Have you transitioned from software engineering to IT? Share Your Experience! #IT #SoftwareEngineering #CareerChange
Wondering what led to your decision and how it’s going so far. Any regrets? Let’s hear your story!
Share Your Experience
– Why did you make the switch from software engineering to IT?
– How has the transition been for you?
– Any regrets or challenges you’ve faced?
– Any advice for others considering making a similar career change?
Software engineering is a subset of IT
You mean like from software engineering to IT support or infrastructure support?
While I was in school, I worked part time as a sysadmin. After I got my CS degree, I worked as a software engineer for four years before realizing I hated it.
I took a 10-percent pay cut for a position elsewhere as a sysadmin. A few months after being hired, I was transferred to a new position with the made-up title of “site reliability engineer.” I ended up staying at that company for 15 years. Ironically, I wrote far more code as an SRE than I ever did as a SWE; but it was all internal tools and I didn’t have to deal with customers.
No regrets; it ended up being an unexpectedly interesting and lucrative career.
I went from software developer to Sys admin. I got tired of sprints and senior developers telling me to do it one way then rejecting my work to the next sprint bc I should have done it a different way even though they told me exactly how to do it
Currently looking to do the same. Got interested in networking, security, Linux etc. Planning to go to “systems engineering”, “sys admin” or something. Glad you asked this