Moving to the next step
Hi all,
I have 6 years of Software Developing experience, mainly Java. What are the career paths I can follow if I dont want to do the developing/programming any longer? Except becoming the Project Manager, which I dont like to do.
I know there are many experienced developers/engineers on this site, which perhaps have been in this situation before and would like to know your advice.
Any idea/help is greatly appreciated.
RonitT wrote:
Hi all,
I have 6 years of Software Developing experience, mainly Java. What are the career paths I can follow if I don’t want to do the developing/programming any longer? Except becoming the Project Manager, which I don’t like to do.That and technical lead is the normal path to management. If you want to do management you need one or the other.
Architect with larger companies is often a role that does not involve programming. This position should still have project management and even tech lead experience.
Business consultant is often a role with larger companies that does not involve programming. (This can often have different names, but is basically a intermediate between customer needs and development.)
Professional services can often lead to less programming. Specific positions for that are more likely with larger companies.
All of the above are likely to require travel. A lot or little depending on the company. Which might or might not be a good thing.
CTO at even rather small companies often means no programming but it is a management position and should only be attainable with management experience.
Quality Assurance - this tends to vary greatly since it can sometimes require programming (experience with testing apps) or even main stream languages.
There can be more or less technical roles within Sales. Titles and duties can vary widely. For example Professional Services can be organized under Sales and there are positions such as Tech Evangilists.
IT of course.
With the correct assessment of what it is you actually do and with a personality that is willing to sell yourself you might be able to find some completely different industry.
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