As the title suggests I’m looking forward to a discussion around the future of SE roles in India. There isn’t a lot of information around career advancement and/or compensation metrics available.
About me: I’m working at an early stage startup as an SE(not really into this but as a generalist tried doing whatever I can and currently here). have a total of 5+ YOE with 3 in pre sales at an IT major. Was the first SE here. Really enjoy the 0-1 phase and have worked in this startup for 2+ years across Customer Success and Sales. Should I look forward to growing in the SE field or try to move to Product(in the same company)….What would be better in the long run in terms of work, compensation and growth( SE, sales or product)…
Wow, good to come across the first SE-related post on this platform. I believe SE/SA/Presales is a great career path for the long term, irrespective of geography, since it requires one to be inherently techno-commercial, rather than being a hardcore techy or sales guy. From what I've experienced, the nature of SE varies depending on what you're trying to sell, be it physical/digital product or service. But I must add that there are plenty of transferable skills to build once you spend time in this role.
Have you checked out presalescollective.com? Lots to learn in their private Slack group once you sign-up on their website. Being in that group, I've seen people coming from tech as well as non-tech backgrounds into SE role. If you're someone who enjoys solving customer problems using technology, who likes being updated on latest development in your line-of-work, or someone who like guiding/explaining/advising your peers & customers, you'd find SE roles right up in your alley.
I think you've got a good start in your current role.
Some US/EU-based Product firms do build out offshore SE teams, these could be in your radar for career change in future as well.
Do check out this post to get some perspective on the growth paths from your current role https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7046442582360383488?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7046442582360383488%29
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Recently I got intern+FTE (40k+12lpa) in a startup as data analyst. I would like to know the future prospects in the data field. I like to do coding or be on technical side.
Or do I try to shift in SDE role ASAP.
Hey everyone, excited to be doing this AMA!
A brief about me, I work currently as a Director of Product at an Indian unicorn startup
About my career:
I have 1.5 YoE as a frontend developer in an early stage startup.
I need help with deciding where do I go from here? Do I deep dive into frontend? Do I try to move to full stack?
Things to consider: