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I've been working in tech / IT for over 10 years now. After graduating with a CS degree I found myself questioning whether or not I wanted a job coding. Instead
by tccloud 8y ago
I've been working in tech / IT for over 10 years now. After graduating with a CS degree I found myself questioning whether or not I wanted a job coding. Instead of applying for those types of jobs, I looked for software / application support roles. That could mean you work for a software company providing (customer facing) support to the products they sell or working within the IT Dept of a company supporting a number of users applications (I've done both). I did this for about 4-5 years and gained plenty experience with various technologies. The nature of the jobs will have you talking to people that have various roles in a company, which may give you insight on different jobs / industries outside of tech. During one of my application support jobs I was able to transition into a developer position since the work called for me writing some code anyways. It was interesting to me so I figured why not give it a shot. If you heart is not quite settled on being a software engineer, look into application support. You will learn plenty, still have a good challenge without coding, and might just find yourself coding here and there anyways as part of the job. Hope this helps.