The number of people quitting their jobs in record numbers was caused by the Pandemic. Tech companies are hiring quickly. Four year college degrees and strict coding background are quickly disappearing as companies hire en masse.
In recent months, Insider has reported on the actors, line cooks, and school teachers who were able to land six figure salaries by changing careers. Some people attended coding bootcamps to learn tech skills. Some were able to make the switch by applying the skills they learned in different industries.
People are excited to share their stories with others. People are sharing their #break intotech journeys, but coding bootcamps have been accused of scamming students and inflating job placement numbers. Tech workers have criticized the content of TikToks for romanticizing a troubled and hypercompetitive industry.
It is hard to tell what is good advice and what is hype. We will talk to three tech workers across skill levels to discuss their journeys breaking into tech, the most in-demand skills firms are hiring for, different routes into tech, and how to navigate the real advice versus hype online.
Marks and Spencers is one of the UK's biggest retail companies and has a product manager named Sadiq Dorasat. Gina is a program manager at Microsoft who has over 70,000 followers on Tiktok, where she posts about her journey going from a first generation college student to now working at one of tech's biggest companies. Natalie Davis is a frontend engineer who came into the career late in life by attending a coding school.
On May 9 at 1 p.m., join Insider. Insider reporter Kylie Robison will speak with tech workers about what it takes to transition into such a coveted industry.
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