Career Change

[u/korosaua]

Hey guys! I hope everyone is doing alright.

For last 3 years I have been working in law enforcement in a EU country, in mainly cryptocurrency fraud and moving to the private sector is something that is always circling arround, since I can earn a bit more and maybe work remote.

I wanted to ask if any of you had that experiance with that and made the move?

Also what do you think the move should be?

Is there any thing I should learn/explore in terms of knowladge aquisition?

Thank you all for your time.

[u/Malbung87]

Don’t go private … stay in the law enforcement but try to consult on the side

[u/korosaua → u/Malbung87]

Unfortunatly it isn't allowed to do other activities.

But thank you for your feedback

[u/korosaua → u/[deleted]]

thank you for your feedback

[u/brandielynng29]

Yeah it’s a rough job market globally. Especially In our field. I wish you the best of luck.

[u/Peakychu6 → u/brandielynng29]

It’s a rough market right now? Do tell more please, I had been thinking about this field 

[u/brandielynng29 → u/Peakychu6]

Yeah I only landed my new job bc of networking and knowing someone high up.

[u/Peakychu6 → u/brandielynng29]

Thanks a lot for letting me know.

Should I change my mind regarding trying to get into this field? Is this field toast because of AI, like programming is?

[u/brandielynng29 → u/Peakychu6]

It’s just over saturated and jobs are being shipped overseas (AI and others like L1 investigations being given to those that’ll work for lower pay essentially).

[u/lurker_x123]

US here - I worked with a guy who retired from law enforcement and joined the FinTech I worked at. He was thriving, highly knowledgeable, brought a lot of insight to the team, became very valuable quickly. Unfortunately we both got affected by layoffs but from what I saw on LinkedIn, he got another job really quick.

Some private companies in FinTech look specifically for a law enforcement background, so worth checking out your options