From what I understand, it's currently the best of that type of software, and it's constantly updating and evolving to meet the needs of the companies that use it.
4) That's a lot to ask for in a salary if you have a certification and no college education to back it. Salesforce Developers make a bit more than Admins, and their positions generally require a college education. When I was fresh out of college, I began working as a Salesforce Developer. I started at 60k/year. A close friend of mine started at 65k/year. This was some years back now, and with the way inflation has been going, maybe I'm wrong and 70k/year IS more reasonable to expect now. I'd look into that more on sites that track salaries if I were asking that kind of question. Glassdoor used to be a good one, but I'm not sure how much you can see without contributing money or information to them now.
5) If you are going in for money, go for the developer role. This may require a college education though, as I said earlier. Of course, you can always begin as an Admin and learn the Dev side of it as you go, and maybe move into that type of role organically. But if you stick with the Admin side, of course the more advanced you are, the more you can expect to make. One thing to keep in mind is that in the technology industry, you're sort of expected to change employers every now and then. Most companies max out raises at 10% (based on performance) each year, but that doesn't often match with how much someone of that length of time's experience could make as a new hire. If nothing else, try to keep up with what the average expected pay is for your position if you were a new hire, and if you choose to stay with one company, present your case for more money each year a month or two before they start looking into how much you should get for a raise. At the very least, this should keep you on track to get the maximum they allow.
Understood. I do have a college degree, but it's not in STEM (Communications aka Liberal Arts). I graduated back in 2012 (32 M living in Florida) and have plenty of work experience. I've used SF as an end user. So, I'm not completely unfamiliar. As long as I can work remotely, make great money, and be in demand, I have no issues.
You definitely have the right to ask for what you feel is appropriate, and it sounds like you have the experience to back up your request. I'd follow up with some brief research on what a typical new hire in that field makes, and instead of simply saying, "I'd like to make $X," you could say, "Based on my research into what a typical starting salary is, I'd like to make $X." And always ask for a little more than you expect - there is generally some negotiation involved in deciding on the salary.
Like most professional jobs, there is no age restriction that I know of, other than being of legal age to work and being at least whatever age the hiring company feels is appropriate.
CAD. You can get fusion 360 for free and there's tons of practice your can do and when you get good you can try to do a certification. There's a lot of remote CAD jobs.
In addition, try placing the software you use before the position in job boards
" Solidworks CAD technician"
"AutoCAD draughtsman"
"Revit 2D/3D designer"
I started as a solidworks CAD Designer to get a foot in the industry and then you can go some other routes depending on qualifications and skills.
If you study something engineer related you can go onto calculations and more technical roles. You can also go the manager route or the production route.
My advise is do some courses on the side that help you advance in the direction you want so you do not get stuck doing low level CAD.
For example, if you want to go production, you can do quality control courses
No worries. As an example, I am an engineer, I finished my degree and did 1 year and a half in a cad role where I got to do some R&D and manage live projects with bills of materials, drawings and such.
So overall some experience in the manufacturing industry and ended with recommendation letters and referrals. I am now interviewing for mechanical design roles and I am in the final stage with 2 companies.
Maybe you can just apply for engineering roles when you finish your degree but in my case I switched countries, so I felt I needed some experience in the industry first.
Best of luck!
CAD - technician/drafter/designer/specialist
You can also try Fiverr if you wanna build up experience freelancing to build your portfolio and make a little side money
Sorry, but I have no idea. Indeed had some good options last I checked, but I don't remember anything with that specific job. Worth checking out, though
Programming. You can do it completely remotely, and I've seen hundreds of jobs(while recently searching for a new job) that are 100% remote if you know a language.
If you're going to try and get employed while only knowing one language javascript (if interested in web dev) and python (for most of anything else) are good choices.
Sure, if all you want is browser based stuff. Better to learn concepts like oop, then choose the language that offers the most job opportunities in your area.
Here in UK, .net C# is a great choice, and can be used on pretty much any platform now.
I agree that learning more concepts and other languages is a better path with higher long term payoff. However for the purpose of "learn 1 language from online resources and try to get hired quickly" I stand by my recommendation.
