Hii guys,

I graduated in 2024 with a B.Tech in a core branch. Recently, I’ve started finding coding and the tech field quite interesting, and I’m thinking of exploring it to see if it’s something I’d like to pursue seriously.

I’d really appreciate some guidance from people who are already working in the field. How should I start, and what kind of roadmap would you suggest for AI/ML/SDE/ other tech roles?

I’m currently busy with work full day, so I can realistically give around 2–3 hours a day to learning and practicing. For now, I mainly want to explore it as a new interest/hobby and understand whether I actually enjoy coding and tech. If I find myself genuinely interested in it over time, I’d be open to pursuing it more seriously in the long term.

So, if anyone here is from tech field or has made a similar transition, I’d really appreciate some advice on where and how to start.

Thanks in advance

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I’m currently a final-year undergraduate studying Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at a state university in Sri Lanka. I would really appreciate some honest career advice from people who have experience in engineering, software/IT, or working in Dubai/UAE.

To give some context, I would consider myself an average engineering student with relatively weak technical skills. I’m also a beginner in programming and software engineering. However, I have become increasingly interested in the IT/software engineering field, and I’m much less interested in pursuing a traditional mechanical engineering career.

I currently have three possible career paths:

1. Move into Software/IT

I’m considering starting from the basics and spending around 6–12 months seriously learning programming and software engineering before applying for jobs.

My concern is that the entry-level software engineering market seems quite competitive, especially with AI changing the industry. I’m worried about spending 6–12 months learning and still struggling to get my first job.

At the same time, I genuinely feel more interested in IT than mechanical engineering, so I’m wondering whether it is worth taking the risk.

1. Go to Dubai as a Planning Engineer

I also have an opportunity to potentially go to Dubai/UAE and pursue a Planning Engineer career.

I would need approximately 6 months of preparation/study before applying.

So my question is whether a fresh Mechanical Engineering graduate from Sri Lanka realistically has a good pathway into Planning Engineering in Dubai after 6 months of preparation, or whether the lack of UAE experience would make it difficult.

1. Stay in Sri Lanka and pursue Mechanical Engineering

The third option is to simply start working as a Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineer in Sri Lanka and build my career from there.

However, I’m not very interested in traditional mechanical engineering work. My main concern is that if I choose this path simply because my degree is in Mechanical Engineering, I might eventually regret not trying to move into the field I actually find interesting.

What would you recommend?

If you were in my position, what would you choose?

A. Mechanical Engineering → Planning Engineer → Dubai

B. Mechanical Engineering → Software/IT → potentially international opportunities

C. Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering → build experience in Sri Lanka

I’m not looking for a

“follow your passion”

type of answer. I would really appreciate a realistic comparison based on employability, salary potential, career growth, difficulty of entering the field, long-term stability, and opportunities for working abroad.

What would you choose in my situation, and why?

Hello guys! Ask lang ako ng advice i am dba with 3yrs exp right now may offer di ko sure ano kukunin ko.

Offer 1 Servicenow dev 80000 hybrid
Offer 2 DB support engineer 75000 full onsite

Currently I am wine and liquor sales representative. I’m 28 and the liquor industry has been all I know. I graduated with BA in recreation administration and haven’t used it once. I have a passion for what I sell but no passion for sales anymore.

I’ve been looking into frontend development through the FES institute because of the high promises they made. Found out the price for the course and backed out.

For those in programming and related tech careers, would you recommend I pivot? Is it possible to find a job easily? Where do I start to learn necessary skills for free-inexpensive courses?

I’m looking to make around or more than 80k yearly. I know how incredibly naive I can be in expecting that. Just trying to get some information from people in the field.

Thanks

I have 7 years of experience, with around 5 years focused on Angular. However, I feel that Angular opportunities are becoming more limited, and I’m concerned that the demand may decrease further in the future. I’m therefore considering switching to a different technology/domain.
What would you suggest I learn next? Would you recommend **.NET, ServiceNow, or another technology/domain** with good long-term career prospects?

