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Ask HN: Advice for a person in their late-20s switching careers into tech

2 pointsby MLH6ft1over 2 years ago
Hi all, its 2023 and AI is going to take over a lot of jobs. So what advice would you give, to someone who is in their late 20s, for switching from a non-tech related career to tech?<p>Alternatively if you are a person in this field and would have to do things again from start then what&#x2F;how would you do things differently given that its 2023?

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MilnerRouteover 2 years ago
If you&#x27;re worried about AI, you could read up on AI and try to get involved in the field yourself. Or research big data in general -- that&#x27;s the new tech field that seems to be taking over the world. (There&#x27;s online resources where you can play around with big data, just to get a feel for it.)<p>I personally think there will be legacy code to maintain and smaller businesses that need good old-fashioned programming.<p>Don&#x27;t take Hacker News comments as your sole window on the world -- this tends to be a subset of the tech sector with its own bias towards the more trendy new tech. Some more general advice: go to Meetups. You learn a lot about new tech, but it&#x27;s also a good way to network. And don&#x27;t be afraid to change jobs -- that&#x27;s how you increase your salary. (Along the same lines, it&#x27;s helpful to &quot;always be looking.&quot;)
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