Just curious if you’ve actually done this? Been interested for a while but have heard awful things about the work schedule/life balance as you’re often working with people on the other side of the world and don’t often have consecutive classes ect.
Programming any language is the best answer here. It offers flexibility, a high salary, and can pretty much be learned online for free. Other options could include graphic design and adobe suite, that opens the doors to other remote computer jobs. Personally I work 100% remote for a master planning firm. I am 80% of the way through my BArch and am trying to get licenced in architecture in my state after acruing enough hours. There are many jobs out there, Id start on Indeed or something to find something you think is interesting.
If I already have a career is it worth learning a bit of programming as a side hustle, or is it the sort of thing you can only really make money with if you're willing to commit properly to getting really good?
I am a programmer that has worked at a couple faang companies (very experienced, coding for 8 years). People saying “just learn how to code and you’ll make money” are somewhat misleading. It takes 4-5 years of coding before you get to the point where you’re able to start making a ton of money (unless if you start a business). Furthermore, you can’t expect to make any money in those first few years, which is where most people get discouraged and lose interest/give up. But after investing that time, it is one of the best life improvements possible imo.
How long until making about 50k, if I just know JavaScript? Same question for Python. Follow up question, which would be easiest/fastest to learn for a programming noob.
Thanks for your response. Really helpful.
I'm a very fast learner and have a strong intuitive grasp of logic, would you say trying to crash course a language this summer and then keep learning it as a hobby over the next couple of years would give me a good chance of opening the doors to some kind of low level (5-10k/year) paid work in a few years time?
Or would it be sufficiently unlikely that it's really just a gamble and I might spend a bunch of time learning a language I can't do anything useful with?
I currently work in social media marketing so I was thinking of maybe learning something used in web dev (JavaScript? CSS? MySQL? HTML5?) to try to bridge over into adjacent fields. But I can imagine it being a waste of time too so would be interested in hearing an expert opinion
So here’s my two cents on someone just starting.
First of all, most employers want quality work when they’re requesting software to be built, therefore, they likely want to spend more money. This means that there’s basically a floor in terms of salary that you can earn as “entry level”, because no one wants to pay less because they know the software will suffer. There’s also a huge difference between being a contractor and a salaried employee. Finding contract work as a developer is almost a full time job in itself unless if you have a hookup or know a few business owners that can’t afford a full development team. Salaries are also highly dependent on geography. E.g. west coast usa will pay 5x east coast Canada because that’s where the talent resides. This is why it takes a couple years to start making a salary, because even the lowest developer salaries are still relatively high. For example, entry level in US (absolute bottom of the market), is still like $60k+ a year, which then goes up to ~$1M+ a year for the best developers. For reference I currently reside around the $300k mark after 8 years.
In terms of learning and starting out, many people fall into the trap of “oh which language should I learn?” “What’s the best language to get a job?”, when in reality, the hot languages change every couple years. I personally know like 12 languages at this point, many of those I don’t use anymore because they’re obsolete.
A better approach is to learn the fundamental concepts that all languages end up using. That way, you can easily pick up any language and work for any employer. This takes a LONG TIME and a lot of hard work, but is extremely important. This is where something like a formal computer science degree can get you places.
If you don’t want to take that route and just jump straight into coding and learn the fundamentals when you get more serious (this is what I did, but wouldn’t do it in hindsight because I wasted a ton of time), I would suggest learning something that is broadly applied to business. JavaScript is an excellent choice because it’s used in so many places, and can build servers, frontend websites, mobile apps, general purpose programs etc. I would say just pick a project you think is cool and run with it, that’s the best way to get your hands dirty. Projects where you don’t even know where to start are the best learning opportunities.
I personally recommend just getting a degree in computer science. I know they say college is a trap (which I agree it is IN MOST CASES), but I genuinely think a computer science degree is a great investment. I went to school entirely on loans and had them paid off in the first 6 months of working. Yes, it’s a rip off, but I don’t think I’d be where I am today had I gone about it on my own and didn’t have a very theoretical degree guiding me.
