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every technical job i've ever interviewed for: Q: where do you see yourself in 1 / 2 / 5 years? A: The last couple jobs i've answered with "I'd like to find m
by lsiunsuex 11y ago
every technical job i've ever interviewed for:
Q: where do you see yourself in 1 / 2 / 5 years?
A: The last couple jobs i've answered with "I'd like to find myself in a management / leadership type of roll - I know enough about technology / what my industry (programming) does and operates that I think I'd be a great project manager". I've yet to accomplish this; i'm still a full stack developer (albeit, making good money) but I have yet to break into management at a day job.
If I get asked this in the next job my answer will most likely be "I have no idea. I don't want to say "well see where the wind takes me" but the technology landscape changes to quickly and to frequently to make any educated guess as to where it'll be in 1 / 2 / 5 years - and as a developer, you need to go where technology goes. 8 years ago, I was a systems administrator; 5 years ago, I was writing almost exclusively in PHP. This year, it's almost all AngularJS and NodeJS. I'll know where I'll be tomorrow when tomorrow comes."
or something like that.