Posted on 06/19/2017 11:39:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Tech jobs in the U.S. can offer salaries of up to $100,000 and above, and recruiters are in a rush to find those with the skills needed to fill open positions across the country. The job market has never been better for IT: they unarguably offer the best type of employment opportunities, with high wages, generous benefits, and the comfort of job security.
Entering into IT workforce can reap the great rewards of a growing field. Based on job satisfaction, position openings, and earning potential, tech jobs are the most worthwhile.
The even better news, however, is that many, if not most of these jobs, do not require a four-year degree, let alone a PhD in Computer Science or Data Analytics.
Nationwide, accelerated IT-training programs have sprung up, to meet the need to train workers for the IT-heavy workforce. Often low cost, or even fully funded by entities like the U.S. Department of Labor (through such initiatives like the TechHire Grant), these “bootcamps” can take people with non-technical backgrounds and set them on the path to financial and professional success.
Some colleges and universities are starting to understand the need to teach tangible tech skills, but specialized training organizations have begun to fill the gap, and are starting to show a solid track record of getting graduates into the tech workforce.....
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Be glad you have the blue-collar job.
I know of one individual who was “rejected by Target” for hourly work.
Yeah, it can also open up a whole slew of top secret government files.
In case any of you are visiting The Swamp on the 26th:
https://twitter.com/4us_workers/status/876991478136020993
Managers, project or otherwise, are a dime a dozen now. What’s needed is coding boots on the ground. Java has improved to the point where people are starting to convert COBOL to Java. Two things are needed: COBOL coders to read the code and Java coders to write the code.
One of the reasons for the HB1 need is that India still teaches COBOL.
I am the only person in the company that knows Oracle Forms, COBOL and Java. We have several people from India who know COBOL.
Mr. Conlon has obviously never hear of H-1Bs or offshoring.
I know Cobol and have worked a bit with Java. I just need to refresh. I’m in the process of doing that and it’s fun. I’ve always been a dev/manager hybrid so I never lost my coding skills, but I can’t compete with those that have focused primarily on coding in recent years. Change is constant.
Yep, that’s my current plan.
Cut it at its root, the 1965 Immigration Act. No sense in letting them bounce from one program to another.
I consider it an answer to prayer!
But I continue to look for something in my field.
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