I had a business which pretty much folded and failed. Have no talent outside that spectrum.  Wanna become a developer, since I have interest in IT and what I can do with IT talent. Besides IT field...

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I had a business which pretty much folded and failed. Have no talent outside that spectrum. 
Wanna become a developer, since I have interest in IT and what I can do with IT talent. Besides IT field gives a decent pay of 10-15lkhs 

Can I strive to push myself to learn to become a Java developer or should I choose something else??

Can 33yr old, no experience JAVA developer, self taught get a job in IT today?

Can 33yr old, no experience JAVA developer, self taught get a job in IT today?- Grapevine

30M here and currently working as a QA. My current ctc is 14LPA(6Y.O.E). Currently I'm on bench and looking out for projects. Parallelly I'm also looking outside, incase I don't get any projects in my current company. 

The problem  here is I'm not very good at writing programs(Or atleast that's what I think) and constantly face issues in programming questions in interviews. I have always been an A+ student, scoring in 90's throughout academics(Scored 100 in chem and phy in 12th). But never been able to clear programming interviews. This is affecting my self-confidence and I keep getting self doubts(One of my senior in my first company told me that, I'm good at theoretical concepts and I fail when it comes to the application of said concepts).

Now I'm into automation testing and as I was looking to switch, I kept seeing multiple openings for Mobile Development(Development in general, be it backend/front-end/full stack etc). The below reasons made me thinking as to why not switch to development:
1. My current CTC is low for my exp and testing usually don't have much openings
2. Testers don't have much respect in the Industry(Even from people working along with us)
3. Not much scope to earn more from testing field

My current thoughts:
1. Enroll into a Java course from any offline institute and learn Java thoroughly first.
2. Switch to a good company with decent pay
3. Invest time for 1-2 years and learn development and then try for some startups.

Any advice to my thoughts? Am I thinking in the right direction?
And also, if anyone who has done this transition(Or similar transition) could shed some light on how you did it and what difficulties you faced, I would greatly appreciate it.

Career Advice/RoadMap: Thinking to switch to Mobile Development from QA. Any roadmaps or advice in general?

Software Developer

Hi all,

I need some advice from someone in my situation.(Spoiler : Long post )

Some intro : Ever since i was a child i wanted to be a doctor (I was good in Bio and bad in maths with 56 /100 in 12th Maths ), as such i prepared for NEET , and dropped one year for the same , as my father is a farmer ,only way i would be doctor is to crack into a government college where fees are low . I worked hard for a year but i missed the cutoff mark for Gov MBBS seat by 12-14 marks , i got multiple offer letter from Gov-funded colleges with fee about 3 L per year , but as my father didn't have 3L in his bank i was not able to provide a demand draft (DD) on admission date and they rejected me.Which had a impact on my mental health.

As i had some interest in Android ROM/kernels , i took admission from Btech CSE in tier-3 college, as the fee was low and i thought i can learn coding and get a decent off-campus offer. But unfortunately for me i struggled to clear maths related papers again and had 5 backlogs over 4 years . I spend my 4 years trying to clear all papers within course time ,which i succeeded with a low CGPA of 7 . But I never learned coding well and didn't know about things like leetcode  etc.

I tried months for job in 2022 , but none was hiring as i was from tier 3 college + low CGPA , i finally got an offer from Consultancy for C++ developer role .They told they will deploy me in IBM in contract to hire position with a salary of 3LPA . But on day 1 at IBM i come to know my project is Application support , and that this project was closing soon , now in 2024 project is over and am unemployed again.

Now when i am applying via Naukri i am only getting BPO calls with low CTC (below 4.5LPA ) , Noone is even considering me for SDE roles.

Only positive is i cleared CAT and got into provisional list of IIM Sambalpur, last year ,But didnot go as fee was very high for me (15L+)

I feel i have destroyed my career and even leetcode guys are not getting jobs there days . Only hope i feel i have now are :
1)Write CAT again ,Go for MBA in a decent college as i have interest in stock markets (Paid my UG fees by trading ) ,This means i will have to take 10L+ loans ? Also , is MBA worth it for someone with no finance background in UG ,will i get job afterwards?

2)Try to get out of india to any European country to do any PG taking 15L+ in loans and try to find any job there.
Keep in mind i am only breadwinner in my family ,Age : 26 , UG passout 2021.

Which of the following should i try for ?
I know its long post and many wont read, if you read the post please comment recommendation .Thanks

I destroyed my career for nothing - Need advice

Operations engineer

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Hi everyone, I'm looking to switch jobs for a better pay as my current CTC is 4.06 LPA which doesn't suffice me at all. Also,  I have got many calls for interviews but out of them only 6 interviews got arranged and in those interviews as well I am unable to ace them at all. I'm trying to apply for a Java Full Stack developer. I need suggestions as to where I should concentrate and how I should prepare myself. In the last few interviews that I gave, the interviewers asked questions about creating small programs and they didn't ask anything about my current and previous projects that I worked on. I need some suggestions as to what I can do here in this case. Also, how much salary can I expect for a switch if I have to answer for an expected salary. 
Thanks.

Need suggestions on switching jobs.

Software Engineer

Hi, I am working as a Java developer with 5 years of experience with very low coding skills. Can someone help me to improve them. Also on Springboot and Micro services.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Java Developer with No coding skills

Associate

It will be helpful to me whoever see this post and comments your respected opinions on my situation.

