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When programmers change careers, they need to pay attention to cross-border.
Many people think that it is best for programmers to stay in the industry when they change careers, such as low-cost start-up projects such as outsourcing, APP, or training. In theory, this advice makes sense, and I sometimes suggest it.
But in fact, crossing the border is a shortcut. After all, programmers are being laid off more and more in the context of the IT/Internet economic downturn. Many people want to stay in the industry just like you, which will make you face more competitive pressure.
Cross-border is a differentiated competition. If you can go smoothly, the chance of success will be higher. The core theory is: there are still many experts or masters who know a certain field, but people who know multiple fields and have reached a certain level are rare.
Many people who lose their jobs instinctively stay in the industry, partly because the cost of crossing is too high or wages are too low, and partly because the pressure of starting from scratch becomes less and less bearable as they get older .
This subtle state of mind can be caused by people's pride or laziness. Therefore, most people have this instinct. Therefore, people who know more than one field are very rare. Crossover is to use this kind of human inertia to find a space for differentiated competition.
In fact, the Internet has done just that for the past few years. It leverages its IT skills to lower barriers for other industries. What we use is this kind of "Internet thinking".
But crossing borders is not random. The large Internet platform has lowered the threshold of many industries, and many industries have no room for development. Many small companies engaged in the Internet industry can only survive in those sub-sectors that large companies are not optimistic about. And what you need to do is to find a more subdivided industry that is more suitable for giving full play to your technical advantages.
For example, no matter which industry you are in, you can look for segmentation points in that industry. For example, most non-computer industries actually need APP or information solutions, but many people don't know how to operate them. What you need to do is not to develop apps for others, but to use your knowledge advantages in the field of informatization/Internet and use the information gap to cut in.
Remember, don't just think about cross-border and you have to write code. You need to be good at exploiting information gaps. Many times, you can make money simply by helping customers find cheaper solutions. Instead of always thinking about continuing to be a code farmer. You have to have some business thinking.
Learn more about the skills and ideas of doing business. Being in business doesn't mean writing code all the time. If you can only write code and not build a business, then you will only kill yourself.
For example, some stores use an APP that needs to pay 1,000 yuan per month. You can find a 500 yuan substitute for them, and then get a profit of 1 to 200 yuan from it, and replicate this experience.
Suppose it costs 100,000 yuan to develop an app, and you can find a replacement for them for 50,000 yuan.
This idea is similar to the practice in the decoration industry, which avoids the situation where the decoration company saves more profits for users, and at the same time can earn its own profits.
The difference is that programmers have more room for development than the decoration industry.
Of course, the premise is that you must be able to enter the industry and be familiar with the field.
Cross-border thinking does not allow you to know a little bit about a certain industry. There are too many such people, and you must have a deep understanding.
How to implement it, you need to explore by yourself and seek the help of relatives and friends around you.
This kind of thinking belongs to a kind of entrepreneurial thinking, which may not be understood by junior programmers or programmers with no development experience. Only people with a real business mind can understand it.
The problem with most programmers is that they have a hard time doing anything other than writing code. Such programmers are common, and this is your opportunity.
Many fellow programmers have made some money in the past with industry dividends. In fact, from the perspective of thinking, they just took advantage of the industry dividends to make money, and did not really get the hang of it. All you need to do is get ahead of these people.
In the end, the line of thought is very clear and straightforward. Combining the problems of programmers I talked about before, we can draw a conclusion: it is an industry problem that programmers cannot find a job, but the technical value of programmers has not been lost, and we need to think about how to deal with market problems.
