Comment by dragochat
10 hours ago
ok, f googled it and found it: ~"entry-level/junior sysadmin and cyber"
so, a path could be picked from what you know:
1. devops/sre - really hard to get above entry-level without real experience and you _will_ be competing head on with AI ...ouch
2. cyber - same with whitehat as with devops/sre ...basically go full red-team / blackhat / offesinve for a while, the get certs and portofilio, then job in "real cyber" ...BUT ppl that do this tend to have a "very specially broken brain", so if you haven't done this already you're probably not one of them [probably for the best]
...but they're probably all bad, so better DO SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY:
...gtfo of software, you're likely not gonna become an "agents hearder" with skillset, mentality and experience - in the US probably going full on on agriculture [recent US protectionism and isolationism will give you decent levels and shield for globalized markets], learning some minimal hardware tinkering to automate drones and later manage android workers, software for planning farming automation etc... hire hands for physical labour and BUILD AND MANAGE A FARM or something like that (maybe farm + restaurant or smth else form tourism / hospitality)
All of the three sectors you've mentioned are not in a good place right now. Probably much less stressful to be an unemployed programmer than trying to make a hobby-scale farm profitable with soaring fuel and fertilizer prices, along with a labor force that is fleeing.
E: Farm automation probably has some juice though, regardless of how close the androids I keep seeing in demos actually are.
With some knowledge in devops and cyber maybe moving to QA, tester could work too. But the idea to move towards agro is a good idea too!