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Some of the best career advice I ever got was from a recruiter who had a PhD in microbiology: "Don't lose your technical edge." I sensed that he regretted step
by coglethorpe 17y ago
Some of the best career advice I ever got was from a recruiter who had a PhD in microbiology: "Don't lose your technical edge." I sensed that he regretted stepping out of the lab into a sales/recruiting role. He's a great guy but had to step out of recruiting and I met him again when he was working managing contracts for a company I was working for.
So whatever you do, I'd recommend keeping your coding skills. You could do that by starting your own software training company for example, maybe start a site that teaches basic skills to people and couple it with live courses. That's my 2 cents, anyway.
- rgrieselhuber 17y agoTotally agree. The most intimidating thing to non-technical business people (not that you should aim for intimidating people, but sometimes it helps to have an edge in a competitive environment) are people close at the top of the "value-chain" and actually know how to build what they are selling. Even better if you're the one with control over both what you're selling and how you sell it.
- interknot 17y agoThe bit about the PhD in microbiology caught my eye here--to people getting bored with "blub" programming: perhaps look into a field like bioinformatics, meteorology, and so on. You'd be working on difficult, "technical" things, but you'd be able to leverage your existing skills and simultaneously assist with the (inevitable?) computational aspects of that particular research.
- scorpioxy 17y agoYour comment is certainly applicable to me. I am interested in bioinformatics, but i have no idea how to get started in something like that. What do you think?