I do have programming skills. Most of the job postings I’ve seen were shitty JavaScript/Dotnet app development or Windows-centric IT slopjobs that pay as much as McDonald’s and is probably getting taken over by AI at this point anyways. For lower-level programming like C++/Rust which is what I’m more interested in, I’ve barely found anything outside of MIC companies and the one that wasn’t was Israeli-based. I do spend most of my free time working on Nix-based projects, so I wonder what’s related to that. I’m also considering a PhD, but I just learned that even the research at my university closest to my interests is heavily tied to military/MIC funding. If it’s actually true that the only organizations that give a shit about quality code are the ones that commit genocides, that would really fucking suck.
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PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 1 day agoYou can generally use CS as a springboard into most tech related fields. Where its most helpful is probably research and academia.
If programming is even remotely interesting for you, getting a low paying junior dev job will probably teach you more and you can use that as a springboard into more software dev, data, AI, cybersecurity, networking. As long as you are willing to learn on the job and push yourself forward.
sudoer777@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
DanVctr@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’m legit interested, not trying to be rude – where I can I find a low paying junior dev job??
It seems like the only places hiring are looking for Senor devs or Project leads, AI evaporated all the entry level positions.
thehairguy@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
In the US, the only places I’ve seen that are both interviewing and hiring entry level are the new grad rotational programs at the bigger companies in finance, healthcare, and logistics
Rooster326@programming.dev 1 day ago
Smaller companies usually. They may call it something else than junior developer.
Field Technician, Software Engineer, Field Engineer are all titles at my job and 75% of their work is coding, scripting, or configuration but we have few quality applicants because of bad titles.