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6 people explain how they broke into tech from industries like nursing and teaching - and landed salaries over $100,000
1 month ago | By Business Insider
John McBride, a former intensive-care-unit nurse, is now a software engineer at VMWare. John McBride
The tech industry is a popular choice for workers seeking stable, high-paying jobs.
But making the switch to a new career may not be as easy as some workers make it seem.
Six tech workers in jobs like engineering and product management told Insider how they did it.
Stories about the life-changing experience of switching into tech seem to be everywhere, but it can be hard to decipher what's real and what's exaggerated. Tech salaries averaged above six figures in 2021 , but it may not be as...
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