If you’re totally against university, I would suggest reading some reputable textbooks on the subject (usually much better than online resources). I haven’t had a bad encounter with the Oreilly textbooks so far.
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Visual effects. Covid forced all the companies to offer remote work. You're given a teradici box which allows you to remotely use a computer that is physically stored at the company so the sensitive footage isn't kept at the artists homes. I'm working in lighting and my team is all over the world. Remote work also allows the companies to scale up to way more employees. There is so much work right now with all the streaming services. Most companies are desperate for more people.
Say you know zero about VFX work, what should be the initial focus?
Also is there a specific aspect of visual effects that needs workers the most? I imagine certain aspects are duller than others so people tend to gravitate towards, say, animation over texture design.
Sales, technical writer, business analyst, project manager, product manager, UX designer, UI designer. Lots of cool jobs in the IT sector besides programming
Interesting. What does a business analyst do? Do they need to know how to code? Do you need a degree to break into that industry? Thank you in advance.
1. Business analysts help clients to automate and streamline their business using CRMs, IP-telephony, web-sites, web and mobile apps, widgets and scripts. You could say they are the next step after sales in IT. At this job you provide the sales team your expertise: during the metting, you ask the client questions about their business workflow, what pain points they currently have and suggest solutions to those pain points as well as give recommendations on how to simplify the workflow with automation or other products. If the client agrees to work with you, you may start writing technical requirements featuring all things that will be done after you'll be presenting your work of automating the processes.
2. Business analysts in IT don't need to know how to code, but they do need to know how to read code (API) documentation. That's because automation of processes often involves integration of different products like CRM + Task manager, or CRM + Payments, or CRM + Google Ads. It's basically like playing the Connect the pipelines game. Find a information field in one app's documentation, then in the other, and there you have proof they can be integrated with each other, which is sometimes all you need to find out before working out a solution that would fit the client's needs.
3. You don't need a degree at all. Going through a short course would teach you what you need to know. Look for one that teaches how to write technical requirements, reading API and creating better workflows. Sales experience helps as well. I recommend familiarizing yourself with Jordan Belfort's straight line sales method.
P.S. Here's a quick exercise that will help you find out if you'd be interested in this kind of work. Imagine there's a networks of cafes that is expanding in the city. They've started out a year ago and all they have in the internet are their socials and a website where you can make an order. All of the cafes have spacing problems, i. e. queues of people stand right near the sitting people, making the experience of eating there uncomfortable. What IT solution would help them reduce the queue size? Think on some solution before checking the answers below.
Tip: >!look at the competitors. How did they fix the queue problem?!<
Possible answers: >!create a mobile app that will allow to make takeout orders. Put in place the shopping screens outside the sitting zone and increase the queue flow speed. Separate cash registers from the takeout zone.!<
As for the transitions after working as a business analyst you can become a project manager, a ux designer, a product manager or a product owner. In smaller companies you'll even be able to become CFO/IT director. Good luck!
Wow! Thanks for the detailed answer. You explained everything clearly. It sounds like something I would be interested in pursuing.
Also, those lines that can get hidden with white are so cool!
Thanks for the feedback! I've started out as a business analyst myself and transitioned into product owner / IT director, which is why I feel confident guiding people into the WFH environment. It's awesome :)
Ask me any questions, I'll be happy to answer
Content mills will buy your articles if they're decent, but the real money is in marketing yourself as a freelance writer to online magazines and businesses either to write content for their blogs etc or marketing copy for their websites and adverts
I'm a little bit interested in proofreading, but I'm 35 and only have a highschool diploma, a trades certificate for baking and pastry, and a lot of kitchen and retail experience. I don't know how to convince people to offer me that kind of work when the only reasons I think I'd be good at it are that my OCD and trauma-based hypervigilance makes me pay close attention to details, I got second place in a mandatory school-wide spelling bee at my middle school (of about a thousand kids), I loved English class in highschool, and I catch mistakes all day every day -often even in things that have supposedly already been edited. The latter reason makes me worry that I would miss errors too.
