I know all the newest frameworks, and I am constantly learning new tech, but I work in Enterprise Core systems. We don’t implement “new” tech on systems upon which the entire enterprise rely on, and if I find someone doing so, they are getting fired if they have not run it by, and gotten it approved by, an Enterprise Architect like myself. If they want to implement the newest version of Angular in their WebApp, that’s up to them and their product owner, but if I find it running on my servers, then you’ve stepped over a line that is going to cost you dearly. Keep that stuff on your UI.
What about 32yo for a first tech job? I started a cs degree and applying to internships now. I'm worried that my younger colleagues have a better advantage.
Hi @bojanab409, Thanks for watching! Internships are always a positive step and definitely work in your favor over not having any internship experience. Starting a CS degree and applying for internships at 32 is definitely not too late. Your experience and perspective can actually be a big advantage. Don’t worry about the age gap with younger colleagues-focus on building your skills, and you'll do great! ❤️
You can do it, but you will never be a hardcore program; however, your experience with business operations and people management in general would make you a great asset with only a cursory baseline technical knowledge set. That is, the management of assigned tasks, the coordination between Test, QA, and Dev teams, the broad understand of team dynamics, in addition to a baseline tech skillset, would make your age maturity extremely valuable to any organization. Young people tend to get caught up in promoted and politics, so they make horrible managers. U would do well there. If you do want to learn tech and DO tech, I would recommend a highly level language, not C, C++, like Javascript, Python, or perhaps even C# (C# is vast though, but is managed). SQL and data management is going to be huge with AI, so maybe learn SQL and then Python for that. Good luck. The market is dead right now.
I know all the newest frameworks, and I am constantly learning new tech, but I work in Enterprise Core systems. We don’t implement “new” tech on systems upon which the entire enterprise rely on, and if I find someone doing so, they are getting fired if they have not run it by, and gotten it approved by, an Enterprise Architect like myself. If they want to implement the newest version of Angular in their WebApp, that’s up to them and their product owner, but if I find it running on my servers, then you’ve stepped over a line that is going to cost you dearly. Keep that stuff on your UI.
@@rmcgraw7943 This is the way!
What about 32yo for a first tech job? I started a cs degree and applying to internships now.
I'm worried that my younger colleagues have a better advantage.
Hi @bojanab409, Thanks for watching! Internships are always a positive step and definitely work in your favor over not having any internship experience. Starting a CS degree and applying for internships at 32 is definitely not too late. Your experience and perspective can actually be a big advantage. Don’t worry about the age gap with younger colleagues-focus on building your skills, and you'll do great! ❤️
This is evergreen advise
Thanks for watching!
How about a career switch into tech at 40 y.o.?
Switching to tech at 40? Go for it! It's never too late to start, and experience from other fields is a huge asset.
You can do it, but you will never be a hardcore program; however, your experience with business operations and people management in general would make you a great asset with only a cursory baseline technical knowledge set. That is, the management of assigned tasks, the coordination between Test, QA, and Dev teams, the broad understand of team dynamics, in addition to a baseline tech skillset, would make your age maturity extremely valuable to any organization. Young people tend to get caught up in promoted and politics, so they make horrible managers. U would do well there. If you do want to learn tech and DO tech, I would recommend a highly level language, not C, C++, like Javascript, Python, or perhaps even C# (C# is vast though, but is managed). SQL and data management is going to be huge with AI, so maybe learn SQL and then Python for that. Good luck. The market is dead right now.