I’ve been working as a developer for about three years now, with the last two focused on Android development. Over that time, I’ve worked hard to improve my skills—learning Kotlin, diving into different frameworks, and building portfolio projects. It’s been a good experience, and I’ve grown a lot.
That said, the market for native Android development feels pretty small, at least from what I’ve seen. I’ve gotten very few offers, and the ones I did get were mostly for backend or cross-platform mobile developer roles.
At my current job, I’ve also worked on a decent number of APIs—mostly maintenance—so I’ve got some experience with Spring Boot and Java. I’ve even had the occasional brush with JavaScript frameworks.
Now I’m thinking about shifting my focus. I’m torn between moving into cross-platform mobile development with Flutter or diving deeper into backend development with Spring Boot.
Do you think switching to backend development would mean starting over from scratch in the job market? Or would it be a good move given my background?
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r/cscareerquestions I’ve been working as a developer for about three years now, with the last two focused on Android development. Over that time, I’ve worked hard to improve my skills—learning Kotlin, diving into different frameworks, and building portfolio projects. It’s been a good experience, and I’ve grown a lot. That said, the market for native Android development feels pretty small, at least from what I’ve seen. I’ve gotten very few offers, and the ones I did get were mostly for backend or cross-platform mobile developer roles. At my current job, I’ve also worked on a decent number of APIs—mostly maintenance—so I’ve got some experience with Spring Boot and Java. I’ve even had the occasional brush with JavaScript frameworks. Now I’m thinking about shifting my focus. I’m torn between moving into cross-platform mobile development with Flutter or diving deeper into backend development with Spring Boot. Do you think switching to backend development would mean starting over from scratch in the job market? Or would it be a good move given my background? submitted by /u/Impossible_Shine1664 [link] [comments]
I’ve been working as a developer for about three years now, with the last two focused on Android development. Over that time, I’ve worked hard to improve my skills—learning Kotlin, diving into different frameworks, and building portfolio projects. It’s been a good experience, and I’ve grown a lot.
That said, the market for native Android development feels pretty small, at least from what I’ve seen. I’ve gotten very few offers, and the ones I did get were mostly for backend or cross-platform mobile developer roles.
At my current job, I’ve also worked on a decent number of APIs—mostly maintenance—so I’ve got some experience with Spring Boot and Java. I’ve even had the occasional brush with JavaScript frameworks.
Now I’m thinking about shifting my focus. I’m torn between moving into cross-platform mobile development with Flutter or diving deeper into backend development with Spring Boot.
Do you think switching to backend development would mean starting over from scratch in the job market? Or would it be a good move given my background?
submitted by /u/Impossible_Shine1664
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