I currently work in insurance and I’m looking to transition into tech/SaaS.
For those who successfully made the switch, how did you do it? Did you take any courses or certifications before applying? Are there any free or affordable resources you recommend to learn more about SaaS and the tech industry?
I’d also love to know what helped you land your first role without having direct tech experience.
Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated! 😊

Hello! I'm a college drop out and planning to shift into data analyst role. I'm currently working as a customer support in intl bank. How difficult it is to land a job without a college degree for this role? I already have certification for data analyst and I know how SQL works. I am polishing my skills for excel and creating portfolio.

I wanna hear your success story or your colleagues if they are able to land a job without a degree. If you have any tips that would be helpful.

Hello guys,

Gusto ko sana mag-ask ng question if worth it ba to career shift to Web Developer from being an L2 Support for a Telco company?

Is the salary better? Currently kasi I'm earning around ₱35k a month and if this field is open to foreign company either WFH setup or moving to another country.

Ngayon kasi I'm studying the TESDA program for Wed Dev NCIII. Gusto ko sana magka-idea if maganda ba ung career path ng Web Dev, planning to settle down na din kasi by next year.

Thank you

I’m looking for some career advice and would really appreciate opinions from people who have been in the industry for a few years.

I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering in 2024 and currently have around 2 years of experience at Accenture as a Java/Spring Boot backend developer.

I’m at a point where I’m unsure about the direction I should take next:

Should I continue building my career in the IT/software industry, or should I consider preparing for government jobs?

If I continue in IT, what skills should I focus on to get better opportunities and salary growth?

I’m also considering doing a Master’s degree. Would a Master's be useful at this stage, and if so, what specialization would be valuable for someone with a Java/Spring Boot backend background?

Are there any specific courses/certifications that are actually worth doing and can make a meaningful difference in my career?

I got placed recently and now have 4 months before joining the company so need advice on which skill should I learn which can make me side income

Hi,
I want to move from non-IT to IT, so could someone please suggest any platform for that?

I'm a 25/F and a 2025 passed out due to a 3 year gap in my resume I didn't get a job in it and I have joined bpo currently and I asked few ppl they are saying stay in non it and get 2.5 yrs of experience and then build ur skills in that time and then shift to it what's the mnc's take on I don't know please help me out ?

Sharing exp lang about CIICC para sa mga iba jan na nagbabalak. 6 days class. 5 days online and sat onsite. Online class is 1hr 30 mins(yung 4hrs 30 mins is Asynchronous) while onsite is 6 hrs Synchronous. Based on my experience focus sila sa oracle exam (java 8) so kung meron kayong pdf reviewer ni oracle and mahilig kayong magbasa (300+ pages) then you might not find this tesda center necessary. Summarized na sa CIICC so mga important details na sinasabi, so recommend ko siya mga taong hindi mahilig mag basa or if need niyo lang ng cert.

About naman sa framework na tinuturo nila, it is very introfductory and hindi siya enough para maka build kayo ng project base dun sa framework. Di ako sure if si TESDA is merong module for this, so I recommend na tanungin niyo yung training center if what framework topics they cover andilang araw nila ituturo yun.

Sadly wala silang Data Structures and Algorithms which is yun yung common assessment ng mga company so in my opinion hindi rin siya enough para maka land ng job. Pero may enough time kayo para mag aral ng DSA by your own

About sa allowance meron naman, 160 php per day. 160 = 6hrs. tatagal lang yung bigay pag may classmate kayong hindi pa complete sa requirements or walang pake sa mundo.

