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I'm assuming you make a good salary? I've been in IT for 20 years as well. Can you move to architecture, product or project management? The only one that may require some coding is architecture.
What about implementations or QA manager? I worked in implementations for about 8 years which had lots of face to face interaction as well as some coding/build. It did however include travel which I enjoyed but not everyone does.
What about implementations or QA manager? I worked in implementations for about 8 years which had lots of face to face interaction as well as some coding/build. It did however include travel which I enjoyed but not everyone does.
I've been a software developer (Java/JavaScript/HTML/XML/SQL/CSS) for 20 years and, to be honest, I've never really liked it.
It's ok, but I think I'd like to find a new career path that doesn't involve as much coding.
Some coding would be ok, if it was not the primary part of the job.
Any ideas for career paths - where my prior experience would be a benefit to landing a position - that would be suitable?
I'm very good with all things technology, that should open some doors, with technology being so integrated to all businesses nowadays.
Thanks for looking.
You could try business intelligence and business/system analysis. They collaborate with customers to get data rules for creating data marts and reports. It's a hot field right now. It does involve a fair amount of face-to-face collaboration, meetings, and technical writing though. It would be a step away from development but deeper into writing. I know developers who have done that.
Maybe you could look into a master's program for business analytics that applies information technology (e.g. business intelligence). There are also MBA programs that focus on IT but train developers to become business executives or managers. https://wpcarey.asu.edu/masters-prog...ness-analytics
Project manager, development lead, release management. But these are the positions for which you typically get promoted or moved to within one organization. If you just quit your job and start looking for a PM positions with no experience you would have a hard time finding anything and will have to take a pay cut. Same goes for Team lead/development lead and Release management to some extent.
But the job of a PM is a bit boring to me. You work with other people mainly, attend hundreds of meeting but all you personally produce are project plans.
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