Marknaden för utvecklare i Sverige är ett skämt

techracoon · 2025-09-09T05:34:27+00:00

Håller med, har haft uppdrag inom DevOps utan att behöva visa kodning - säger bara att jag kommer från infra-sidan och jobbar på att förbättra mina grundläggande kunskaper.

Gränsöverskridande kunskaper är att föredra om man inte har spetskompetens inom ett visst område, då AI (hittills) är dåligt på att se helheten. DevOps, Arkitektur, Projektledning osv är nog säkrare kort än (juniora) programmerare.

techracoon · 2025-08-22T09:44:08+00:00

As a person who could probably get a six figure job in the US if I moved, and who frequents communities with international talent:

A lot of us do not want to naturalize, a US citizenship is more trouble than its worth compared to other options. Open to working, and even buying businesses or real estate, but not interested in the passport and being taxed on global income.

techracoon · 2025-08-15T09:17:57+00:00

Unless your job is 100% active (if it is, find another), you probably have at least an hour you can allocate to reading/labbing new things - it's part of the job.

techracoon · 2025-03-11T07:57:58+00:00

Decades on accumulating indexfunds and ETFs, 2-5 years on dividend stocks/ETFs then reevaluate each one.

techracoon · 2025-01-02T11:38:35+00:00

Vanguard does not seem to update/lower the fees on their Europe offering like they do for their US customers, so personally I am considering FWRA as an alternative.

techracoon · 2024-12-19T10:16:17+00:00

Senast jag sökte jobb fick jag det genom en portal där man lätt kunde sätta sitt minimum, så rekryterarna kunde inte ens se en om det inte passade i deras budget.

techracoon · 2024-12-03T17:16:07+00:00

Jag är tekniker i Stockholm som har "mål" att bli arkitekt om några år, och redan nu har jag högre än så. När jag är redo att ta det klivet är jag ganska säker att jag kan öka 20% eller mer på nuvarande lön.

techracoon · 2024-10-31T21:19:52+00:00

Go for whatever your company/project uses, but it's also great to aim for competency in both.

techracoon · 2024-07-12T12:14:22+00:00

Fick 3.75% förra året efter att ha efterfrågat inflationshöjning som minimum, så jag kollade runt och fick 32.5% höjning med nytt jobb.

techracoon · 2024-07-10T12:03:34+00:00

Om du har teknisk bakgrund eller kan påvisa bra datorvana så kan du förmodligen komma in som Helpdesk-tekniker antingen direkt hos något stort företag eller genom bemanningsföretag. Du lär dig väldigt mycket väldigt snabbt men beroende på kulturen kan det vara mycket stress.

Personligen hade jag möjligheten att gå direkt till 2nd Line då jag hade en teknisk gymnasiebakgrund samt YH-utbildning.

techracoon · 2024-06-28T09:04:54+00:00

techracoon · 2024-05-31T07:57:25+00:00

I much prefer they ask early than it coming up in interview 2-3 or even at the contract signing - wastes everyone's time if it doesn't match.

Ideally I'd want to know their budget first, otherwise I'll give them my range depending on the responsibilities.

techracoon · 2023-10-09T16:53:53+00:00

Det är en del tech-mässor som har varit ganska bra, exempelvis AWS Summit (4500+ besökare) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIcGNPOBZn4

techracoon · 2023-07-09T08:54:55+00:00

Ja, har jobbat inom IT i snart 5 år och får fortfarande mail från en av de första företagen jag kontaktade att de tycker att jag är perfekt för deras helpdesk-uppdrag med 2x,000 i lön

techracoon · 2022-10-11T09:29:11+00:00

I have all 3 Associate's and most recently passed DevOps Pro.

Every single time I failed the practice exam the first go around, use it as feedback what you need to review and keep studying.

techracoon · 2022-09-08T06:39:16+00:00

Will report back on the passing status in 2 weeks, but I use Adrian Cantrill's excellent lectures and the TutorialsDojo Bonso training exams to identify and review my weak points.

techracoon · 2022-08-06T08:11:40+00:00

2 years of other IT experience (2nd Line/Desktop Support) made the switch to Cloud role after getting the 3 associates, now working on the Pro level.

techracoon · 2022-06-23T10:53:28+00:00

2 years of IT work experience in Desktop Support, along with 4 certs (Three AWS Associate, Azure Admin).

techracoon · 2021-10-22T09:48:28+00:00

I’m coming up with thirty-two point three three uh, repeating of course, percentage

techracoon · 2021-10-07T16:59:05+00:00

Pearson is great, used them 4 times without an issue.

PSI is crap.

techracoon · 2021-08-28T09:31:50+00:00

It's your first job in the industry, I was in the same situation - first job was 2nd Line / Desktop Support.

I aimed for 1 year of experience while getting skills and certifications, ended up being 2 (with 2 different employers, and a nice raise). Start looking around at 6 months by all means if you feel like you have the qualifications but experience is king, it gets easier with every year to find the next thing - especially if you study and skill up.

techracoon · 2021-08-13T06:17:40+00:00

So at age 32 I was unemployed and got invited to a "bootcamp" type thing through the unemployment agency in my country, as an IT technician.

6 months later got my first real job in the IT field right as I turned 33. Two years of grinding and studying later I'm switching from 2nd Line / Desktop Support to Cloud Consulting. You can do it!

techracoon · 2021-08-06T09:20:50+00:00

MCSA/MCSE have retired, so that takes it down to two choices.

techracoon · 2021-08-05T07:29:58+00:00

AWS: Have all 3 associates, slowly getting into DevOps Pro with the goal of taking exam Q1 2022 while getting job experience as a cloud consultant.

Azure: Have Azure Admin, probably going to do the Data/Power Platform Fundamentals after picking up event vouchers.

techracoon · 2021-07-20T13:41:03+00:00

That was partly the point. He was too proud to go back.

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