Crowd sourcing ideas to get into tech as a semi-new grad

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Hey guys. I'm 26 years old and I'm really interested in getting into tech in one way or another. Not necessarily as an SWE, but anything that I can leverage my EE degree towards. I would like to live in New York City. Was always reallly interested in consumer-facing tech and Steve Jobs-style unicorns and companies.

Anyone have useful ideas how I could develop my skills, or read up on, or events I could attend to help me get closer to tech companies? I currently work as an EE for a power utility.

Thanks all and cheers

6zzzzz · Accepted Answer

Look into Hardware Engineering roles

leroyLANnister · Answer

It wouldn't hurt to find ways to promote your network of professionals that extends beyond school/work.

Few of my team-members went to DefCon and met alot of cool folks that would be happy to work with them in the future on the next big project.

Go around to conferences you can afford and invest in your network so you can be that person in folks minds.

We will always have to learn new skills/level up and I feel sometimes that puts less focus on the social equity that you should work on building.

I don't have any that I can personally recommend as I'm adjacent to Software Engineers but I'm sure if you pick a topic that can guide a search.

Find a conference, meet some people, and I bet along the way you'll plant a few seeds with recruiters.

Crowd sourcing ideas to get into tech as a semi-new grad

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