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How do you think about your career?

by NickViac

So I've been software developer my whole life and I was having itch I wanted to scratch for a long time - to build my own thing.

Right now I am trying to build some products / soft company with friends but my roles is more on a business side because that's where I can make most difference.

I am bit puzzled about how to think about my career now and what it means to become better? Till now I knew what it meant - understanding programming language or framework better, use some other tool , teach junior devs.

Now it seems bit more vague , the thing I am doing is trying to build high quality software, but I don't do the actually building anymore. Feels weird.

One view could be I am still doing a software, but in just different role but given that my day to day looks so much different.

NickViac's avatarNickViac
on March 1, 2020
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    I have a lot (a whoooole lot) of career thoughts.

    A couple of thoughts that might apply to you:

    1. Hopefully you think of your career in the long term (5-ish year chapters), and you see a better version of yourself at the end of a chapter.
    2. Generally you're either reaping or sowing. That is, you are either putting in hard work that results in growth, or you are taking a moment to enjoy the rewards. (Don't forget that last bit.)
    3. It's OK to change directions in your career - make that jump from simple engineering to something else! But one generally should do it gradually.
    4. Building a business will force you to learn new skills, so you'll get plenty of exposure that way. (That's how I went from zero to an engineering title in my day job!)
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