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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6239437" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>I work as a developer/manager of the software development department at my small company.</p><p></p><p>It's a good job, but I work harder than I ever did at the Fortune sub-50 company I spent over a decade at.</p><p></p><p>I taught myself how to program when I was a kid, and pretty much stuck with that through college. Worked in IT during college, and got found by tech company via the web (when that was new and nobody got jobs via the web).</p><p></p><p>It's worked out. I should have job hopped more, as spending 10+ years at one company kept my salary down. Loyalty to a company doesn't pay. Loyalty to bosses you respect and who respect you does.</p><p></p><p>My current bosses just sent me and my wife on a trip to see her family. A nice perk of a small business and of being at the top of the corporate ladder here (it's a step ladder).</p><p></p><p>For people with computer aptitude, I suggest:</p><p>get a degree in CIS or MIS, or take some classes for A+ cert or CCNA type stuff.</p><p>Get into QA or technical support</p><p>transfer out of that into more technical roles (dev, network admin, etc)</p><p></p><p>As a developer of business apps, my work is better because I've setup and installed servers, managed networks, tested software/hardware. It informs my development to know how to finish the job of deploying my solution, not just write code. So coming up the chain from QA or support gives that practical experience of having feet on the ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6239437, member: 8835"] I work as a developer/manager of the software development department at my small company. It's a good job, but I work harder than I ever did at the Fortune sub-50 company I spent over a decade at. I taught myself how to program when I was a kid, and pretty much stuck with that through college. Worked in IT during college, and got found by tech company via the web (when that was new and nobody got jobs via the web). It's worked out. I should have job hopped more, as spending 10+ years at one company kept my salary down. Loyalty to a company doesn't pay. Loyalty to bosses you respect and who respect you does. My current bosses just sent me and my wife on a trip to see her family. A nice perk of a small business and of being at the top of the corporate ladder here (it's a step ladder). For people with computer aptitude, I suggest: get a degree in CIS or MIS, or take some classes for A+ cert or CCNA type stuff. Get into QA or technical support transfer out of that into more technical roles (dev, network admin, etc) As a developer of business apps, my work is better because I've setup and installed servers, managed networks, tested software/hardware. It informs my development to know how to finish the job of deploying my solution, not just write code. So coming up the chain from QA or support gives that practical experience of having feet on the ground. [/QUOTE]
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