▲ | curiousllama 13 hours ago | |||||||
Most folks who I know who made a large career change did one of two things: - Hard shift: quit their job, went to grad school, and started over. - Soft shift: got an adjacent job w/ a company w/ many roles (consulting, big tech, etc.), slowly got good at the adjacent role, and then title change. I don't know what's best for you. Option 2 is safer. Could look like: - Get a job doing UX in/around tech services/consulting/cybersecurity (eg IBM, Palo Alto Networks). - Get on a team with cybersecurity engineers (eg, GTM for a "new cyber offering") - Slowly build up your PM or technical skills (eg, start by learning SQL & doing reporting) - When you're actually useful in the new area, ask about a role change Keep in mind this is a lot of work. - You're gonna need to go from No knowledge -> Junior -> Mid-Level -> Senior. - Your opportunity cost is 1-3 promos in your current track, which would probably radically change your day-to-day anyway. Good luck! | ||||||||
▲ | douglasisshiny 13 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
I might suggest a third option, which I pursued. Found a job at a public university system in my pre software development role. Received tuition remission and worked full-time while also going to school part time (online) -- my job would cover six credits a semester. And since I already had a bachelors, I was able to get a bachelors in computer science with 42 or 45 credits, and graduate in about 2.5 years (including summer courses). | ||||||||
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