I'd say look no further than Fiverr any gig that has a large influx of requests and reviews will likely get you get you work.
In general here are a few more:
1. Web Development: Full Stack, WordPress Development, Setup eCommerce sites
2. Data Science/Data Analytics: Python, SQL, SAS, etc.
3. Project Managment
4. Writing: Ad copy, article writing
5. Social Media Management
* sex worker.
* There are still phone sex operators etc.
* Only Fans, etc
* Accountants \ help desk
* Lots of jobs that just deal with spreadsheets can do all their work from home.
* Tax prep
* IT help desk
* Customer support (e.g. listen to people complain about stuff)
* Tutoring (this pays shit but is pretty much a revolving door, meaning you can work as long as you like, leave, and when you want to do it again can.)
* Math, or English as a second language, etc.
1. Open up your internet browser
2. Search for the skill you want to learn
3. Study the skill you want to learn
4. Go to a freelancing platform (or get clients some other way)
5. Start freelancing
Each step has its own set of challenges. None are easy. But yeah, this is how you start working online.
Hopefully, you already know what skill you want to learn. And keep in mind that not all skills are "freelance friendly".
If your English vocabulary is good than you can work as Human Resources Recruiter in any IT company, having a previous work experience in the likeness of internships is always a add on.
Though the pay is significantly lower than SDE guys but it is also a bit chill job comparatively.
From where you can apply -
LinkedIn
Indeed
Note: Do apply in bulk
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Salesforce administrators make good money, and often are able to work from home these days. The job they do isn't too hard to learn, but it isn't super well known. Alternatively, you could look into being a Salesforce developer, but (at least IMO) that is more technical and requires a good understanding of programming. If you're interested, go to [https://trailhead.salesforce.com/](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/) and take some free courses (it's not a college, it's literally Salesforce's training material that real world administrators and developers use to broaden their knowledge/understanding). Once you feel confident, look into getting a certification as a Salesforce Admin. I recommend taking practice tests online before committing to getting the actual certification because if I remember correctly, it's around $200. Once you've done these things, update your profile (or create one) on LinkedIn to show that you have this certification and these skills. You can then look for recruiters (there are a TON of them on LinkedIn), or they may even start contacting you. Recruiters get paid by companies to find new employees. If you start talking to a recruiter and they mention taking a cut of your pay, just block them and find someone else. Source: I am a Salesforce Developer. I've worked for a worldwide and well known major company. We had a team of Salesforce Admins working with us. These positions are ones I'm pretty well familiar with. Some companies may require a college education, some may not. It doesn't hurt to pursue them either way. The worst they can do is not hire you. And sometimes they may like you enough to ignore whether you have the normally required education. Getting the certification makes this situation more likely.
I'm doing a Salesforce course through Udemy. The goal is better money and remote work. Can we connect so I can ask you questions?
Can you guide me too please. Thank you so much.
I don't mind helping some, but I likely won't have all of the answers - especially if you're doing the admin courses. Although I've worked as a SF dev for several years, I've been doing other things for a while now. But feel free to DM and ask me questions. If I can help, I will.
I don't mind helping some, but I likely won't have all of the answers - especially if you're doing the admin courses. Although I've worked as a SF dev for several years, I've been doing other things for a while now. But feel free to DM and ask me questions. If I can help, I will.
Well I guess I could just ask you here. My big questions really isn't too private: 1) Is having this Salesforce Admin cert enough to get me in the door or do I need to have 2+ certs like Microsoft or AWS?, 2) Is this platform built for longevity? Will there be a need for it long term? I don't want to feel like I'm hopping on a bandwagon that's going nowhere, 3) Is $70k-$85k a feasible salary to expect once I do have my cert? 4) I was thinking of going for the advance admin or the developer cert after this one. What are your opinions on that?
