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I switched careers into software development almost a decade ago. I have found that a) Yes. Much of the software development you will do in the plain vanilla
by lujim 11y ago
I switched careers into software development almost a decade ago. I have found that
a) Yes. Much of the software development you will do in the plain vanilla business world is not very analytical, interesting, or exciting. Many companies are very slow moving and your ability to influence that is going to be nil if you're just writing their software.
b) I have much less talent and passion than I thought I did when I started. :)
Don't let that deter you. Software development as a job is still better (compensation, hours, opportunity to solve problems on a daily basis, ability to find jobs) than virtually anything else out there.
- thedevil 11y agoI do feel bad for complaining. My job is not bad and they treat their people, especially software engineers, pretty nicely. At the moment, I usually give up on adequate sleep to work on my apps and other projects. I hope that doesn't fade.
- omouse 11y ago>* Much of the software development you will do in the plain vanilla business world is not very analytical, interesting, or exciting. Many companies are very slow moving* From what I've seen this is mostly because these companies are run by non-technical people or technical people who lost their technical skills. They're slow moving because they're conservative and scared. >your ability to influence that is going to be nil if you're just writing their software. This. Very much this. If you aren't into building larger systems and systems thinking you're going to get commoditized and shoved into a pure developer role with little influence.