Hi everyone, I wanted to ask for some career advice for a recent opportunity that I have come across. I have been at my company for the past 7 years and I am comfortable here. It’s a medium sized, lowkey business and my position is relatively low stress. I was recently given the opportunity to move to a role in the same company titled Senior Integration Analyst. Someone recommended me internally, and I have a chance to transfer over before the job is available to others. Basicallly, it’s mine if I want it.
I would be doing a lot of the same things (programming, building/managing apps) but on top of that, there are a lot more responsibilities: working a lot more with clients, managing contractors, etc. Also, it is a department that is a lot more serious as it works with critical public facing apps, so the environment is a lot more serious and not as chill. The pay is around the same but scales to 20% more than my current position.
My concern with it is for future roles. If I go to a role that is not titled “Software Engineer”, will it hurt my career in programming, or would it lead to more opportunities since it is a senior role with more leadership opportunities? I guess it depends on whether I want to apply in the future for more leadership oriented opportunities, but since I have not had a lot of those responsibilites in my current position, I am wary of going down a path that may make it harder to return to other software engineering roles, especially at bigger tech companies, which I have always wanted to try.
submitted by /u/WEWEREONABREEAAKK
[link] [comments]
r/cscareerquestions Hi everyone, I wanted to ask for some career advice for a recent opportunity that I have come across. I have been at my company for the past 7 years and I am comfortable here. It’s a medium sized, lowkey business and my position is relatively low stress. I was recently given the opportunity to move to a role in the same company titled Senior Integration Analyst. Someone recommended me internally, and I have a chance to transfer over before the job is available to others. Basicallly, it’s mine if I want it. I would be doing a lot of the same things (programming, building/managing apps) but on top of that, there are a lot more responsibilities: working a lot more with clients, managing contractors, etc. Also, it is a department that is a lot more serious as it works with critical public facing apps, so the environment is a lot more serious and not as chill. The pay is around the same but scales to 20% more than my current position. My concern with it is for future roles. If I go to a role that is not titled “Software Engineer”, will it hurt my career in programming, or would it lead to more opportunities since it is a senior role with more leadership opportunities? I guess it depends on whether I want to apply in the future for more leadership oriented opportunities, but since I have not had a lot of those responsibilites in my current position, I am wary of going down a path that may make it harder to return to other software engineering roles, especially at bigger tech companies, which I have always wanted to try. submitted by /u/WEWEREONABREEAAKK [link] [comments]
Hi everyone, I wanted to ask for some career advice for a recent opportunity that I have come across. I have been at my company for the past 7 years and I am comfortable here. It’s a medium sized, lowkey business and my position is relatively low stress. I was recently given the opportunity to move to a role in the same company titled Senior Integration Analyst. Someone recommended me internally, and I have a chance to transfer over before the job is available to others. Basicallly, it’s mine if I want it.
I would be doing a lot of the same things (programming, building/managing apps) but on top of that, there are a lot more responsibilities: working a lot more with clients, managing contractors, etc. Also, it is a department that is a lot more serious as it works with critical public facing apps, so the environment is a lot more serious and not as chill. The pay is around the same but scales to 20% more than my current position.
My concern with it is for future roles. If I go to a role that is not titled “Software Engineer”, will it hurt my career in programming, or would it lead to more opportunities since it is a senior role with more leadership opportunities? I guess it depends on whether I want to apply in the future for more leadership oriented opportunities, but since I have not had a lot of those responsibilites in my current position, I am wary of going down a path that may make it harder to return to other software engineering roles, especially at bigger tech companies, which I have always wanted to try.
submitted by /u/WEWEREONABREEAAKK
[link] [comments]