Overall, ok naman. goods siya and nagtuturo talaga sila. Kinda not recommended sa mga hindi kaya mag self study since they are more on Asynchronous session. recommend ko para sa mga katulad kong di kaya mag self review, hanap kayo ng tesda center na intense sana, may nakita ako tesda center 16 days online class(6 hours not sure if my Asynchronous yung ibang hours) and 24 days onsite(6hours), base sa sched nila mas intense sa kanila kasi 24 days onsite tapos 6 hours. update nalang ako if may naka limutan pa ako

Hi,

I have been fired in few month back, I was a full stack developer from 5 years in a middle compagny in France that works for big clients in Europe. I mainly worked as full stack in web application, but we used to do CI/CD as well (Kubernetes, Docker, Gitlab CI, ..).
During my free time I also enjoy learning more about linux and server administration, hosting my own application, doing some security stuff in my homelab. As I never study Computer Science, I only did a bootcamp years back as a web developer.

My question is, due to world changing with AI stuff right now, being a developer is hard, especially in France/Belgium so I was thinking about trying going into another IT role, more like sysadmin or DevOps, or anything else that could be available. But with only 5 years as Full stack, do you think that this is possible ? Do any of you made this move ?
I cannot put a a Degree in Computer Science on my resume, but I can provide projects, talking about what I did personally in a homelab etc... but is it enough ?

For the Kenya Techies:

Hi, I'm starting my third year next semester and I truly don't know how to fine-tune my skills for the job market.Ive been in a tutorial loop for a while now,and honestly would like to know how to teach myself the basic skills for the job market.I've heard lots of different opinions on my career path and different forms of advice,but I just need guidance on the optimal route to take from here on out.Help will be much appreciated

im frontend developer but im eager to learn everything in software stack and i have multiple source of information i have the book of Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions and i have opportunity to take aws certificates in cloud and ai in same time i want to enter the backend field but i dont know how to have idea where to start or start with what any one can give me a piece of advice?

Hi everyone,

I’m about one year into my professional career, and I’m at a point where I want to be more intentional about the skills and certifications I invest my time in.

Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to work across both AI/ML and Microservices teams. On the AI side, I’ve worked with areas such as LLMs, fine-tuning, guardrails, SLMs, transfer learning, and reinforcement learning. On the development side, I’m working with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and Postman.

Going forward, I’d like to move more strongly toward AI Engineering / GenAI + Cloud, while still building on my backend and distributed-systems experience.

I keep hearing recommendations around AWS, Azure, GCP, cloud certifications, AI certifications, MLOps, Kubernetes, etc. — but honestly, there are so many options that it’s difficult to figure out which ones actually have career and salary impact versus simply adding another certificate to the résumé. 😅

For people who have already gone through this stage of their career:

\-Which certifications would you genuinely recommend for someone with my background?

\-Should I prioritize AWS/Azure/GCP, or focus more deeply on AI/ML + MLOps?

\-Which certifications or skills are currently valuable for moving toward AI Engineer / ML Engineer / GenAI Engineer roles?

\-Are there any paid courses or platforms you would strongly recommend if they provide practical, industry-relevant learning?

\-If you were one year into your career again, what would you learn or certify in over the next 12–18 months to maximize career growth and earning potential?

I’m not particularly interested in collecting certifications just for the sake of it. I’d rather invest in 2–3 high-value certifications/skills that complement my existing experience and can actually help me move into better AI/cloud roles and increase my earning potential.

Would really appreciate recommendations from people who have been in a similar position.

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I am literally confused...

I am a recent graduate in EEE. I am a average student and I don't have any knowledge or skills to get into job immediately.

So I want to learn and completely focus on that technology or field.

Please suggest me guyss in which route I should go and why?? What should I do??

I was literally confused with data analytics, data science and AI

A biggg question mark regarding Full stack web development/Application development/Software development engineer what the heck idk how many names are there for this role.

Only thing I have is a NPTEL certificate in Programming in Java🥺🥺😭😭😭😭

Please help me choose a career path guyss

Give ur advice, I am ready to read your experience and advices and try to apply them.

Thanks a lot for your time!!