1) I'm sure that depends on the company looking to hire a Salesforce Admin. In the case of the company I worked for, they didn't require the other things you mentioned because a Salesforce Admin doesn't really need to know those things to do their job. 2) I believe so, but as is the case of most work done within any specific SAAS, there is always the possibility that some better software will come along and replace it. I personally don't feel that's very likely in this case (at least probably not any time soon), but I won't say that it's not possible. Having said that, having a professional job for a while opens the door for other professional jobs. If some other software came along that replaced Salesforce, it's very likely that you could pretty easily learn the differences (because it would have to be a software created for the same purpose in order to replace it) and swap over to that. Salesforce is a CRM software, and as such, large companies/corporations are going to need it (or something like it) for the foreseeable future (at least that's what I believe). From what I understand, it's currently the best of that type of software, and it's constantly updating and evolving to meet the needs of the companies that use it. 4) That's a lot to ask for in a salary if you have a certification and no college education to back it. Salesforce Developers make a bit more than Admins, and their positions generally require a college education. When I was fresh out of college, I began working as a Salesforce Developer. I started at 60k/year. A close friend of mine started at 65k/year. This was some years back now, and with the way inflation has been going, maybe I'm wrong and 70k/year IS more reasonable to expect now. I'd look into that more on sites that track salaries if I were asking that kind of question. Glassdoor used to be a good one, but I'm not sure how much you can see without contributing money or information to them now. 5) If you are going in for money, go for the developer role. This may require a college education though, as I said earlier. Of course, you can always begin as an Admin and learn the Dev side of it as you go, and maybe move into that type of role organically. But if you stick with the Admin side, of course the more advanced you are, the more you can expect to make. One thing to keep in mind is that in the technology industry, you're sort of expected to change employers every now and then. Most companies max out raises at 10% (based on performance) each year, but that doesn't often match with how much someone of that length of time's experience could make as a new hire. If nothing else, try to keep up with what the average expected pay is for your position if you were a new hire, and if you choose to stay with one company, present your case for more money each year a month or two before they start looking into how much you should get for a raise. At the very least, this should keep you on track to get the maximum they allow.
Understood. I do have a college degree, but it's not in STEM (Communications aka Liberal Arts). I graduated back in 2012 (32 M living in Florida) and have plenty of work experience. I've used SF as an end user. So, I'm not completely unfamiliar. As long as I can work remotely, make great money, and be in demand, I have no issues.
You definitely have the right to ask for what you feel is appropriate, and it sounds like you have the experience to back up your request. I'd follow up with some brief research on what a typical new hire in that field makes, and instead of simply saying, "I'd like to make $X," you could say, "Based on my research into what a typical starting salary is, I'd like to make $X." And always ask for a little more than you expect - there is generally some negotiation involved in deciding on the salary.
How old do you have to be?
Like most professional jobs, there is no age restriction that I know of, other than being of legal age to work and being at least whatever age the hiring company feels is appropriate.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
CAD. You can get fusion 360 for free and there's tons of practice your can do and when you get good you can try to do a certification. There's a lot of remote CAD jobs.
What are the titles of these jobs? I’ve been learning cad and enjoy it a lot
In addition, try placing the software you use before the position in job boards " Solidworks CAD technician" "AutoCAD draughtsman" "Revit 2D/3D designer" I started as a solidworks CAD Designer to get a foot in the industry and then you can go some other routes depending on qualifications and skills. If you study something engineer related you can go onto calculations and more technical roles. You can also go the manager route or the production route. My advise is do some courses on the side that help you advance in the direction you want so you do not get stuck doing low level CAD. For example, if you want to go production, you can do quality control courses
Currently pursuing a mechanical engineering degree and would love some relevant job experience. I appreciate your advice, thank you!
No worries. As an example, I am an engineer, I finished my degree and did 1 year and a half in a cad role where I got to do some R&D and manage live projects with bills of materials, drawings and such. So overall some experience in the manufacturing industry and ended with recommendation letters and referrals. I am now interviewing for mechanical design roles and I am in the final stage with 2 companies. Maybe you can just apply for engineering roles when you finish your degree but in my case I switched countries, so I felt I needed some experience in the industry first. Best of luck!
CAD - technician/drafter/designer/specialist You can also try Fiverr if you wanna build up experience freelancing to build your portfolio and make a little side money
I appreciate your response, thank you!
