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I need a career advice regarding working as a senior software engineer
in a corporation.
I am a java developer and I have always worked as employee in very
small flat-hierarchy companies or as founder in 2-3 people startups.
As such, I am used to take care of a very diverse range of issues
apart from code development, from requirements gathering to technology
R&D, database design, system administration, integration etc.
My guess is that if I had chosen a career path in a big corporation, I
would have focused more on programming and I would have learned a more
specialized skill set, big team methodologies (?), and gathered much
more experience as developer rather than do-all.
Now I am 38 years old, I have 13 years of working experience in Italy,
and would like to try a new challenge moving towards a corporate job
in Europe or North/South America. I would like to know your opinion
and advice regarding how to do this.
I wonder if my flexibility could be appreciated in that environment or
if I have to start from a junior position because I am not
specialized.
Also I am thinking if I should pursue a management position, where a
horizontal rather then vertical knowledge would be needed, but I have
the drawback of not knowing the corporate culture and mindset.
Thank you very much for your attention.
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asked Aug 1 '13 at 16:53
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closed as off-topic by jcmeloni, jmac, Jan Doggen, Rhys, CincinnatiProgrammer Aug 2 '13 at 10:56
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I need a career advice regarding working as a senior software engineer
in a corporation.
I am a java developer and I have always worked as employee in very
small flat-hierarchy companies or as founder in 2-3 people startups.
As such, I am used to take care of a very diverse range of issues
apart from code development, from requirements gathering to technology
R&D, database design, system administration, integration etc.
My guess is that if I had chosen a career path in a big corporation, I
would have focused more on programming and I would have learned a more
specialized skill set, big team methodologies (?), and gathered much
more experience as developer rather than do-all.
Now I am 38 years old, I have 13 years of working experience in Italy,
and would like to try a new challenge moving towards a corporate job
in Europe or North/South America. I would like to know your opinion
and advice regarding how to do this.
I wonder if my flexibility could be appreciated in that environment or
if I have to start from a junior position because I am not
specialized.
Also I am thinking if I should pursue a management position, where a
horizontal rather then vertical knowledge would be needed, but I have
the drawback of not knowing the corporate culture and mindset.
Thank you very much for your attention.
software-industry work-environment career-development job-change company-culture
asked Aug 1 '13 at 16:53
ale dino
91
closed as off-topic by jcmeloni, jmac, Jan Doggen, Rhys, CincinnatiProgrammer Aug 2 '13 at 10:56
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions seeking advice on what job to take, what skills to learn, etc. are off-topic as the answers are rarely useful to anyone else." – jmac, Rhys, CincinnatiProgrammer
If the company you're looking at moving to values specialization over generalized-specialists (Java devs who can do way more than dev in Java), look for a different company.
– aclear16
Aug 1 '13 at 22:32
Hello ale dino, welcome to The Workplace! The best questions here inspire answers that explain why and how. General career advice is less helpful to future visitors than questions that ask a broader question applicable to many. For instance, "What skills learned in a small business are effective to sell when looking for a job in a large corporation?"
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I need a career advice regarding working as a senior software engineer
in a corporation.
I am a java developer and I have always worked as employee in very
small flat-hierarchy companies or as founder in 2-3 people startups.
As such, I am used to take care of a very diverse range of issues
apart from code development, from requirements gathering to technology
R&D, database design, system administration, integration etc.
My guess is that if I had chosen a career path in a big corporation, I
would have focused more on programming and I would have learned a more
specialized skill set, big team methodologies (?), and gathered much
more experience as developer rather than do-all.
Now I am 38 years old, I have 13 years of working experience in Italy,
and would like to try a new challenge moving towards a corporate job
in Europe or North/South America. I would like to know your opinion
and advice regarding how to do this.
I wonder if my flexibility could be appreciated in that environment or
if I have to start from a junior position because I am not
specialized.
Also I am thinking if I should pursue a management position, where a
horizontal rather then vertical knowledge would be needed, but I have
the drawback of not knowing the corporate culture and mindset.
