Tips to shift career paths.
I entered the workforce in 2021 and have been working on a not-so-in-demand technology called pl/sql and that too on a niche implementation. I've been trying very hard to shift to other companies to no avail. If I take up something else to master, to be honest, everybody is asking for professional experience - so is it really worth it?
I have done a couple of projects but nobody's noticing wherever I apply - for example: a few data engineer projects on aws, airflow, kafka, etc. So I thought I should start applying for non tech roles like business analyst, APM, UX, etc with some hackathon experiences and sql work on my job. I learnt figma, balsamiq, etc. made some mockups and HLDs. Did 100s of courses and got certifications - no use. Then I thought I should get into core programming, so I learnt python (even tried solidity for some time) and did a few projects on python albeit beginner level. Then I thought since I've got a little bit of exposure in python let's do some data analytics. Did a few projects on power BI and tableau and lots of related courses. Out of frustration I told manager that I want to do something else, he was kind enough to refer me into an internal company initiative, but it does nothing unfortunately. My friends said resign and fake your experience (which I was fearful of) so I put my naukri joining to available immediately and still didn't get a single call. Then tried some linkedin optimization stuff. Asked for 100s of referrals in many many companies. Nothing worked out.
So, now I want suggestions from the top tier, creme-de-la-creme of Indian workforce and want to know what do they have to say about it.
Talking product sense with Ridhi
9 min AI interview5 questions
I'm in the same boat. Working in a not so used legacy tech, finding it really hard to shift to another stack. Tried to change internally, but my manager gave a lollipop saying she will talk to higher ups but nothing came out of it. By then I had already resigned for another offer in the same tech, so my goal now is to try and change in new org internally after 8-9 months, if it doesn't work switch again.
You're hopping too much to learn anything. Figure out what you like and keep getting better at that one thing. You'll get calls sooner or later. Since you already have experience with SQL, try out data analytics and see if you like it. Data analytics needs SQL as one of its skills so more chances of getting shortlisted for interviews.
And if Data analytics seems boring for you, you can do some other projects in something else that you like and host it publicly for others to access it and see if that works
I think the problem with data analyst roles is that you have to have data analyst experience. Because I've applied to atleast 30 40 companies and nobody even replied. Yet a friend of mine with data analyst experience of same level in my company got it - applied to the same roles. And the number of applications for data analyst role is unbelievably high.
I think I should've added [request] in the title. The title may give the impression that it offers tips, but it's actually a request for tips. Sorry :)