Need advise in choosing software field

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37gshwj

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37gshwj
May 27, 2018 10 Comments

I have worked in hardware industry for about 6 yrs. I am changing my career and moving to software engineering now as a junior software developer.
I have two offers - one as a Java backend developer for product, other in cloud platform (kuberneties and docker). I am new to software engineering and I am confused as to which path should I pick ?
Personally I feel more interested in product , but apparently the platform job is paying a lot better .
Any advise is highly appreciated .

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  • OpenText / Eng
    no_scrubs

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    no_scrubs
    "Cloud" might be a devops role in disguise. Java experience is safer. It could get you the opportunity to work at Netflix or a bunch of different large companies down the road.
    May 27, 2018 0
  • Merrill Lynch / Other
    taabeer

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    taabeer
    "Cloud" hands down..Kubernetes and Docker is a nice area to get into and they'll be plenty of cloud related future product paths you should be able to get into down the line.
    All the best!
    May 27, 2018 0
  • Veritas / Eng
    junglee

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    Cisco, Dell
    junglee
    Software Development with Cloud. Period.
    May 27, 2018 2
    • AMD
      37gshwj

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      37gshwj
      OP
      I understand cloud is the way to go for modern software development , but do you think its a good choice as a fresher/ new grad ..? The role that I mentioned is for developing inhouse tools .
      May 27, 2018
    • Veritas / Eng
      junglee

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      Cisco, Dell
      junglee
      As long as it involves development in Python, Go, Java and other modern languages with development around containers and Kubernetes and work on solving problems it will turn out to be great. Make sure to get a more detailed list of responsibilities before deciding and discuss more about the role to get an insight. Make sure it is not a devops role. Devops is modern Sys Admin. If you get into software development with cloud, you will be flooded with recruiter connects. Also fresh/new doesnt matter as it all comes down to how much you have an apetite to learn. Every job is a stepping stone for another. The more and quicker you learn the better you will fare moving forward.
      May 27, 2018
  • Juniper
    OMPy48

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    OMPy48
    I'm in a similar boat as you and have 7 yoe as hwe and planning to move to sw. I'm not sure if I should do a second masters in CS or if I should just stay leetcoding. Can you tell me how went about making this move to swe?
    Jun 1, 2018 1
  • Uber
    Gmie27

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    Gmie27
    As long as it's a dev role, the role involving k8s and dockers is better.
    May 28, 2018 1
    • AMD
      37gshwj

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      37gshwj
      OP
      I dont know if its a dev role or not, but the idea is to do CI/CD ...and make something like heroku
      May 28, 2018