Thank you very much for your attention.
software-industry work-environment career-development job-change company-culture
asked Aug 1 '13 at 16:53
ale dino
91
I need a career advice regarding working as a senior software engineer
in a corporation.
I am a java developer and I have always worked as employee in very
small flat-hierarchy companies or as founder in 2-3 people startups.
As such, I am used to take care of a very diverse range of issues
apart from code development, from requirements gathering to technology
R&D, database design, system administration, integration etc.
My guess is that if I had chosen a career path in a big corporation, I
would have focused more on programming and I would have learned a more
specialized skill set, big team methodologies (?), and gathered much
more experience as developer rather than do-all.
Now I am 38 years old, I have 13 years of working experience in Italy,
and would like to try a new challenge moving towards a corporate job
in Europe or North/South America. I would like to know your opinion
and advice regarding how to do this.
I wonder if my flexibility could be appreciated in that environment or
if I have to start from a junior position because I am not
specialized.
Also I am thinking if I should pursue a management position, where a
horizontal rather then vertical knowledge would be needed, but I have
the drawback of not knowing the corporate culture and mindset.
Thank you very much for your attention.
software-industry work-environment career-development job-change company-culture
asked Aug 1 '13 at 16:53
ale dino
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asked Aug 1 '13 at 16:53
ale dino
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asked Aug 1 '13 at 16:53
ale dino
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asked Aug 1 '13 at 16:53
ale dino
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closed as off-topic by jcmeloni, jmac, Jan Doggen, Rhys, CincinnatiProgrammer Aug 2 '13 at 10:56
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions seeking advice on what job to take, what skills to learn, etc. are off-topic as the answers are rarely useful to anyone else." – jmac, Rhys, CincinnatiProgrammer
closed as off-topic by jcmeloni, jmac, Jan Doggen, Rhys, CincinnatiProgrammer Aug 2 '13 at 10:56
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions seeking advice on what job to take, what skills to learn, etc. are off-topic as the answers are rarely useful to anyone else." – jmac, Rhys, CincinnatiProgrammer
If the company you're looking at moving to values specialization over generalized-specialists (Java devs who can do way more than dev in Java), look for a different company.
– aclear16
Aug 1 '13 at 22:32
Hello ale dino, welcome to The Workplace! The best questions here inspire answers that explain why and how. General career advice is less helpful to future visitors than questions that ask a broader question applicable to many. For instance, "What skills learned in a small business are effective to sell when looking for a job in a large corporation?"
– jmac
Aug 2 '13 at 0:54
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If the company you're looking at moving to values specialization over generalized-specialists (Java devs who can do way more than dev in Java), look for a different company.
– aclear16
Aug 1 '13 at 22:32
Hello ale dino, welcome to The Workplace! The best questions here inspire answers that explain why and how. General career advice is less helpful to future visitors than questions that ask a broader question applicable to many. For instance, "What skills learned in a small business are effective to sell when looking for a job in a large corporation?"
– jmac
Aug 2 '13 at 0:54
If the company you're looking at moving to values specialization over generalized-specialists (Java devs who can do way more than dev in Java), look for a different company.
– aclear16
Aug 1 '13 at 22:32
If the company you're looking at moving to values specialization over generalized-specialists (Java devs who can do way more than dev in Java), look for a different company.
– aclear16
Aug 1 '13 at 22:32
Hello ale dino, welcome to The Workplace! The best questions here inspire answers that explain why and how. General career advice is less helpful to future visitors than questions that ask a broader question applicable to many. For instance, "What skills learned in a small business are effective to sell when looking for a job in a large corporation?"
– jmac
Aug 2 '13 at 0:54
Hello ale dino, welcome to The Workplace! The best questions here inspire answers that explain why and how. General career advice is less helpful to future visitors than questions that ask a broader question applicable to many. For instance, "What skills learned in a small business are effective to sell when looking for a job in a large corporation?"
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If you go into corporations, I'd probably suggest a few different routes that may work:
Manager - With all those years of experience and working in start-ups you may have some leadership experience that companies could want to use in managing developers which in this case would be the shift into something that may be more bureaucratic as politics may matter more in the big companies.