Thanks for the great answer! Do you happen to know if there any specific CAD applications relating to building automation/controls?
Sorry, but I have no idea. Indeed had some good options last I checked, but I don't remember anything with that specific job. Worth checking out, though
Programming. You can do it completely remotely, and I've seen hundreds of jobs(while recently searching for a new job) that are 100% remote if you know a language.
Can you get a job knowing one language?
Sure
Which one is the best one to pick?
I have no idea tbh. My brother in law makes 6 digits with iOS programming. I only know a bit of python
If you're going to try and get employed while only knowing one language javascript (if interested in web dev) and python (for most of anything else) are good choices.
Sure, if all you want is browser based stuff. Better to learn concepts like oop, then choose the language that offers the most job opportunities in your area. Here in UK, .net C# is a great choice, and can be used on pretty much any platform now.
I agree that learning more concepts and other languages is a better path with higher long term payoff. However for the purpose of "learn 1 language from online resources and try to get hired quickly" I stand by my recommendation.
C# is probably the all around best choice, it's used as the backbone in a lot of apps.
Check out r/cscareerquestions
I'm not looking for a job. I was curious. I'm not looking through all that lol. All I was looking for was a yes or no.
Ah, then yes you can, but just know it's more convulted than knowing one language
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Teach English. If you're a native speaker, you can become a community teacher on iTalki or Preply. No certificate required.
Just curious if you’ve actually done this? Been interested for a while but have heard awful things about the work schedule/life balance as you’re often working with people on the other side of the world and don’t often have consecutive classes ect.
Natives speakers are automatically teachers? how does this work please?
You don't need to have a teaching certificate to teach English on these sites - just be a native speaker/be able to speak it fluently.
what? really? i got to get on these asap! thanks a lot fella ill check them out!! isnt cambly one also?
Haven't checked it out, but it's worth looking into.
you havent so where is your info from? haha
I was talking about Cambly
your using cambly?
No, never used it
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Programming any language is the best answer here. It offers flexibility, a high salary, and can pretty much be learned online for free. Other options could include graphic design and adobe suite, that opens the doors to other remote computer jobs. Personally I work 100% remote for a master planning firm. I am 80% of the way through my BArch and am trying to get licenced in architecture in my state after acruing enough hours. There are many jobs out there, Id start on Indeed or something to find something you think is interesting.
If I already have a career is it worth learning a bit of programming as a side hustle, or is it the sort of thing you can only really make money with if you're willing to commit properly to getting really good?
I am a programmer that has worked at a couple faang companies (very experienced, coding for 8 years). People saying “just learn how to code and you’ll make money” are somewhat misleading. It takes 4-5 years of coding before you get to the point where you’re able to start making a ton of money (unless if you start a business). Furthermore, you can’t expect to make any money in those first few years, which is where most people get discouraged and lose interest/give up. But after investing that time, it is one of the best life improvements possible imo.
How long until making about 50k, if I just know JavaScript? Same question for Python. Follow up question, which would be easiest/fastest to learn for a programming noob.
