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Ask HN: Changing tech careers
I'm currently in my third year of working, and I have changed my tech careers twice. I'm fearful it would be detrimental both in terms of my learning and career progression.
After graduating, I've been a software engineer for 2 years building both web applications and Java applications.
After two years, I was curious about the Cyber security scene, and dove head in to Linux security. I've learnt quite a bit on malware analysis and techniques. But after spending a year here, I felt that this is not what I wish to do, and I'm now transferring to a machine learning domain.
I'm curious to hear any stories on how you changed your tech careers, and how you felt about it! Also, any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
- dylanhassinger 8y agoall experience is good experience
- q-base 8y agoCalm down. You are absolutely fine. It is not like you are a schoolteacher one month, a carpenter next and then a programmer the third month. You are exposing yourself to a breadth of knowledge within your field/domain, that is only fine, especially in the beginning. It is very common advice to do so, mentioned in the Pragmatic Programmer for instance.
- dyeje 8y agoWhy do you feel you are changing careers? It seems like you are just changing your speciality in software engineering.
- itronitron 8y agoI recommend finding overlap between the specialties, that will ease any transition, improve your knowledge of both, and help you find new applications for techniques. I know ML is as hyped up as Data Science has been. It is important to realize that both of those sub-fields have developed out of long histories in Statistics, Math, and CS so try to learn as much of the backstory as you can.