IT jobs (forensics?) and CS degree

[posabsolute]

Hey,

I know it's not exactly what you are asking, but I'm a software engineer and find that currently there is a small shift toward remote jobs. If you complete your CS degree this is certainly a path worth exploring. Check https://remote.com.

I see a lot of people here looking at cybersecurity, I find this a bit strange because my personal experience in software companies of 50-250 peoples is that there is actually very few of them while there is an army of developers, very, very well paid.

[quigongene]

I have a 15+ year sysadmin background and suck at programming (trust me, I tried). The next logical step was cybersecurity, which I've got a 5+ year background in now.

[Ideas]

I just read that in the past, computer programmers were able to keep to themselves, and things have changed. Now they're usually expected to interact with team members, which is what I'm being told here on this forum too. That's too bad for me. I'm not sure I want to give up on finding something CS/IT related, but I can understand that it's become part of the job description for most positions

I wonder if there are worthwhile temp positions, lasting 2-3 weeks at most (because I will need a longer break by then), where I could be mostly isolated.

I feel there would be some isolated positions in Info Science, but not well paid ones.

[Merlin]

I just read that in the past, computer programmers were able to keep to themselves, and things have changed. Now they're usually expected to interact with team members, which is what I'm being told here on this forum too. That's too bad for me. I'm not sure I want to give up on finding something CS/IT related, but I can understand that it's become part of the job description for most positions

I wonder if there are worthwhile temp positions, lasting 2-3 weeks at most (because I will need a longer break by then), where I could be mostly isolated.

I feel there would be some isolated positions in Info Science, but not well paid ones.

You'll find that varies from organization to organization. I encourage engineers to work together since I prefer to build my teams around Agile principles, but there is still room for a solitary programmer here and there. As long as they aren't so socially maladjusted that they cannot communicate with anybody. However, in order to be able to be a lone wolf, one also has to be a top-tier individual contributor. Otherwise, they'll get drummed out before they get too far. If they can even make it past the interview process.

As far as finding roles where you can work independently, contracting is probably your best option, followed by remote work for a distributed team such as a startup. You'll still need to interact with other people, but team members tend to work independently and use a text chat service like Slack, Discord, or Google Groups, and Email of course. Plus the occasional voice and/or video chat when needed, like with a manager, or for a group meeting, etc.

I'm sure you can find independent roles in many IT fields, but it'll be hard to start out that way unless you want to go into business for yourself and build mobile apps or something. Which is pretty tough to do these days with all the competition, but I know people who make a living doing exactly that.

[posabsolute]

My personal experience with remote/contractors is that we have a lot of touch points with them. A lot of companies have scrum meeting every day, every team members generally attend those via video chat.

I thought your disabilities was impacting more your workspace, in that case, I think this could totally work remotely. If it impacts your ability to join meetings over video chat, I'm not so sure anymore. I know some companies praise asynchronous work, but they are much fewer than your regular software shop with scrum teams. It would require more investigation, maybe tech recruiters could help you find a path.

[Ideas]

What about Data jobs? I found one where the description sounds like all you do is turn bunches of data into reports. But it was such a short description, so they would have left out the parts that are a possible issue for me. Is it unlikely I could get a Data Analyst or other Data position where I didn't have to interact with people much? In lower salary range like I said above is OK, like around $45-65K. I haven't been looking for Data jobs but this one happened to be Education-related so it popped up in my search.

If there's more than a low level of interaction, I would freelance instead, but I am hoping to find a FT job with benefits that I can do. (A contract/PT job that pays better per hour is also interesting, but less so.) I may look into certain types of Accounting/Finance jobs involving like 95% computer work, ones that are not as boring

I think I could handle interaction such as meetings if the time was known in advance. If they were not very long. But I think most jobs would have too many unexpected calls/office visits. Minimizing face-to-face would help a lot. Video is better, but it's also important that I don't interact with as many people, e.g. just the same boss and team members, not too many.

I think there are occasionally jobs like this. However it seems too risky to spend a year or two getting education/experience for any specific IT field because there's not enough jobs of this type I am looking for a job in another country where the distribution of jobs will be a little different, but I'm using the U.S. market as a guide.

[jsd]

The data analysts in my office are constantly on conference calls explaining their reports and findings, and giving presentations. I don't know how representative that is of the field, though.

There's a lot of human interaction in IT in general.

[Ideas]

Thanks. I'm probably about done with considering IT then, but there's probably a lot of interaction in finance/accounting in general too, and most other areas. Health Information Mgmt, for example. Even though one might think otherwise... or hope, in my case.

[Yenisei]

I just read that in the past, computer programmers were able to keep to themselves, and things have changed. Now they're usually expected to interact with team members, which is what I'm being told here on this forum too. That's too bad for me. I'm not sure I want to give up on finding something CS/IT related, but I can understand that it's become part of the job description for most positions

I wonder if there are worthwhile temp positions, lasting 2-3 weeks at most (because I will need a longer break by then), where I could be mostly isolated.

I feel there would be some isolated positions in Info Science, but not well paid ones.

At the company I recently worked at, the developers had to interact with Product Managers, Technical Writers, and Sales Engineers as well as other developers. At other places, depending on organizational structure, you may have to interact with a Business Analyst as well.