Where to start to enter IT (without experience and specialized education)?

Question

Career in IT

Hello.
Briefly about myself - I am 36 years old, I work in a bank, I have two higher educations (1-accounting, 2-lawyer), knowledge of English - A2 (currently I am studying in courses to get B1, B2. I recently completed a tester course.

I have experience in banking (departments of work with cards, credit, collateral), I also worked in control authorities (tax, various ministries). I didn’t know any programming languages ​​besides testing from IT. I decided to improve my English and again asked myself the question - how can I enter the IT field. In fact, I have banking experience, tester courses, in the near future English B1 /
Googled such a direction as a business analyst in IT. In principle, I liked the description - I want to take courses in this area in order to get a business analyst in IT in the future, with further development in this area in various areas - programming, etc.

What is the question - I want to enter the field IT, but I have no idea where to start. I would not like to be a tester, a little not mine, but a business analyst - it seems to me more interesting. But maybe with my little knowledge it is possible to enter IT in a different direction? And then everywhere I read, juniors with experience + a year, knowledge of English not lower than B2 + a couple of programming languages ​​are required.

Answer 1

Start answering the question: why?
IT is now very hyped, but there is no quick and easy money, in fact, like everywhere else. I don't know how it is in your city, in Kyiv junior manual QA earns about $600, renting a one-room apartment in the middle of nowhere from $200. Up to $2k you will need years, in principle, this is most likely to be your ceiling in the role of a manual operator. There are times when a person as a specialist quickly grows to a senior, but these are exceptions. In vacancies, you will surely see topics in style: from two years of experience, as a rule, this is a lie, they are looking for more.
A business analyst in IT is not much different from a business analyst outside of IT. But it differs very much from QA. It's like comparing a painter and a sales assistant. So QA courses will not help you in any way in the direction of business analytics.
A business analyst is actually an internal auditor, IT has nothing to do with it. Accounting and jurisprudence can help you in this direction.
I recommend trying to reprofil within your own bank, it will probably make more sense.

Answer 2

Logging in has been irrelevant for several years now - you need a time machine 10 years ago to log in and just row the loot with a shovel. This sphere has already outlived its usefulness, IT people are like uncut dogs everywhere.

Answer 3

Have an old Indian rite call your squaw and start the nahua rite Do
you feel like programming?
Then it's easier to work in a bank, make a lot of money and in your free time program as you want and what you want
Do you want a lot of money?
In the bank, you will probably earn more with the right fuss.
Want to change activities?
So transfer to the bank in another department close to IT
Just like that?
Then why do you need advice?

Answer 4

I highly recommend reading the book "It's OK!" Elena Rezanova.
There, all these “change activities”, “change direction” are just sorted out using examples. The trick is that you can’t change activities abruptly, because, it turns out, most of the accumulated professional experience is thrown away and you become a nobody. I was conditionally a normal experienced bank employee, I quit and went from scratch to web development, where I was faced with the fact that I have zero knowledge, you are 40 years old and you are competing not in your favor with the young.
Often the desire to radically change something is wrong. The book helps to understand, many examples show that a person can find an interesting activity within the framework of what he already knows, using the accumulated experience, and not devaluing it.
It's very short. No need to think that this is another simple reading from the "find yourself" series. The book is really very sensible and will help to avoid nonsense.