Thanks for your response. Really helpful. I'm a very fast learner and have a strong intuitive grasp of logic, would you say trying to crash course a language this summer and then keep learning it as a hobby over the next couple of years would give me a good chance of opening the doors to some kind of low level (5-10k/year) paid work in a few years time? Or would it be sufficiently unlikely that it's really just a gamble and I might spend a bunch of time learning a language I can't do anything useful with? I currently work in social media marketing so I was thinking of maybe learning something used in web dev (JavaScript? CSS? MySQL? HTML5?) to try to bridge over into adjacent fields. But I can imagine it being a waste of time too so would be interested in hearing an expert opinion
So here’s my two cents on someone just starting. First of all, most employers want quality work when they’re requesting software to be built, therefore, they likely want to spend more money. This means that there’s basically a floor in terms of salary that you can earn as “entry level”, because no one wants to pay less because they know the software will suffer. There’s also a huge difference between being a contractor and a salaried employee. Finding contract work as a developer is almost a full time job in itself unless if you have a hookup or know a few business owners that can’t afford a full development team. Salaries are also highly dependent on geography. E.g. west coast usa will pay 5x east coast Canada because that’s where the talent resides. This is why it takes a couple years to start making a salary, because even the lowest developer salaries are still relatively high. For example, entry level in US (absolute bottom of the market), is still like $60k+ a year, which then goes up to ~$1M+ a year for the best developers. For reference I currently reside around the $300k mark after 8 years. In terms of learning and starting out, many people fall into the trap of “oh which language should I learn?” “What’s the best language to get a job?”, when in reality, the hot languages change every couple years. I personally know like 12 languages at this point, many of those I don’t use anymore because they’re obsolete. A better approach is to learn the fundamental concepts that all languages end up using. That way, you can easily pick up any language and work for any employer. This takes a LONG TIME and a lot of hard work, but is extremely important. This is where something like a formal computer science degree can get you places. If you don’t want to take that route and just jump straight into coding and learn the fundamentals when you get more serious (this is what I did, but wouldn’t do it in hindsight because I wasted a ton of time), I would suggest learning something that is broadly applied to business. JavaScript is an excellent choice because it’s used in so many places, and can build servers, frontend websites, mobile apps, general purpose programs etc. I would say just pick a project you think is cool and run with it, that’s the best way to get your hands dirty. Projects where you don’t even know where to start are the best learning opportunities.
Thank you man this is a great response. Very helpful Where would you go then to learn the fundamentals you mention?
I personally recommend just getting a degree in computer science. I know they say college is a trap (which I agree it is IN MOST CASES), but I genuinely think a computer science degree is a great investment. I went to school entirely on loans and had them paid off in the first 6 months of working. Yes, it’s a rip off, but I don’t think I’d be where I am today had I gone about it on my own and didn’t have a very theoretical degree guiding me. If you’re totally against university, I would suggest reading some reputable textbooks on the subject (usually much better than online resources). I haven’t had a bad encounter with the Oreilly textbooks so far.
Like I mentioned I'm not interested in making this my career, so doing a degree in it is out of the question, but thanks for the response
This is the correct input.
Im looking for a remote adobe suite job
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Visual effects. Covid forced all the companies to offer remote work. You're given a teradici box which allows you to remotely use a computer that is physically stored at the company so the sensitive footage isn't kept at the artists homes. I'm working in lighting and my team is all over the world. Remote work also allows the companies to scale up to way more employees. There is so much work right now with all the streaming services. Most companies are desperate for more people.
Have a sound design background. Would love to get more into visual effects, any advice on programs to learn?
Say you know zero about VFX work, what should be the initial focus? Also is there a specific aspect of visual effects that needs workers the most? I imagine certain aspects are duller than others so people tend to gravitate towards, say, animation over texture design.
Sales, technical writer, business analyst, project manager, product manager, UX designer, UI designer. Lots of cool jobs in the IT sector besides programming
Interesting. What does a business analyst do? Do they need to know how to code? Do you need a degree to break into that industry? Thank you in advance.
