job security and big salaries await you.

dismantle from within

Might be time to start seriously getting back into IT

deleted the post my bad

but gotcha. if anything the development of AI will be used as a tool to automate simple tasks. and like @bitch_mob said, people who adapt to industry standards will stay sharp

So glad I backed out Google. No layoffs at my company yet, but we will probably not be getting much if any on bonuses and raises.

I was in the middle of hiring for a product a***yst role before they froze things

Not bad at all

Don’t, all this RDOF funding has a ton of money for ISPs and for companies that help and manage the infrastructure. Tech is still booming just in a different sector.

where do you recommend starting?

salesforce got 5 months of severance for their layoffs like ngl id take that s*** and take at least a month off to soul search n s***
buuuut i have no kids, single and just a pet so i speak from a privileged standpoint

Networking or Security

where do i start with certifications and what not?

CCNA/Network+ for networking and Security+ for security are pretty decent starts. Neither guarantee a job by any means, but I got a good security position with just the Sec+.

I don’t have any. Just a comp Sci degree.

I haven't done IT since I worked for my college over a decade ago :jordancry:

But it's blown up since then and there's too many lanes for me to cover in a single post, but starting here might be helpful:

comptia.org/content/it-careers-path-roadmap

thanks everyone if you don’t mind me asking have most of the networking/security roles you’ve taken been remote or in office?

I'm allowed to do both. I work in the field a lot too.

f*** STEM majors

My company had tons of people laid off but I survived but scared it could happen to me any moment

Remote for sure. No need to be in an office for my role.

no, just a bunch of horseshit. ai will not replace your job. just a bunch of ed ass libertarians saying that s***. just a huge circlejerk that went from crypto, to nft, to web3 / blockchain, and now to "hur chatgpt!". will not do anything to people who have specialized knowlewdge

That's what I'm doing, tbh. Going through and getting some certs

Y’all tripping considering not getting into the industry bc of this

bruh dont just randomly pick networking or security cuz some random dude told you. learn about the industry first and all the different types of roles. there are sooo many roles:
if you're more of a in-job people person you could do HR/Recruiting
if you're more visual and like creating and strategizing the product, product design / ux design (user experience designer)
if you want to help shape products, good thinker, deadliner, people person, politic-er: product management...
if you like figuring out why products may not work they way they should, and how to fix them ... UX research
SWE.. build the product the designers hand off to you..
data scientist.. market researcher... system admins... security...

sooooo much different s***.. do what makes you happy.
i love coding but couldn't do it as a career -- cuz i wanted to be more upfront in the strategy of the product cuz ima thinker. chose to be a UX researcher. still make just as much money as SWE..

here's a lot of job titles and their salaries: levels.fyi/t

this forreal you just gotta think outside the box and leran to be more marketable than just another coder ASAP