On 3/12/12 8:23 PM, david battaglia wrote:
Hey all,
I wondering if its a wise move for me to focus on web development and
start to move away from networking which is where I currently work (
in net ops). I don't have that much experience a little php/mysql,
some javascript html/css but other than that, that's about it.
I feel as though my career path has become stagnate and I am beginning
to think its time to get into something that's more in demand as
networks become smarter and there are only so many network positions
that companies have opened as compared to web dev's where there seems
almost double the amount of openings.
What are some of your views?
Thanks
I highly suggest try before you sell the networking career. Many moons
ago I swore I was going to be a software developer. Went to school for
it, turned down a summer networking internship at IBM and stayed at
K-Mart to do it etc. Then I got a student job where I was a developer.
And it sucked. Not the job, but coding day in and day out.
For me it was fun when to code when it was my own ideas and goals. But
staring at that screen trying to develop something that seemed useless,
or I knew the customer wasn't going to use took all the steam out of it
for me.
Try creating something for friends just to see if you like the process
of not only developing but working with the customer. It'll give you an
idea of if you can tolerate it as a career. And don't pick that friend
that likes everything you've ever done. Get the nitpicky person to be
your first customer. ;)
Damion
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