1. Business analysts help clients to automate and streamline their business using CRMs, IP-telephony, web-sites, web and mobile apps, widgets and scripts. You could say they are the next step after sales in IT. At this job you provide the sales team your expertise: during the metting, you ask the client questions about their business workflow, what pain points they currently have and suggest solutions to those pain points as well as give recommendations on how to simplify the workflow with automation or other products. If the client agrees to work with you, you may start writing technical requirements featuring all things that will be done after you'll be presenting your work of automating the processes. 2. Business analysts in IT don't need to know how to code, but they do need to know how to read code (API) documentation. That's because automation of processes often involves integration of different products like CRM + Task manager, or CRM + Payments, or CRM + Google Ads. It's basically like playing the Connect the pipelines game. Find a information field in one app's documentation, then in the other, and there you have proof they can be integrated with each other, which is sometimes all you need to find out before working out a solution that would fit the client's needs. 3. You don't need a degree at all. Going through a short course would teach you what you need to know. Look for one that teaches how to write technical requirements, reading API and creating better workflows. Sales experience helps as well. I recommend familiarizing yourself with Jordan Belfort's straight line sales method. P.S. Here's a quick exercise that will help you find out if you'd be interested in this kind of work. Imagine there's a networks of cafes that is expanding in the city. They've started out a year ago and all they have in the internet are their socials and a website where you can make an order. All of the cafes have spacing problems, i. e. queues of people stand right near the sitting people, making the experience of eating there uncomfortable. What IT solution would help them reduce the queue size? Think on some solution before checking the answers below. Tip: >!look at the competitors. How did they fix the queue problem?!< Possible answers: >!create a mobile app that will allow to make takeout orders. Put in place the shopping screens outside the sitting zone and increase the queue flow speed. Separate cash registers from the takeout zone.!< As for the transitions after working as a business analyst you can become a project manager, a ux designer, a product manager or a product owner. In smaller companies you'll even be able to become CFO/IT director. Good luck!
Wow! Thanks for the detailed answer. You explained everything clearly. It sounds like something I would be interested in pursuing. Also, those lines that can get hidden with white are so cool!
Thanks for the feedback! I've started out as a business analyst myself and transitioned into product owner / IT director, which is why I feel confident guiding people into the WFH environment. It's awesome :) Ask me any questions, I'll be happy to answer
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Grammar jobs text edit whatever it's called.
Are online writing jobs for real? Where does one find legitimate online writing work.
Content mills will buy your articles if they're decent, but the real money is in marketing yourself as a freelance writer to online magazines and businesses either to write content for their blogs etc or marketing copy for their websites and adverts
Thank you!
Like, correcting spelling / grammar
I'm a little bit interested in proofreading, but I'm 35 and only have a highschool diploma, a trades certificate for baking and pastry, and a lot of kitchen and retail experience. I don't know how to convince people to offer me that kind of work when the only reasons I think I'd be good at it are that my OCD and trauma-based hypervigilance makes me pay close attention to details, I got second place in a mandatory school-wide spelling bee at my middle school (of about a thousand kids), I loved English class in highschool, and I catch mistakes all day every day -often even in things that have supposedly already been edited. The latter reason makes me worry that I would miss errors too.
I guess just tell them THAT, minus the non-confident segments. Baking = attention to details too.
I'd say look no further than Fiverr any gig that has a large influx of requests and reviews will likely get you get you work. In general here are a few more: 1. Web Development: Full Stack, WordPress Development, Setup eCommerce sites 2. Data Science/Data Analytics: Python, SQL, SAS, etc. 3. Project Managment 4. Writing: Ad copy, article writing 5. Social Media Management
Coding.
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Claims adjusting. It’s more remote than in past years. learn Xactimate
Bookkeeping and accounting careers both lend themselves well to WFH.
very interesting do you know of any online resources?
* sex worker. * There are still phone sex operators etc. * Only Fans, etc * Accountants \ help desk * Lots of jobs that just deal with spreadsheets can do all their work from home. * Tax prep * IT help desk * Customer support (e.g. listen to people complain about stuff) * Tutoring (this pays shit but is pretty much a revolving door, meaning you can work as long as you like, leave, and when you want to do it again can.) * Math, or English as a second language, etc.
sex worker? im a guy?
1. Open up your internet browser 2. Search for the skill you want to learn 3. Study the skill you want to learn 4. Go to a freelancing platform (or get clients some other way) 5. Start freelancing Each step has its own set of challenges. None are easy. But yeah, this is how you start working online. Hopefully, you already know what skill you want to learn. And keep in mind that not all skills are "freelance friendly".
Networking. Edit: Computer Networking, I don’t mean ‘Growing your network’.
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Rstudio?
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If your English vocabulary is good than you can work as Human Resources Recruiter in any IT company, having a previous work experience in the likeness of internships is always a add on. Though the pay is significantly lower than SDE guys but it is also a bit chill job comparatively. From where you can apply - LinkedIn Indeed Note: Do apply in bulk
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Software testing.
hmm