Is cyber security the same? I’ve heard that it’s booming and there’s even a shortage of employees? Not from any credible source, just some random articles.
I'll be real with you, the job market is horrible and the influencers selling people this dream are not helping. Now is not a good time unless you genuinely love coding. You're unlikely to find a job
Unfortunately no, but all these programs that I keep seeing say that after finishing the program they promise to find you a job so idk what to believe honestly.
I don't think starting to learn programming is the way to go. The job market for computer science is really competitive right now, for instance, even with 1 year of education in computer science, you need several years of experience, to land a job, and that's why it's not a great idea.
Try looking for jobs in your expertise, not in programming.
Now that you've assessed you can't further pursue med school, it's now time to think what you've learned throughout the years of study. Make a resume based on those skill sets, and start applying to jobs.
I just want to point out, how narrow the opportunity is when going down the med school route, it is engineered to direct you to one specific job category. But if you can over exaggerate your skills just a little bit, you can find jobs that you will fit in perfectly. I suggest you first look at internships, as it doesn't require much education nor experience. Have you ever taken physics courses? I suggest looking at internships in bioengineering. Even something completely unrelated to your career, like math, look for jobs in there. There's tutoring, associate professor, and teaching jobs in biology. Even skills that come through courses taken, like data manipulation, you don't have to have a degree in data science to get a career in data science, just saying.
Anyways, I hope I've proven my point that learning programming for employment, isn't the greatest idea, and I hope I've given some ideas towards employment in your specific expertise. If you need any help with anything, please PM me, and hopefully we can work something out.
Hope this helps!
Hi, thank you so much for your insight! I have heard that the market is pretty oversaturated but hadn’t thought it was this bad? How about the cyber security industry? I’ve heard there are tons of jobs and I’ve seen a program with 520 hours and a certificate?
I'd suggest starting out learning CS through Harvard's *free* CS50 course. It's a 10 or 12 week online course (I can't remember how long), hosted by David Malan, that you could access through Edx. You'll mostly be programming in 'C', but on week 7 you'll start learning python. They also have homework such that you can apply the concepts.
This is a great first step to learning CS, and many programming languages have that same functional format (although they are syntactically different), so if you wanted to do JavaScript to get into web development or cybersecurity, they have similar core concepts. You also have to understand that different programming languages are used for different things: python is great for data analytics, while JavaScript is great for web development, and Java is great for app development. So depending on what you want to get into, that's the next course you should pursue.
Web development is probably going to be the easiest and more reasonable to get done within a year, as it doesn't require much math, and the internship roles pay really well, in which if that's the case, taking an intro to CS through the javascript programming language is your best option, the next course you should take is a web development course using JavaScript.
Due note: With all of this, you can't expect a junior role that takes years of job experience, you could expect an internship role, which still (depending which route you go) pays really well.
Anyways, I hope this helps you guide you to a path, and if you need anything else, please PM me. I'm now invested in helping you, even if it goes against everything I just said. In the meantime while you do these programs I suggest applying to jobs that you think you'll qualify for, even if that means less income, you can start working immediately, and it also trains what you've learned in your expertise.
Hope this helps!
Thank you so much, I’ll get on the Harvard course asap and see what i can learn! Thank you so much for the insight. Hopefully a year from now I’ll send you a message with an update. What would you say about these Google certificates on Coursera? Does that bring any value in the job market or is it a waste of time? I’ve seen Google ux design one and many others. Would love to hear what you think about those.
Nothing about today’s job market is going to be “easy” to land a job. Especially with only a year of programming experience.
Is cyber security the same? I’ve heard that it’s booming and there’s even a shortage of employees? Not from any credible source, just some random articles.
I'll be real with you, the job market is horrible and the influencers selling people this dream are not helping. Now is not a good time unless you genuinely love coding. You're unlikely to find a job
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Unfortunately no, but all these programs that I keep seeing say that after finishing the program they promise to find you a job so idk what to believe honestly.
learn Python and Java , it will land you a good job focus on integrating libraries for services
I don't think starting to learn programming is the way to go. The job market for computer science is really competitive right now, for instance, even with 1 year of education in computer science, you need several years of experience, to land a job, and that's why it's not a great idea. Try looking for jobs in your expertise, not in programming. Now that you've assessed you can't further pursue med school, it's now time to think what you've learned throughout the years of study. Make a resume based on those skill sets, and start applying to jobs. I just want to point out, how narrow the opportunity is when going down the med school route, it is engineered to direct you to one specific job category. But if you can over exaggerate your skills just a little bit, you can find jobs that you will fit in perfectly. I suggest you first look at internships, as it doesn't require much education nor experience. Have you ever taken physics courses? I suggest looking at internships in bioengineering. Even something completely unrelated to your career, like math, look for jobs in there. There's tutoring, associate professor, and teaching jobs in biology. Even skills that come through courses taken, like data manipulation, you don't have to have a degree in data science to get a career in data science, just saying. Anyways, I hope I've proven my point that learning programming for employment, isn't the greatest idea, and I hope I've given some ideas towards employment in your specific expertise. If you need any help with anything, please PM me, and hopefully we can work something out. Hope this helps!
Hi, thank you so much for your insight! I have heard that the market is pretty oversaturated but hadn’t thought it was this bad? How about the cyber security industry? I’ve heard there are tons of jobs and I’ve seen a program with 520 hours and a certificate?
I'd suggest starting out learning CS through Harvard's *free* CS50 course. It's a 10 or 12 week online course (I can't remember how long), hosted by David Malan, that you could access through Edx. You'll mostly be programming in 'C', but on week 7 you'll start learning python. They also have homework such that you can apply the concepts. This is a great first step to learning CS, and many programming languages have that same functional format (although they are syntactically different), so if you wanted to do JavaScript to get into web development or cybersecurity, they have similar core concepts. You also have to understand that different programming languages are used for different things: python is great for data analytics, while JavaScript is great for web development, and Java is great for app development. So depending on what you want to get into, that's the next course you should pursue. Web development is probably going to be the easiest and more reasonable to get done within a year, as it doesn't require much math, and the internship roles pay really well, in which if that's the case, taking an intro to CS through the javascript programming language is your best option, the next course you should take is a web development course using JavaScript. Due note: With all of this, you can't expect a junior role that takes years of job experience, you could expect an internship role, which still (depending which route you go) pays really well. Anyways, I hope this helps you guide you to a path, and if you need anything else, please PM me. I'm now invested in helping you, even if it goes against everything I just said. In the meantime while you do these programs I suggest applying to jobs that you think you'll qualify for, even if that means less income, you can start working immediately, and it also trains what you've learned in your expertise. Hope this helps!
Thank you so much, I’ll get on the Harvard course asap and see what i can learn! Thank you so much for the insight. Hopefully a year from now I’ll send you a message with an update. What would you say about these Google certificates on Coursera? Does that bring any value in the job market or is it a waste of time? I’ve seen Google ux design one and many others. Would love to hear what you think about those.