Architect - This is if you want to stay technical and move up the technical ladder. This may make sense from the perspective that if you know technology and how to put things together to form a solution, this may be an option.
Senior developer - This would be if you still want to be a developer and just move into a corporate role. While you may not have been programming all the time, there is a good chance you have some maturity and skills that could be useful in working with junior developers in terms of making sure things get done and handling deadlines.
Each of these have their own pluses and minuses though if one route doesn't work, then you could just try another one after that.
answered Aug 1 '13 at 16:59
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If you go into corporations, I'd probably suggest a few different routes that may work:
Manager - With all those years of experience and working in start-ups you may have some leadership experience that companies could want to use in managing developers which in this case would be the shift into something that may be more bureaucratic as politics may matter more in the big companies.
Architect - This is if you want to stay technical and move up the technical ladder. This may make sense from the perspective that if you know technology and how to put things together to form a solution, this may be an option.
Senior developer - This would be if you still want to be a developer and just move into a corporate role. While you may not have been programming all the time, there is a good chance you have some maturity and skills that could be useful in working with junior developers in terms of making sure things get done and handling deadlines.
Each of these have their own pluses and minuses though if one route doesn't work, then you could just try another one after that.
answered Aug 1 '13 at 16:59
JB King
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If you go into corporations, I'd probably suggest a few different routes that may work:
Manager - With all those years of experience and working in start-ups you may have some leadership experience that companies could want to use in managing developers which in this case would be the shift into something that may be more bureaucratic as politics may matter more in the big companies.
Architect - This is if you want to stay technical and move up the technical ladder. This may make sense from the perspective that if you know technology and how to put things together to form a solution, this may be an option.
Senior developer - This would be if you still want to be a developer and just move into a corporate role. While you may not have been programming all the time, there is a good chance you have some maturity and skills that could be useful in working with junior developers in terms of making sure things get done and handling deadlines.
Each of these have their own pluses and minuses though if one route doesn't work, then you could just try another one after that.
answered Aug 1 '13 at 16:59
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If you go into corporations, I'd probably suggest a few different routes that may work:
Manager - With all those years of experience and working in start-ups you may have some leadership experience that companies could want to use in managing developers which in this case would be the shift into something that may be more bureaucratic as politics may matter more in the big companies.
Architect - This is if you want to stay technical and move up the technical ladder. This may make sense from the perspective that if you know technology and how to put things together to form a solution, this may be an option.
Senior developer - This would be if you still want to be a developer and just move into a corporate role. While you may not have been programming all the time, there is a good chance you have some maturity and skills that could be useful in working with junior developers in terms of making sure things get done and handling deadlines.
Each of these have their own pluses and minuses though if one route doesn't work, then you could just try another one after that.
answered Aug 1 '13 at 16:59
JB King
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If you go into corporations, I'd probably suggest a few different routes that may work:
Manager - With all those years of experience and working in start-ups you may have some leadership experience that companies could want to use in managing developers which in this case would be the shift into something that may be more bureaucratic as politics may matter more in the big companies.
Architect - This is if you want to stay technical and move up the technical ladder. This may make sense from the perspective that if you know technology and how to put things together to form a solution, this may be an option.
Senior developer - This would be if you still want to be a developer and just move into a corporate role. While you may not have been programming all the time, there is a good chance you have some maturity and skills that could be useful in working with junior developers in terms of making sure things get done and handling deadlines.
Each of these have their own pluses and minuses though if one route doesn't work, then you could just try another one after that.
answered Aug 1 '13 at 16:59
JB King
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answered Aug 1 '13 at 16:59
JB King
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answered Aug 1 '13 at 16:59
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answered Aug 1 '13 at 16:59
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If the company you're looking at moving to values specialization over generalized-specialists (Java devs who can do way more than dev in Java), look for a different company.
– aclear16
Aug 1 '13 at 22:32
Hello ale dino, welcome to The Workplace! The best questions here inspire answers that explain why and how. General career advice is less helpful to future visitors than questions that ask a broader question applicable to many. For instance, "What skills learned in a small business are effective to sell when looking for a job in a large corporation?"
– jmac
Aug 2 '13 at 0:54