I'd go for security, seems more interesting (to me).
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#42Surprised nobody has mentioned this yet: be careful about that non-promise of a "possibility of getting a bit more into actual software development later."
It's very easy for a company to make vague non-promises like this. Consider how you would feel if it took 1 year or 2 years or infinite years for that "getting a bit more into actual software development" thing to happen. Would you quit after a year of waiting? Would you feel like you had wasted your time?
Something to consider.
Re: Ask HN: Which job should I choose?
#43Surprised nobody has mentioned this yet: be careful about that non-promise of a "possibility of getting a bit more into actual software development later." It's very easy for a company to make vague non-promises like this. Consider how you would feel if it took 1 year or 2 years or infinite years for that "getting a bit more into actual software development" thing to happen. Would you quit after a year of waiting? Wo…
Yeah, this would be a red flag for me, if you want to be a coder, take the job where you'll be coding from day one.
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#44As people write, you have to decide on your own, but I can share what would I do. First, consider technologigies. Do I like any of thechnologies more than those in second oportunity (I assume there aren't technologies you dislike). This is not very important though. Second, think about what company do. I'd prefer security much more and this is very big plus. What would you do: design or maintenance (I think we all li…
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Re: Ask HN: Which job should I choose?
#45My 2 cents: - The security job is more hardcore. It's a branch of software that you probably will find hard to learn about on your own, with lots of little juicy details. Airline software, I'll bet most devs could figure out how to write if they understood the domain, and there are probably fewer pitfalls. But I'm no expert on either. - Your subjective experience will depend a lot on the individual people you meet an…
Oh come on, he's be using javascript and kendo UI to make graphs. That's not hardcore security programming.
That's the very antithesis of hardcore programming. Apart from tearing your hair out at the shitty kendo API designs.
The security job sounds like a boring job to me from his description, sounds like they'd be using him to animate a bunch of graphs on their website or something.
OP, there's almost nothing worse in programming than making graphs.
Re: Ask HN: Which job should I choose?
#46Surprised nobody has mentioned this yet: be careful about that non-promise of a "possibility of getting a bit more into actual software development later." It's very easy for a company to make vague non-promises like this. Consider how you would feel if it took 1 year or 2 years or infinite years for that "getting a bit more into actual software development" thing to happen. Would you quit after a year of waiting? Wo…
I spent 3 years at my last company waiting for the "possibility" I was promised in the interview. Admittedly it was great job that I did enjoy the stuff I actually was doing, but the constant waiting and hoping for that elusive 'possibility' did gnaw at me, and heavily contributed to me quitting.
So basically my advice is to heavily discount any promises of future possibilities and judge the job mainly by what you know you will be doing.
Re: Ask HN: Which job should I choose?
#47Consider picking based on other factors like humanity and people how you like the people you will work with. Often this is more important then small differences in career choice. In terms of "career", well the airline has more stuff to add to you resume.
The airline industry is also very cyclical, which could have some bearing depending on what you mean by "career."
Re: Ask HN: Which job should I choose?
#48Don't focus on the tech/stack. Go for work that you find interesting and where you like the company culture and people.
Re: Ask HN: Which job should I choose?
#49My 2 cents: - The security job is more hardcore. It's a branch of software that you probably will find hard to learn about on your own, with lots of little juicy details. Airline software, I'll bet most devs could figure out how to write if they understood the domain, and there are probably fewer pitfalls. But I'm no expert on either. - Your subjective experience will depend a lot on the individual people you meet an…
Oh come on, he's be using javascript and kendo UI to make graphs. That's not hardcore security programming. That's the very antithesis of hardcore programming. Apart from tearing your hair out at the shitty kendo API designs. The security job sounds like a boring job to me from his description, sounds like they'd be using him to animate a bunch of graphs on their website or something. OP, there's almost nothing worse…
Graphs are fun, CHARTS are boring.
Re: Ask HN: Which job should I choose?
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh come on, he's be using javascript and kendo UI to make graphs. That's not hardcore security programming. That's the very antithesis of hardcore programming. Apart from tearing your hair out at the shitty kendo API designs. The security job sounds like a boring job to me from his description, sounds like they'd be using him to animate a bunch of graphs on their website or something. OP, there's almost nothing worse…
Graphs are fun, CHARTS are boring.
Haha, that's a more accurate assessment!
OP, it's so hard to know what a job is like from a tiny second hand description, so don't take my words too literally, it might be fine and more involved, but as someone else said in the thread:
there is a possibility of getting a bit more into
Is code for:
we're going to dangle this thing in front of you for a year or two and then conveniently forget we ever said it