If you have a successful career in accounting, stay there and thank me later.

sageb:


@Pocohantas please, your advice/input is needed here.

@Op she should try Data analysis.

I don't have any advice for someome that wants to switch to tech. I wish her a happy switching.

techstack:
I was an Economist/Accountant, but now a senior software engineer.

Ask how I did it.

how u do am?

lifenajeje:
My wife wants to switch from accounting to tech..

Which area in tech would be much easier for her to switch to based on her accounting background though she never worked as an accountant.

She uses excel well.

Fin-tech

eazzzy1:
She should go back to school for a Masters in Computer Science. All these things you learn on Udemy and YouTube will not lead her anywhere.

Unless you want her to be on Nairaland hassling people to come edit their photos for #2000.

Are you saying someone with BSC Accounting can run masters in Computer science?

Tech is amazing! I've spent previous 13 years(up to 2022) working as a Civil/Structural engineer, specialising in designing both domestic and commercial buildings. But you know what? My love for technology has always been there I've even taken the time to teach myself programming languages like Python and Ruby. And during the whole COVID situation, I decided to pursue an online MSc in Data Science. It was a challenge, but I made it through. By God's grace, I landed a job as a devOps Engineer last year, and currently, I hold the position of Senior DevOps Engineer at a cool FinTech company.

I'm very proficient in Jenkins, Linux, Ansible, Terraform, and I'm no stranger to various AWS services. Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana. I now want to lay my hands on Google Cloud and VMWare, as they seem to be a must-have skill in today's job market (to be honest you can have a great career without GC and VMWare) and I'm up for the challenge.

You know, in the grand scheme of things, there are no limits to the exploration of human knowledge and how it accentuates one's self actualistion. We can keep pushing the boundaries until our very last day. So, why not go for it and win!

eazzzy1:
She should go back to school for a Masters in Computer Science. All these things you learn on Udemy and YouTube will not lead her anywhere.

Unless you want her to be on Nairaland hassling people to come edit their photos for #2000.

Dey play.

Undergrads of 16 - 25 that self learned on FCC, Udemy, Coursera, YouTube and mastered DSA on leetcode and hackerRanks are earning computer professor annual salary in 2 months.

You don't have to be Charles Babbage or Turing before you chop in tech.

Pick your weapon ( which was likely built by some guru more proficient that you ), master your weapon and do the damage properly. Comfort is yours.

saphiere:
I need a job

.... No ooooo u need a brain resetting slap!!!

It really depends on a number of factors. I would say that the biggest one is: how passionate is she about tech and what kind of tech is she interested in?

If she feels she is sufficiently "techy", she can go for an area like software development. It has good financial prospects and global demand. However, not everyone is cut out for it.

If she likes something technical but which is a step away from the kind of coding in software development, she can go for something like data analysis. With that she would still deal with figures and more figures.

If she isn't really interested in going technical, a relevant area would be business analysis. I teach business analysis and can shed some light on that.

Business analysis involves making change happen within organizations. Typically, you would have to elicit (find out) requirements (features that are needed probably in a software or digital transformation project), document them, relate with development teams to ensure that designs and products meet those requirements and are testable etc. You would also need to be able to understand and analyze a business and it's fit in the context of it's internal and external environments.

Business analysis is an interesting field. It is also something that can be transitioned into from another career without as much difficulty as many other areas. It does have a good level of demand globally as well.

I have a video on my channel about how you can become a business analyst. Check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRH_3vGzOs8

lifenajeje:
My wife wants to switch from accounting to tech..

Which area in tech would be much easier for her to switch to based on her accounting background though she never worked as an accountant.

She uses excel well.

Since she's an accountant she can also look at IT Audit as she's not new to the audit space. IT Audit is a great area in Tech too

lifenajeje:
My wife wants to switch from accounting to tech..

Which area in tech would be much easier for her to switch to based on her accounting background though she never worked as an accountant.

She uses excel well.

She should start Data Entry with her excel knowledge while along the line, she can start with data analysis.

[quote author=techstack post=123984440]I was an Economist/Accountant, but now a senior software engineer.

Ask how I did it.[/quote
How?

Data Analytics is just right

saphiere:
I need a job

Men are scum

eazzzy1:
She should go back to school for a Masters in Computer Science. All these things you learn on Udemy and YouTube will not lead her anywhere.

Unless you want her to be on Nairaland hassling people to come edit their photos for #2000.

Pls I need honest contributions

Is tech really paying in Nigeria

People just shouting tech tech

But only very very few I can count on my fingers make it

Even forex

Thousands of others don't make Jack shit infact they add more money to these gurus by paying them for tutorial

All you can make is $10 $50 max $100

But they keep saying figures like $108k in a day etc

But all these freelancing and co
Na small small dollars

Even to open account na war

So is this tech thing and forex thing scam?

