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I became a software engineer and I absolutely love my job. You don't need a computer science degree to work in tech, and you don't need to learn to code either (but that's what I did) So many roles in the tech industry are flexible WFH jobs. If you're interested in coding I have lots of tips there, but if not you could look into things like project management, and entry business analyst, or data analyst roles. Software testing is also a great way to get into the industry and how I got my foot in the door.
I’m a detective in the police, yes I enjoy it, but it’s very busy and stressful. The training is you have to be a frontline police officer for 2 years first! Not for the faint of heart, and certainly not done remotely!
@Emma 🌱 would love to know some tips about how you got into this industry please! Maths is not my strongest subject though 🫣
Feel free to message me! It really depends what sort of thing you're interested in. For me i decided to apply to lots of different agencies directly asking if they needed someone for manual software testing, and once I'd got the job i was working with software engineers. Basically they'd give me an app or a website they're currently working on, and you use it and try to break it, then show them how you did it so they can fix it. Then repeat until it's in a state where they can actually go live with it. It's a great way to begin learning about how software is made, which doesn't require any technical knowledge as you're just using the apps/websites as a regular user would, but the technical knowledge does come with experience and I really enjoyed that side of it, so much that I decided to learn to code in my spare time and would always ask the engineers to explain to me how they fixed the bugs I'd find 🙂 Software testing is a career in itself too, and you can go far with it if you enjoy it
Oh and maths skills are not needed! 😁
U could do teaching assistant