Does software development sound like a good career for me? /u/sleeepy_sheeepy CSCQ protests reddit

I really like building useful tools with code. For example: I have built several data analysis workflows in R that simplify the calculation of some statistics for a report my workplace produces. I have also built some conversion tools to ingest, process and convert data so it can be processed by our database. I have LOVED working on these projects, but don’t come from a software engineer or developer background – I’m just self taught in R from my university courses. I’m less interested in statistical analysis and interpretation of data and more just interested in building things with code.

Is this the kind of thing that a software developer does? I’m trying to figure out a career path and something that does more of these tasks seems like it might be a good fit for me.

I really like building useful tools with code. For example: I have built several data analysis workflows in R that simplify the calculation of some statistics for a report my workplace produces. I have also built some conversion tools to ingest, process and convert data so it can be processed by our database. I have LOVED working on these projects, but don’t come from a software engineer or developer background – I’m just self taught in R from my university courses. I’m less interested in statistical analysis and interpretation of data and more just interested in building things with code.

Is this the kind of thing that a software developer does? I’m trying to figure out a career path and something that does more of these tasks seems like it might be a good fit for me.