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That's nice that you get told that you do a good job. I second the idea about becoming an architect. There are also other roles like sales engineers, help desk, security consultants, etc. It depends on what you enjoy, how much human interaction you want, and what positions are available in your area.
That's nice that you get told that you do a good job. I second the idea about becoming an architect. There are also other roles like sales engineers, help desk, security consultants, etc. It depends on what you enjoy, how much human interaction you want, and what positions are available in your area.
The architect sounds interesting. Do you have any links for examples etc?
For example, at my company a data architect helps a project by reviewing the data they plan to use and suggesting where to store it and how to structure the data. They might review a team's plan and provide suggestions. The data architect also might help a team if they are having trouble getting the data they need.
We also have software architects that review projects and consult for the project teams to ensure that the proposed system architecture follow best practices and be efficient. So they might recommend using SNS+SQS instead of just SQS because they see a future need for other projects to access those messages and they could all subscribe to the SNS topic then poll their own SQS that is fed by a filtered subscription to that SNS topic.
Here is a general link for solutions architect. https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/solution-architect/
You could become a technical architect (there's many types). It's less coding and more meetings and discussions about technical roadmaps.
This sounds interesting. Do you have any links of examples etc?
https://ie.linkedin.com/jobs/view/solutions-architect-lead-e...
https://ie.linkedin.com/jobs/view/associate-solutions-archit...
And a 'cloud' architect:
https://ie.linkedin.com/jobs/view/cloud-architect-at-deloitt...
You could become a technical architect (there's many types). It's less coding and more meetings and discussions about technical roadmaps.
If you hate sitting in front of a computer, you might retrain to be a hardware engineer (e.g. in robotics, aerospace etc.). They can sometimes spend a lot of the time building prototypes or testing the physical component in a lab (of course, there's plenty of hardware jobs where you just spend the whole day in front of a CAD, but you can filter them out during your job search). Unfortunately, this will still require…
If you hate sitting in front of a computer, you might retrain to be a hardware engineer (e.g. in robotics, aerospace etc.). They can sometimes spend a lot of the time building prototypes or testing the physical component in a lab (of course, there's plenty of hardware jobs where you just spend the whole day in front of a CAD, but you can filter them out during your job search). Unfortunately, this will still require…
Wouldn't that require going back to get an entire BSEE at least?
Anyway, my bigger point is, if you hate focusing in front of the computer, then software engineering is not a career for you and you need to retrain for something else. But, it's very uncertain if you'll like that other thing. So, maybe it's best to just accept the drawbacks of the current career, as other careers might not be better.
You could become a technical architect (there's many types). It's less coding and more meetings and discussions about technical roadmaps.
I'm an architect. During the pandemic, I'm still stuck 8 hours behind my laptop, just doing calls, presentations etc.
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Wouldn't that require going back to get an entire BSEE at least?
Probably, although maybe you can get a job in such shop as a software guy first and learn the ropes there. Anyway, my bigger point is, if you hate focusing in front of the computer, then software engineering is not a career for you and you need to retrain for something else. But, it's very uncertain if you'll like that other thing. So, maybe it's best to just accept the drawbacks of the current career, as other caree…