I am ome of the regular corporate employees of India who is earning 3.6LPA in reputed MNC working on Java support. As I need assistance on my career and don't know where to ask, posting here . So below are the options I wanted to do but I am confused where and what to start.
1) Should I upskill more on Java only 
2) Should I need to switch to any other domain like AWS, Azure, cybersecurity 
3) Should I need to do any other integrated course which will be available in platforms like Upgrad.

Why these options means, I need to earn a decent salary par with Industry. 
These are the random options in my mind and I am unable to choose one thing. Due to this I am stuck in my career and my friends are earning more than me.

Career dilemma

Hello everyone,

Posting here on behalf of my friend.

Hi, I have 3yoe and have been in a lot of testing and support project.
I started my career with Capgemini. Was put in a testing project. Spent 2 years in api and ui testing.
Never really learned anything as there wasn't any scope, just did what was necessary.
This year switched to cognizant and got good hike.
But here also I'm put in a support project .
I monitor etl pipelines and if a particular pipeline fails run a couple of query to bring it up.
That's all.

I wanted to know if I study Java or python and practice in leetcode will I be able to switch to a developer profile.

Current CTC 8.4 LPA
YOE 3.

Need suggestion on career.

Data engineer

engineering and MBA background, not that smart, but a hard worker.
havent really accomplished anything in life.
wanna enter IT field

am i too late or can i push myself to do the impossible??

be brutal and unforgiving. i wanna see the reality of my FAQed up life

what advice would u give to an 33yr old absolute failure?

I have been working for 2 years at an Indian telecom company. I am mainly writing code in C for real time sensitive devices. So my experience is low level coding in C and debugging.

Will I be able to get more jobs based on this experience and domain? So should I switch my domain? If yes, then any domain suggestions?

My current fixed pay is 14LPA, AND THAT'S ALL I AM GETTING NOW.

Is C development good?

What should be the expected CTC for a 10 years experienced IT professional.

Technical lead

I am working on Java since past 3.5 years and having package 8.5L know technologies like:
Core Java,Servlet,JSP,Spring,Spring Boot,SQL,HTML,CSS,JS and Typescript

Do I need to learn any technologies point of view..? 

And how much should I ask for next switch getting confused will appreciate your help 

Thanks in advance.

Switch after 3.5 years how much should I aks(Java Developer)

Hi! I am a 2019 CS passout and after engineering worked in my family business in mechanical sector as a sales executive. 
I am no longer interested in this field and thinking to shift to IT by relearning MERN. 

1)Currently i am 27 YO so is it too late to join IT as most people of my age are senior devs/tech leads? 
2)Will IT industry(startups/MNCs) accept me with no prior experience in dev as compared to recent passouts? 

If you’ll could advise me it would be of great help.

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What is the current market value for java developers with 9-10 years experience?

Senior software engineer

I am from non technical background. Currently learning java from an institution. Is it possible to get a job in the IT sector?

IT sector job

Process associate

I myself am a Software dev with more than ten years of exp. 

I mentored a bunch of folks and was active in lot pf communities. I have been noticing this trend for more than couple of years about how freshers and developers with experience of less than two three years are aggressively looking to switch companies to target 30L or 50L or whatever they are currently looking for. 
But I feel this is really bad for future in terms of career growth. I am not against looking for the best offer, but I feel people recently don’t have any priority for career growth. 

I am trying to understand their perspective. I am not jealous of any of these. Heck I prefer that they get more, so that they have to increase my pay to keep up with current trends. It’s just when people ask me for career guidance I don’t want to sound like a jerk to prioritise good work over good pay. 

Can you guys share your inputs/perspectives?

Are juniors salary expectations even realistic?

Staff Engineer

After 2 years at Wipro in a support role, I've self-taught Java Spring Boot, Hibernate, and basic frontend skills, with good knowledge of DSA. However, I lack hands-on experience in real-time Java projects at my current company. What steps should I take to transition into a Java development role at another company?

Seeking Advice: Transitioning from Support Role to Java Development after 2 Years at Wipro

I am currently working and getting paid 8lpa..I am on my resignation period and already completed 1 month...what all skill I should add to gets more call.

Skill- DML in sql 
2) basic of java
3) Manual testing 
4) Playwright with java only worked on smoke,sanity and regression 

Is this fine with 3.5 year of experience and how much I can demand

Should I learn more to get the offer for tester

Test engineer

Is it good to switch from Civil Engineering field to IT Sector after two years of work ex ?Want to switch because of less salary and growth.

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Project Engineer

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

I was graduated in August of '22. I was placed in 3 companies during the campus placement drive, out of which one is an MNC and the other two are, let's say pretty famous in India.  But due to bad decision making and other factors I decided to go with the MNC. It's been a while now yet there is no information from the company. The last mail I received was in the month of November, which is why I am afraid now. Are there any internships or job openings I can apply for?

I'm an non IT candidate with decent skills in programming. Are there any courses I can do meanwhile?

Thanks in advance.

What to do?

Hey peeps,
Is there anyone who is earning money without a regular job.
My skill set is programming, mostly making ( apps and web apps) personal projects nowadays.
I am trying to get a job as a software engineer, but most of the companies are trying to lowball and give max 10 lpa (some might say it is a good package in the current market, but with all due respect it might be good for you but not for me). i have around 1 year experience.

So, i am going to code and build projects but I also need money for my basic expense
That's why I am seeking help/advice on earning Money without a regular job with any digital skill  and also open to other skillsets that don't require digital skills.

Can 33yr old, no experience JAVA developer, self taught get a job in IT today?

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