Ask HN: Did you have early career doubts?

Re:Ask HN: Did you have early career doubts? by Spooky23 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @07:09PM (#25241740)

Yes. I always loved computers and dual majored with a liberal arts degree. Programming was something I enjoyed as a creative endeavor but hated professionally.

I ended up transitioning into a DBA/sysadmin and eventually into a solution architect and service owner role. I learned that I like solving problems, and really enjoyed programming as a means to that end vs what it had become to me.

Don’t lose hope — everything you do prepares you for what’s ahead.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you have early career doubts? by giantg2 on Sunday November 29, 2020 @11:10AM (#25245975)

I like solving problems too. Sadly, at my company one needs to be an exceptional developer to become an architect. I suspect it may be similar at other companies. So that switch might not be so easy.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you have early career doubts? by bot41 on Sunday November 29, 2020 @01:31PM (#25246925)

What do you do in your solution architect role?

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