I wish there was a better place to ask this, and if there is, please direct me there. But, as somebody who is living in latam (one of the better areas of the continent, atleast) ...should I buy into the remote work meme? If so, what should I major in to make myself valuable and get hired ASAP?
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We're in a job recession, there are no shortcuts to a comfy remote job just learn your english and spam glassdoor
>>83086149marry me and move to usawe might have to have gay sex in front of the border patrol agent in order to prove that it isn't a sham marriage, but it'll just be that one time and it will be purely for practical reasonsfair warning though, I will have to kiss your neck, dirty talk you, and squeeze your balls before I cum in your ass unprotected. It has to be convincing or we'll both get arrested
>>83086207>spam glassdoorThanks, anon. I'll look into it. I'm still rather concerned about what I should major in, since programming looks pretty scary right now from a job market perspective, and the idea of having to actually think and solve problems daily sounds annoying long-term. But man, I just really want to get paid decently so I can get out of here...
>>83086515Programming is fine. It's the incompetent retards getting weeded out by the fuckton who are complaining about that market.Just DO NOT do it if you're not willing to spend an exorbitant amount of time to become competent in whatever you choose to specialize in, otherwise you WILL fail. It's not an easy market anymore but if you're a competent programmer you'll still get rich.
>>83086515>>83086548What I mean is, if you choose to study programming and only do the bare minimum in college to pass (even if your grades are high) and you have 0 internships, 0 projects etc before you apply for your first job, you'll fail. You cant just get your degree and expect a job like 10 years ago.
>>83086548I wanna ask, are you in programming or anything related to it? I'd like to know just how much the mental workload really is once you've got a good idea of syntax, libraries and such. Along with how mentally exhausting it is before understanding the codebase you're working with vs after.I'm asking because I still don't have a very good idea of if it's too much for my intellectual capability/mental energy, or if it's just right. I also have doubts about software in general, since I wonder if working with hardware would be better for me personally. Of course, that isn't remote work, but whatever.I only know the very basics of C++ right now. First project I did for myself that fixed an issue I had was already exhausting. Mostly because there was a lot I was exposed to all at once, which I didn't know anything about. Made me feel pretty fatigued mentally. Do things get easier later on?Unrelated, but I live in Chile btw. Not sure if that matters
>>83086682Oh, also, my interests are naturally within game dev if that changes your answer.
>>83086149Just get any bachelor's and apply through linkedin to any first world companies, they literally don't care what you studied as long as they think you can do whatever for 800 dollars (which translates to a lot around here so who cares). Almost everyone I know does that and they make good cash, sadly I'm a retard and couldn't do the same
>>83086682It depends on your capacity for learning, since shit is constantly changing. But it also heavily depends on your field. I do financial systems and it's not nearly as evolving as something like game dev would be.Game dev is pretty difficult to get into as well, jobs are pretty scarce and you'll likely have to work on mobile shit at first which will suck tbdesu. Unless you know someone who could hook you up.I honestly recommend not even considering software development if you don't LOVE math and struggling with logic problems, because you'll be pulling on the same brain strings constantly. You'll burn out otherwise.It is a passion career now and you'll have to be emotionally involved in if you want to succeed unless you like being miserable.>ChileNo clue about latam, but I assume game dev jobs are even more scarce there, mobile game dev will likely be your only option. Would not recommend. Talk to a local dev though. Do not listen to your professor's opinions if they have 0 work experience in the industry.You'll likely go bald from stress depending on how much you want to make. It's not an easy job. I honestly don't even recommend it anymore for new grads unless you have an iq of like 130+ and like to suffer. >Does it get easierYeah, highly depends on your iq and memory. It's a skill that you'll have to train throughout your life.Imagine this: you come home from college after 4,5,6 hours of classes, then you'll have to put an additional 2 hours in daily to learn new shit if you want to be competent by the time you graduate. You also have to choose something to specialize in. If you can't imagine doing this, do something else.
>>83086847To add: you can always settle for a less demanding field like bug testing, but you'll never be rich. It can be comfy though if you're happy with the low salary.
>>83086149>I wish there was a better place to ask this>>>/adv/
>>83086847That's about what I guessed, thanks anon. The whole idea of it sounded nice at first considering that I've been on computers my whole life, but like you said, I immediately noticed that things were far more demanding on the brain than I had initially thought. It's not something I'm emotionally involved in to the point of loving it. Thus, inevitable burnout to the point of hating my life because I'd be stuck in a career that I don't even want, along with several wasted years of uni. Yeah. Everything checks out.Getting better grades than most people in my school still won't change the fact that I'm literally not white and have my own limits. There's clearly better options and I am going to look into them, but thanks for the confirmation. I kind of needed it.>>83086758I sure hope you're right anon. Gonna keep that in mind for later>>83086922I'll post there right now.
>>83086990>I sure hope you're right anon. Gonna keep that in mind for laterPlease at least do some research and talk to people before committing to something like a degree. I'm just sharing my experiences. Wish you success, anon
>>83087009No no, of course. I've been obsessing over this shit lately because I don't wanna railroad myself into misery by pure accident.
