Non-linear career paths are the future
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Non-linear career paths are the future
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#2Mine is: engineering -> pHD dropout -> advertising -> market research -> analytics -> software dev + ML. Different industries all united by data.
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#3The problem with non-linear career paths are that they're less predictable and work for people who have a higher career focus.
I think job (er, company) hopping is a perfectly good career strategy. It's just better suited for a different set of folks. Both options being available are great.
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#4Seems pretty normal at least at my age. Leaving aside degree periods, four careers--three reasonably adjacent, the other not.
A couple engineering degrees -> offshore drilling engineering work -> business degree -> PM at computer hardware -> IT industry analyst -> primarily external software marketing. But the latter 3 were all ~ten years.
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#5High School Dropout -> GED -> Redneck Tech School -> RF Tech -> OJT -> Electronic Test Engineer -> Extracurricular Learning -> Big Iron Programmer -> Extracurricular Learning -> Mac Programmer -> Major Corporation -> Major Engineering Company for 27 Years (as Engineer and Manager) -> Declared Persona Non Grata in the Tech Industry (for Being Old) -> Extracurricular Learning -> Working for Free on Stuff That I Find Interesting
Also, I have been an artist and a musician, in that time (neither professionally).
We'll see what the future holds. It's been an interesting ride, so far...
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#6High School Dropout -> GED -> Redneck Tech School -> RF Tech -> OJT -> Electronic Test Engineer -> Extracurricular Learning -> Big Iron Programmer -> Extracurricular Learning -> Mac Programmer -> Major Corporation -> Major Engineering Company for 27 Years (as Engineer and Manager) -> Declared Persona Non Grata in the Tech Industry (for Being Old) -> Extracurricular Learning -> Working for Free on Stuff That I Find In…
Ageism is too much of a thing in tech. These young frontend js developers can't even hold down F2 to enter the BIOS. So much knowledge lost from companies letting decades worth of experience walk out the door. And it shows, so many modern products have shite architecture.
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#7High School Dropout -> GED -> Redneck Tech School -> RF Tech -> OJT -> Electronic Test Engineer -> Extracurricular Learning -> Big Iron Programmer -> Extracurricular Learning -> Mac Programmer -> Major Corporation -> Major Engineering Company for 27 Years (as Engineer and Manager) -> Declared Persona Non Grata in the Tech Industry (for Being Old) -> Extracurricular Learning -> Working for Free on Stuff That I Find In…
> No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip
> For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
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#8High School Dropout -> GED -> Redneck Tech School -> RF Tech -> OJT -> Electronic Test Engineer -> Extracurricular Learning -> Big Iron Programmer -> Extracurricular Learning -> Mac Programmer -> Major Corporation -> Major Engineering Company for 27 Years (as Engineer and Manager) -> Declared Persona Non Grata in the Tech Industry (for Being Old) -> Extracurricular Learning -> Working for Free on Stuff That I Find In…
Sounds like a wild ride. I wish you all the best for the future. Have you considered woodworking? :)
Re: Non-linear career paths are the future
#9High School Dropout -> GED -> Redneck Tech School -> RF Tech -> OJT -> Electronic Test Engineer -> Extracurricular Learning -> Big Iron Programmer -> Extracurricular Learning -> Mac Programmer -> Major Corporation -> Major Engineering Company for 27 Years (as Engineer and Manager) -> Declared Persona Non Grata in the Tech Industry (for Being Old) -> Extracurricular Learning -> Working for Free on Stuff That I Find In…
Ageism is too much of a thing in tech. These young frontend js developers can't even hold down F2 to enter the BIOS. So much knowledge lost from companies letting decades worth of experience walk out the door. And it shows, so many modern products have shite architecture.
Unfortunately though the lifespan of modern products isn’t very long either, so there’s not much value in investing in old time engineers to build products that could last forever. Any idiot can build a bridge that stands, but it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands, etc.
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#10High School Dropout -> GED -> Redneck Tech School -> RF Tech -> OJT -> Electronic Test Engineer -> Extracurricular Learning -> Big Iron Programmer -> Extracurricular Learning -> Mac Programmer -> Major Corporation -> Major Engineering Company for 27 Years (as Engineer and Manager) -> Declared Persona Non Grata in the Tech Industry (for Being Old) -> Extracurricular Learning -> Working for Free on Stuff That I Find In…
Sounds like a wild ride. I wish you all the best for the future. Have you considered woodworking? :)
I cut myself. I'm a bit "spectrumish." It makes me a great programmer, but fairly awkward, physically.
I had an employee (software engineer) that was a serious woodworker. Did nice stuff.