Only enriching those already rich

Hello bro, please can i PM you? I'm at the beginning of the DevOps path and would like to please be I touch with your for inspiration and motivation, nothing more. Won't be a disturbance/nuisance. Thanks so much in advance.

shine12:
Tech is amazing! I've spent previous 13 years(up to 2022) working as a Civil/Structural engineer, specialising in designing both domestic and commercial buildings. But you know what? My love for technology has always been there I've even taken the time to teach myself programming languages like Python and Ruby. And during the whole COVID situation, I decided to pursue an online MSc in Data Science. It was a challenge, but I made it through. By God's grace, I landed a job as a devOps Engineer last year, and currently, I hold the position of Senior DevOps Engineer at a cool FinTech company.

I'm very proficient in Jenkins, Linux, Ansible, Terraform, and I'm no stranger to various AWS services. Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana. I now want to lay my hands on Google Cloud and VMWare, as they seem to be a must-have skill in today's job market (to be honest you can have a great career without GC and VMWare) and I'm up for the challenge.

You know, in the grand scheme of things, there are no limits to the exploration of human knowledge and how it accentuates one's self actualistion. We can keep pushing the boundaries until our very last day. So, why not go for it and win!

eazzzy1:
She should go back to school for a Masters in Computer Science. All these things you learn on Udemy and YouTube will not lead her anywhere.

Unless you want her to be on Nairaland hassling people to come edit their photos for #2000.

Lol. Abeg wic school. My school computer science still de teach old programming language Fortran

Software development (Fullstack developer)
- HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Tailwind
- Javascript (React, Node, Express, jquery)
- PHP (Laravel) or Python (Django)
- SQL (Mysql)
- Nosql (MongoDB)
- Docker
- Agile (Jira)
- Microservices
- Github
- AWS services

Even with one year experience each on them, you can not earn anything less than 300k as salary.

eazzzy1:
She should go back to school for a Masters in Computer Science. All these things you learn on Udemy and YouTube will not lead her anywhere.

Unless you want her to be on Nairaland hassling people to come edit their photos for #2000.

Must you talk? Even if you have to talk, please say what you know. Stop talking trash. Who masters help in IT world? You think IT is all about showing university certificates...Lol
Please anyone who wants to start a areer in IT, read about different IT skills and choose the one you think you will enjoy doing and start checking courses on it from Udemy, YouTube, Cousera, Alison, Pluralsight, Freecode camp, etc.
It is very doable. All it requires is your interest.

Since she's good in excel, she should crown it up with PBI/Tableau and SQL. But mind you excel is deep.
Moreso, get certified with Microsoft Office Certification (2016) and thank me later.

Bros how did you do

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Ask how I did it.[/quote]

techstack:
I was an Economist/Accountant, but now a senior software engineer.

Ask how I did it.

How?

eazzzy1:
She should go back to school for a Masters in Computer Science. All these things you learn on Udemy and YouTube will not lead her anywhere.

Unless you want her to be on Nairaland hassling people to come edit their photos for #2000.

False

eazzzy1:
She should go back to school for a Masters in Computer Science. All these things you learn on Udemy and YouTube will not lead her anywhere.

Unless you want her to be on Nairaland hassling people to come edit their photos for #2000.

I don laugh tire for here. The last paragraph got me cracked up big time. 🤣🤣🤣

lifenajeje:
My wife wants to switch from accounting to tech..

Which area in tech would be much easier for her to switch to based on her accounting background though she never worked as an accountant.

She uses excel well.

if she is good in excel, Data analyst is the best bet. She can try to upskill herself by getting more excel knowledge related to data analysis and also look into other related tools like power BI and Tableau. And if she has the capacity and want to stand out she can also consider learning python for data analysis which is very useful to perform data cleaning and transformation.
I know all these i=because my wife is a data analyst in a reputable company thanks to my guidance.

It's possible...

Cineinfo:



Are you saying someone with BSC Accounting can run masters in Computer science?

dgee1:
Hello bro, please can i PM you? I'm at the beginning of the DevOps path and would like to please be I touch with your for inspiration and motivation, nothing more. Won't be a disturbance/nuisance. Thanks so much in advance.

Absolutely,you can bro.

lifenajeje:
My wife wants to switch from accounting to tech..

Which area in tech would be much easier for her to switch to based on her accounting background though she never worked as an accountant.

She uses excel well.

She will do very well in data analytics.

saphiere:
I need a job

can u operate computer and do u live in ekiti state?if yes... quote me

pocohantas:


I don't have any advice for someome that wants to switch to tech. I wish her a happy switching.

Why did you put switch in bold?

Cineinfo:



Are you saying someone with BSC Accounting can run masters in Computer science?

Yes

https://www.london.ac.uk/courses/msc-computer-science