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Thanks for asking this question. I was reflecting on this lately: I specifically struggle with 2 things: -- With adulthood and family. I'm not really sure how

Thanks for asking this question. I was reflecting on this lately: I specifically struggle with 2 things: -- With adulthood and family. I'm not really sure how my parents did it, I feel I'm still not an adult ( married 2 years ago). -- I did my undergrad in CS, got hired into an IT consultant company, and started working as a developer implementing tool platforms. ( imagine SalesForce, AWS etc., ) for customers. Now I'm working doing the same thing in one of the top 5 companies in the world. I don't like this anymore. I want to branch out and do full stack development, ML, AI OR ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT THIS. As I mentioned it's becoming impossible to change my career because 1/ I'm on a visa 2/ I'm married and my wife's doing her graduate courses in the location I live in. I'm doing my masters on the side, but really at the end of the day I don' have enough patience / will power to do anything else apart from my current work and that's killing me everyday.

xaranke 8y ago
Which city are you in? What visa are you on?
- tequila_shot 8y ago
  SF, H1B
  - xaranke 8y ago
    If you're on H1B you can change employers, SF would definitely have a lot of companies willing to make this happen.
    - tequila_shot 8y ago
      Yes, I know. I'm in my last years of my H1B, meaning my GC application is underway, and I'm ....But more than that, it's the very thing that I'm unable to spend time on items that I love to work with, and even if I did there are >10,000s of folks with the exact same experience, so I'm not sure how I'd land a job in those areas. . .
      - gyani95 8y ago
        Not applying is the surest way not to get the ml job. Or try switching roles within the same company? If you find the time you can do an online masters in Machine Learning from Georgia Tech for around $7k. You can hack on your own projects and build credentials. Some companies might be willing to sponsor the OCMS course.
        tequila_shot 8y ago
        Thanks, I'm already pursuing my masters in OMSCS. This is my second year.

xaranke 8y ago

Which city are you in? What visa are you on?

tequila_shot 8y ago
SF, H1B
- xaranke 8y ago
  If you're on H1B you can change employers, SF would definitely have a lot of companies willing to make this happen.
  - tequila_shot 8y ago
    Yes, I know. I'm in my last years of my H1B, meaning my GC application is underway, and I'm ....But more than that, it's the very thing that I'm unable to spend time on items that I love to work with, and even if I did there are >10,000s of folks with the exact same experience, so I'm not sure how I'd land a job in those areas. . .
    - gyani95 8y ago
      Not applying is the surest way not to get the ml job. Or try switching roles within the same company? If you find the time you can do an online masters in Machine Learning from Georgia Tech for around $7k. You can hack on your own projects and build credentials. Some companies might be willing to sponsor the OCMS course.
      - tequila_shot 8y ago
        Thanks, I'm already pursuing my masters in OMSCS. This is my second year.