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I don't really have any advice for anything else you said, except this bit. You don't have the skills now, but you can develop them. Everybody was a beginner that tried and tried again.
adding to it. As someone that just went through the process of hiring a new person for a tech job, idgaf about college degree. I do care about their Certifications or experience. Some paths that are hiring are.penTester, coding and Cloud Admin. Also GenAI is.opening a lot of new possibilities. All of those you can learn from Youtube if you really want to and then invest in a certification.
ps: remember that education lasts forever. YT influencers don't.
Damn, you don't gaf about a college comp sci degree? I'm earning this thing for nothing.
As someone hiring i would hire someone with a degree in arts and 10 years experience (in the field I'm hiring to) instead of someone that graduate in tech but only worked in other areas, so if I'm hiring to a junior position and there is a person without a degree but with certifications and some practical experience I would give he a chance for sure.
The truth is that any work you learn on the job. Even doctors have to.do residencies because school won't teach them for real.
If you are already going to a school keep going, but also invest some money in practical knowledge, like certification in specific tools and solutions or coding in languages that are needed, not the ones that are popular (for exemple the older generation is retiring and nobody knows COBOL)
Research what the industry is looking for ( like big company ads) and how it's paying for each position, choose a path and invest some hours in that specific knowledge.
Nah, some people just don't have it. And it's not their fault, I'm one of them. We are just too stupid to learn some stuff and can't handle failure, for some it becomes downright dangerous to keep failing.
I think that's a mindset issue. If you come at it with "I won't be able to learn this, I'm too stupid", you won't give it your all and you will self sabotage. Besides, nobody is just stupid. You aren't stupud either! Read up on intelligence types and you will certainly feel like one of those is yours, even if it's not academic intelligence. Don't give up!
You don't know me. I am. Also you skipped the part when I mentioned that failure is too much for some.