Seeking Advice: Transitioning from Tech Support to SDE Roles after resigning
Feeling stagnant in my tech support job having 6.5 years of experience, currently working in Bosch. Contemplating resigning to pursue software development engineering roles after upskilling myself. Would appreciate any insights or advice from the community on making this career transition. Thanks in advance!
Could you expand on what upskilling route you are thinking of taking? (Like if education, from where)
What location are you based out of bro
CTC and expected CTC ?
How tough would it be to shift within your company?
How good is your network ?(as in can a friend anywhere help you get a job, cos that would really help with such career shifts)
Spill details brother we are here to help
Batmanonduty
Stealth
7 months ago
Upskilling Plan: Considering utilizing YouTube videos and Udemy courses, possibly exploring other learning platforms as needed.
Current Situation: Stuck in repetitive support work, making it challenging to find time for upskilling.
Career Transition: Lost hope for internal job transfer due to legacy projects within the organization.
Networking: Having 2-3 friends working in evolving product companies
Challenge: Limited time for upskilling on weekends
Seeking: preferably remote learning-oriented job, salary is not a concern for me right now.
Location: Coimbatore,TamilNadu
My current CTC:11.5LPA
Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your support!
Given these conditions macha, my honest suggestion would be to invest in a good MTech education from a good college.
Yes, you can in theory learn everything from the internet, especially through udemy and youtube
But it only counts if you can convince an interviewer you are worth consideration past resume filtering stage. Companies are biased to not consider such informal education routes because the probability of candidate being a fit is higher with formal education than with udemy and such.
So, unless you have friends in startup/mid size companies, who can sway the interviewer with a referral for you, and unless you can grind the fuck out and deliver on coding skills, you have a higher probability of success when going with the formal education route.
I'm assuming sde roles in WITCH companies is not part of your consideration because that would be a retarded pay cut after 6.5 years of experience.
SDE roles arent that much glitz and glamour anyways. It's a cut throat world and you would probably be doing monkey work for years.
If you are strong in your English, consider Customer Success roles. That would be a field where your years as tech support could carry some sway. Try shooting for higher up the ladder within support vertical itself. This, has highest probability of success.
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TheOatmeal
Stealth
7 months ago
Be realistic with your goals. If you get a developer role in a mid sized company take it. As you are transitioning, i would suggest you to keep your expectations at certain level. Dont get intimidated by 1 cr ctc.
Do not resign.Market conditions are bad. Start slowly, don't join any masters. As you have 6.5yrs experience ,you can show 2-3yrs in new technology, so you can prove yourself.
Realistically speaking from what I've seen, It's a very tough path. As HRs most of the time don't consider a person coming from a qa/support background for a dev role. Personal projects won't help much but again you can always show yourself in some way or the other to prove your skills.
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