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> I'm a web developer in my early 30s. (...) My goal is to transition into software engineering. What do you want to do exactly? Because according to many (mos

by jstx1 4y ago

> I'm a web developer in my early 30s. (...) My goal is to transition into software engineering. What do you want to do exactly? Because according to many (most?) people in the industry you already have a software engineering career and there's nothing to transition to.

supertofu 4y ago
I primarily work with marketing teams and my job is essentially making button animations looks snappy and optimizing websites for SEO. I wouldn't personally consider this to be "engineering." I'd much rather work on a product engineering team, but almost every product engineering job I look at requires a BS and my resume gets auto-rejected.
- jstx1 4y ago
  > but almost every product engineering job I look at requires a BS and my resume gets auto-rejected. Most don't require it especially for people with experience. This sounds more like you have a confidence problem rather than a lack-of-CS-degree problem.
  - supertofu 4y ago
    I can assure you that your insight about my confidence is 100% correct :D
    - DarrenDev 4y ago
      He's right about the auto rejection. I have a degree in History which I never bother putting on my CV, but I have 20 years as a developer. My CV doesn't get auto rejected.
- potta_coffee 4y ago
  I have no degree at all (unless an art degree counts for something) and I transitioned from web development to a different sphere (cloud / backend engineering). I decided to switch and within a year I'd acquired enough skills to get interviews in my chosen field. Granted, I'm not working at the sexy companies, but I'm not interested.