Is it possible to go far in tech without good systems background?
YOE: 3
TC: 250k
I did non-CS major in college and went into a quant hedge fund after graduation. I had to prep Leetcode for this job so my basic coding skills were okay. On the job, I found that I had a quite strong passion for software engineering in a real world context. Finding finance a bit boring, I'm considering a career switch to tech as an SWE.
However, I am getting cold feet since I don't have a good core OS background. Is it a reasonable concern that this would be a bottleneck for a tech career? If I would frequently run into mental blocks working on common problems, I'd rather stay in current job a bit more and study something like the CS:APP book than making a premature switch and doing poorly on the job.
Thanks for the career advice!
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