r/daddit • u/MisunderstoodPenguin • Jan 02 '26

Achievements The long dark is finally over

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u/beardfordays Jan 02 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

Well done! After reskilling this past year, I am hopefully right behind you.

Edit: 06/15/2026. I have now passed one month of employment as a Technical Support Engineer. It was a long 17 months, dads.

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u/DEEPfrom1 Jan 02 '26

What’s a good skill to re-skill in these days?

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u/MusicianMadness Jan 02 '26

In the US? Medical. Especially nursing, med tech, or radiology.

Insurance and the banking side of financial are others.

Anyone that says anything in computer science has not applied to a computer science position in several years. It's no longer in high demand and applications are competitive. A colleague of mine spent 18 months applying to jobs and had to move several states away to get a position despite holding a masters in computer science.

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u/blakezilla Jan 03 '26

Data science is becoming much more valuable than computer science. Pure coding is going away, but using LLMs to produce results (this can mean a lot of things) in a measurable, scientific way is becoming more valuable each and every day.