What advise or suggestions would you give someone who obtained a bachelors in Information Technology about 6 years ago. Worked in a totally non technical field after that degree till date.
Currently trying to get back into the tech space but the AI boom makes everything feel overwhelming.
Feels very difficult to pick a niche to work towards as most areas are advertised to be gradually taken over by AI. Not to mention the layoffs.
If you would give a suggestion of a direction or job area to take that you know is employable but isn't talked about enough would be great.
I understand this request might be broad without a specific area but I need the various options possible without limiting myself into a box at this crucial stage when I don't really know what is possible or out there.
Looking foward to feedback
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You're not starting from zero, and that's the part to lean into. The degree still counts: you understand the concepts, and six years in a non-technical field means you have something fresh grads don't, which is experience working with real people and dealing with messes. That transfers directly into support, operations, and security-adjacent roles.
On the AI anxiety: AI is eating the middle of task work, not the jobs where someone owns an outcome. The roles that keep hiring are the ones with real incidents and real stakes. Help desk, sysadmin, IAM, SOC analyst. They are not talked about much because they are not shiny. They are the on-ramps.
And you do not need a certification stack to start. Realistic simulated shifts let you do the actual work before anyone hires you: you get handed real tickets and incidents, your work gets graded the way a real job would grade it, and each shift builds into a verifiable work record you can show employers. That proof of real work is what gets you hired, not the degree alone. The first shift is free, so you can see how it feels before committing to a direction.