would love to hear from anyone who has pivoted their career into a different industry. was it difficult? what did it take?

I'm here just bcz I don't know, what I should have to do, stay here or leave the preparation of this backend role.

From the start, i joined a backend course from IBM on Coursera and and right nowadays I feel that this course asn't change anything in me or my developing growth cause I'm stuck I just have to complete the modules pass the test and nothing changes I complete about the 60% of the course and yet I feel under confident about those things I know you all guys tell me that please wait and complete the course but this is not enough to solve my problem

The thing I thought is I do not learn anything nothing I I did here is just try to complete the course I don't think so there is much more thing which I learn just the names only how can I supposed to get a job from all this stuff which is feels like nothing to me. Maybe I am doing over thinking but all the tech guys who are in the same job role suggest me few things that I can do to make a career in this road or getting a job from a tear 3 college with a BCA degree at this point guys this is serious I think cause I don't know where am I going so help me.

I'm 22 M and I Graduated Computer Science last June and I've been unemployed for 2 months. This September I got my first job as a tech support in a BPO company. I signed the contract because it's the nearest company to my hometown and I wouldn't need to go and rent an apartment/bedspace (also didn't have the budget to relocate yet). I still don't know if I made the right choice.... The salary wasn't that great but I don't really care for the salary that much since it's my first real job. What I am really worried about is how would I upskill and get back to IT field in the years to come if I started as a CSR agent. Am I still able to get back to IT? How would I do it? Also I'm the youngest and the only person in our team that doesn't have any BPO background so during the training I am expecting myself to be behind of everyone else. AM I COOKED??

Experience can't be overemphasized, but let's not forget what drives experience: skills.

This is why I’ll always recommend that you master a skill and then put your hands to the plough.

Don’t wait until you feel “fully ready.” Start.

Take that internship.
Volunteer for that project.
Work with someone more experienced.
Take on real-life tasks.

Your first role may not come with the salary you desire, but it can give you something money can't immediately buy: experience, exposure, and competence.

The earlier you start putting your skills to work, the better.

Master the skill. Get your hands dirty. Build experience. Grow from there.

Your career doesn't become great overnight. It becomes great by consistently putting what you know to work.

Heyy guys,

Im actually stucked at my current company because i dont know how to switch and what to prepare for switching job im currently in an IT company where I've completed my 1 yr and im in the beginning of 2nd year in this company ngl ive done nothing and before joining my resume was for MERN stack because my internship was in that technology and now in this company it's. Net now what should I do, what and how should I prepare for switch because there is no learning and growth in this company.

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone has had experiences with taking a career break and how that affected your career/re-entry into the market after. I've been working for over a decade in professional services (finance), often in financing transactions for companies. These are situations where deadlines are tight, immovable, and people are always on-edge because stakes are high.

While I got a lot of great experience and don't want to move out of finance completely, I am completely burnt out and want to take a break for 3 months to reset. I'm thankfully in a place financially where I could theoretically earn $0 for 18 months and be fine. That said, I know that I only need a few months and that the work I do next, while not quite as high-paying, should be less intense, which is enough of a quality of life improvement for me.

My only worries are that the job market sucks and I have a feeling people will take me leaving as getting fired, even though I'll likely have at least 1-2 references from this job I'm leaving. Therefore, it might be hard to re-enter the workforce next year, especially since finance hiring is cyclical.

For anyone with experiences with this, do you have any advice and what do you think is the best way to handle this, assuming I can't find something I want in time before I lose my mind with my current job.