/biz/ - Business & Finance

Bloop bloop bloop move to hyderabad to make the real money and you'll probably work with just as many indians as in silicon valley.

>>24812232
I thought that was a made up city desu...
Hopefully one day you can make it to the great “Burger Land”

Also, if I go down the “python” road. What’s the best way to learn and retain coding skills?

I’ve coded in the past, but I struggle to “retain” the skill....
What’s the best strategy?
>Read a book / take notes on paper?
>Do leetcode problems for hours?
>Try to build a original project?

>>24812217
>One of my good friends has an opportunity for me, but I would be required to know “basic-level” python, and have a Google Cloud Cert... This position would pay in the $100,000 range.
Does it compromise your ethics? Does it limit you from spending time with friends, family, or on hobbies?
If the answer is no, then you should take the offer. No other excuses except laziness. Python is extraordinarily easy and yet for some reason is a huge selling point when interviewing.

Think of it like this: the higher your pay right now, the higher your disposable income at a young age -> you can invest more and sooner, which will allow you to achieve financial freedom sooner (i.e. you could retire early if you wanted, or start your own business, or whatever).

>Also, what’s the best “concentration” in this Industry?
Cyber security or machine learning
Basically the more of a buzzword it is, the higher the pay.

>>24812217
What kind of tasks do you usually do in your job? Wondering because you seem to imply it's pretty easy stuff

>>24812373
>Try to build a original project?
This is the only way.

Even if you do take an online course or video, you must take every concept you "learn" and independently apply it to your personal project. Otherwise you don't actually learn it.

>>24812299
Hyderabad has less poo in the streets than San Francisco, southern Indian cities are better than southern Californian ones.

>>24812395
Honestly, it’s embarrassingly easy. I’m actually ashamed to have the job title I do lol.

I manage Cisco VoIP systems, like Call Manager, Unity, UCCX, it’s pretty simple, just keeping the server clean, and updating records basically as people leave the company. On top of that I “manage” a bunch of locations, basically just make sure that the LTE circuits are working...

Basically flapping ports, and setting up phones. Very basic....

> Is it worth it for me to learn these skills and get a “more difficult” job? Or stay in my /comfy/ job?
I'd take the 100k job in a heartbeat, all other things being equal (not "50k in Tulsa" vs "100k in the Bay area", etc).
> Also, what’s the best “concentration” in this Industry?
They all pay pretty great, so it really depends on what you're looking to do long-term. Of what you listed, DevOps/Infrastructure probably has the best long-term potential and will give you a birds-eye view to how your entire organization operates. Code monkeys are fine and can be comfy in their own way at the right company. SysAdmins are glorified help desk, would not recommend.

>>24812389
Thanks fren. I just need the “push” to do it. I’m able to learn very quickly. Honestly, my friend is not the brightest bulb, so if he can do it, I believe I should be able too...

>>24812412
What’s a good project to code? like a puzzle game or investment calculator?

Basically, I know that in order to learn “traditionally” taking notes by hand helps “re-enforce” the learning... How much should I be reading? or should I just keep building projects until I feel confident in my ability....

How much mobility is there in IT without a bachelor's? Anyone make good money within a couple years?

>>24812476
Thanks fren, both jobs are actually in the same area. So I wouldn’t have to move, and it’s basically a “middle cost” city... not super expensive to live here...

My friend, dropped out of university... So I think I should be able to grasp the concepts since we were in the same program.

>>24812508
Pick something you're actually interested in doing, don't make it some chore. Learn the basics on codecademy for a day or two then google your questions.

>>24812587
Thanks Fren!

>>24812522
I was an intern at this company, and then worked for them part time while I was in college. I then got a full time offer after college...

To be honest, the vast majority of the people in my major do not have jobs / are working in a resturant. The best peice of advice for any Uni student is to get a “paid” internship.

Paid internships, boost your odds of getting a job in your field by 75%

>>24812508
I've never believed that taking notes by hand helps, or at least for me. For me I learn best by trying to create something I'm interested in, in a new language I'm unfamiliar with, and basically doing a lot of googling and forum reading.

some examples:
building a music player (you can rely on libraries for encoding/decoding, like libvlc)
building a text-based game wrapped in a GUI framework of your choice
building a custom torrent client (look at qBittorrent source code for ideas)
building a website scraping client/data analysis package (python is superb for this stuff with the libraries it has available)
etc etc

these are my own examples so just think of any project you might be interested in

>>24812416
Brown digits typed this. In no way is your trash imitation city cleaner than any city in the west.
Fuck off rajesh.
>pic attached regular Bangalore street

>>24812972
What am I looking at here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HITEC_City

HITEC City tech district is literally straight out of a futuristic anime. India is where all the good shit happens with less of a chance of it exploding like China.

>>24812217
>21
>receiving degree in CS & BIS this May

From my experience, anon, and what I’ve heard from my peers who have since graduated and found jobs in CS related fields, it’s not always beneficial to expand the breadth of your coding ability. What is more useful in the long run is developing skills in a specific the point where you would consider yourself a “know-it-all” in your field. If you have no interest in python, then screw it. I’d recommend you outline what it is exactly that you enjoy in your current position and try to hone in on a particularly related skill or concept that interests you; pursue that instead; master it. You do not want to be a code monkey for the next 40 years.

An extra 50,000 will not instantly make you happier or more content with you occupation unless of course it drastically improves your current financial situation.

Best of luck.

>>24812217
Of you want to make the most money in IT you need to get into the sales side. The best part is that you don’t have to do technical stuff all the time. You need the personality for it though, you need to be able to talk to people and hear the word no a lot from potential sales.

>>24812442
I'm a field technician and I saw one of these Cisco VoIP phone in a classroom while doing some contract IT work. You think there is a big demand for phone deployment/cable running for additional phones? I'm looking to snag some more clients and if there's a big market for installation of these phone's then I'll def have more work.

>>24813036
I am losing my patience Praveen. Your cities are 25% slums. You have a couple of oligarchs making bank by selling trash consulting work to the west. You produce nothing of value. Your cities are one giant toilet.
Begone taximan.

>>24813248
San Francisco and Los Angeles are 75% slums covered in people who would be the color of poop even if their skin wasn't covered in poop.

People in hyderabad are tamil which means they are a superior melanoid race over the half-melanoid half-aryan subhumans from the north of india.