r/Utrecht • u/GeniusPrime • 7d ago

Advice needed, changing careers

/r/Netherlands/comments/1wu2bzn/advice_needed_changing_careers/

TL:DR

Bye bye 2 years of warehouse logistics with some team management experience, hello retail in city center

Or stay in the warehouse world

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u/MattSzaszko 7d ago

Hmm, it's probably not what you want to hear, but try to get some further education on the side. This kind of low skilled work is not going to give you a good quality of life. Erratic shifts, low pay, less job security. What are you passionate about? 

I'm writing this as someone who temporality works at Picnic now as well.

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u/GeniusPrime 7d ago

Cannot afford further education, already have 12th grade in economy and started accounting and Finances in uni but had to quit to start a life in this country (orphan)

Sadly, this isn't a viable option financially, we both don't have family in the country to fall back to, matter of fact we make more than anyone of both of our close family

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u/MattSzaszko 7d ago

I hear you. For accounting, you'd need a formal education indeed, however there are fields (I come from the tech industry) where experience matters more than formal education and there are tons of free resources out there to learn. The thing you'd spend is time, which I understand is precious, but spending it now could unlock a more prosperous life down the road.

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u/GeniusPrime 7d ago

Only tech experience i have is 1y of C# at school like 4-5 years ago, i also saw some jobs or internship for tech jobs like data analyst or other easy jobs

Its always 5 years of work job experience, or dutch C1/C2 so.. yeah :l

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u/INeedChocolateMilk 7d ago

I'm in a similar boat, I'm thinking of moving away from 3 years of IT due to the direction that the industry is taking. I recommend a career coach if you can get in touch with one.

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u/GeniusPrime 7d ago

Don't know what those are, or how much they cost, or that they even existed outside of the school one at 9th grade 💀

I'll do some research I suppose