The starting path in it. How to be?

Question

Career in IT

Hello everyone.
Not so long ago I decided to try myself in the IT field. I was very interested in Data science and various data analysis. I took a couple of courses on Python and SQL, and faced the problem of the lack of need for this specificity in my city. I decided to learn php, git (with these tools you can at least find something in our city) in order to at least just get a job in some kind of it office to feel what it means to work in a team, what it generally means to work in the field of it. I decided to follow the following plan: get a job in any company, work, gain experience, and at the same time learn and look for a job according to the specifics I need. Or if you like to work in a position that I get a job, just improve myself in this direction.
Q: Do you think it's a good plan? Maybe I missed something, you want to add something. Thank you all in advance!

Answer 1

I don’t just think, I know for sure that newcomers from the street do not come to data science, this is a direction for already professional programmers with excellent mathematical background. The task of a beginner at the beginning of a career path is to gain basic knowledge and the broadest possible horizons in IT, get a job in any job they take, grow to the middle, in the process try everything that their hands can reach, and then choose an interesting specialization for themselves.

Answer 2

I was very interested in Data science and various data analysis.

Do you have a university degree in applied mathematics or any other similar field? I'm sorry, what? Not? We will call you back.

Answer 3

Good plan, keep going.

Answer 4

Everyone has their own path and you know better what to do next, you should not care about the opinion of others.