6 people explain how they broke into tech from industries like nursing and teaching — and landed salaries over $100,000
Summary
• The tech industry is a popular choice for workers seeking stable, high-paying jobs. Tech salaries averaged above six figures in 2021, but it may not be as easy to break into the field as some workers make it seem. The hype around tech work on platforms like TikTok, for example, has been criticized as overly romanticizing the transition, Insider reported earlier this year. And a former teacher landed a job at Zoom by illustrating how their teaching skills would benefit the firm. Read stories from tech workers in engineering, product management, software development, and more about how they made the switch into the field:
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