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I guess I’d depends on what “pay reasonably well” means. If you’re in the US, I don’t think you’ll be able to just walk into to any other career and make close

I guess I’d depends on what “pay reasonably well” means. If you’re in the US, I don’t think you’ll be able to just walk into to any other career and make close to what you made as a developer. If you’re just looking for a decent middle class income, there might be more options, but it still seems rough. I’ve been watching the local job market near me and it’s pretty dim. Some of the companies near me that usually hire devs aren’t really hiring devs right now, but are still hiring for adjacent business roles (think business analysts, etc.). There are a lot of management roles across all sorts of industries, but the better ones tend to want established domain experts.

epicureanideal 3y ago
> There are a lot of management roles across all sorts of industries, but the better ones tend to want established domain experts. Where do you see those? Can you give me some examples? Thank you for your comments.
- the_only_law 3y ago
  Just from a casual search on some jobs boards, some of the better paying non-dev stuff seems to be: 1) B2B Sales 2) Business Analyst/Systems Analyst/QA 3) Management (mostly retail, logistics, and medical) I imagine 2) is the easiest for devs who are out of work. Sales might be an option if you have the personality (but B2C sales don’t pay very well). 3) seems tougher because they usually want people with king established domain expertise, but it might be possible. There seem to be some well paid trades/industrial jobs, but anything paying decent money seem to want very experienced people, probably with catches (the biggest I’ve heard from talking to people are excessive hours in harsh environments). There’s also a handful of well paid marketing positions as well as medical positions, but those are probably going to be a no-go without a background there.

epicureanideal 3y ago

> There are a lot of management roles across all sorts of industries, but the better ones tend to want established domain experts. Where do you see those? Can you give me some examples? Thank you for your comments.

the_only_law 3y ago
Just from a casual search on some jobs boards, some of the better paying non-dev stuff seems to be: 1) B2B Sales 2) Business Analyst/Systems Analyst/QA 3) Management (mostly retail, logistics, and medical) I imagine 2) is the easiest for devs who are out of work. Sales might be an option if you have the personality (but B2C sales don’t pay very well). 3) seems tougher because they usually want people with king established domain expertise, but it might be possible. There seem to be some well paid trades/industrial jobs, but anything paying decent money seem to want very experienced people, probably with catches (the biggest I’ve heard from talking to people are excessive hours in harsh environments). There’s also a handful of well paid marketing positions as well as medical positions, but those are probably going to be a no-go without a background there.