Very often I meet people who want to start working in IT after a lot of experience in a completely different field. For example, from the age of 18 he was a mechanic, at 35 he decided to become a designer. Was a lawyer for 20 years - decided to become a back-end developer.
I am absolutely not against such reincarnations. But only on condition that a person has a predisposition to this. What I mean? If a person studied poorly at school, skipped classes, somehow started working, and from the knowledge of IT - this is a Facebook account, then for such people entering IT is like entering a wardrobe.
Courses that cost fabulous money sell the dream of sky-high salaries that a person will immediately receive after their completion.
The digital boom has created the illusion that IT jobs are easily accessible. People who are far from digital technologies consider it enough to snap their fingers and the picture will be drawn by itself, the code will be written by itself, the customer will be found.
What is this myth about a programmer drinking tequila on the seashore, who wakes up when he wants, works when he wants, travels a lot and does not deny himself anything. Seriously ?? It happens ? Not in my environment 🙂
In my environment, people first studied at the university for 5 years in some IT-related specialty. Or if it was not possible to enter this specialty, then they studied on their own, then they went to work for 16 hours for three kopecks like juniors. Filled cones in communication with colleagues, customers, made hundreds mistakes. And in 10-15 years, only thanks to hard work, they could reach the positions of managers or even CEO.
And what? Do they rest in the Maldives with 30-40 people under their command? Or do they sleep all day when the customer wants to know the status of his project? No.
Even working as a freelancer, it would seem that a person is left to himself, there must be discipline. It should. This is simply impossible not to be. First, you need to find a project - a customer, who will pay you money. Agree on the amount, draw up an agreement, draw up conditions, agree on communication, on periodic phone calls, discussions. And this is sometimes not at all easy, it costs time and nerves 🙂
Secondly, the work must be done within the agreed time. And made with quality. So that the customer comes back to you with a new project. Thirdly, you constantly need to learn new things, new tools, technologies, trends.
Add to this family concerns, health, political and economic changes.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, isn't it?
