submitted 1 year ago by SomeJob123@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Following another thread a few days ago someone's comment is stuck in my head:

Quick background: I've spent about 20 years in technology. I've been an in-house dev for a traditional company. I've been a sales engineer for a small software company. I then went to a FAANG and spent 10+ years as a sales engineer, software engineer and engineering manager. The last year+ I've been on a self-funded sabbatical to try to figure out what I want to do next. I just... haven't done a whole lot of figuring.

I'd strongly prefer something part-time, and also strongly prefer something that's nearly 100% remote.

Ideas that have come to mind:

Software sales engineering (again)
Technical Project Manager
Entry level dev work
Get certified to be a SalesForce administrator
Something something DevOps?

I think I'd like something where there was a queue of work to pull from and just get some shit done. Over the last 5-10 years it got exhausing having to be involved in mostly long-term planning and not get the pavlovian "oh I just closed another bug" itch scratched. Though I guess that somewhat eliminates the TPM idea?

For any of the above, or something else, I don't even know where to start. Are there decent temp agencies to work for who can farm you out? Do they deal with part-timers? I could probably work my network as well to try to find something.

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[-] Dave_r@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Back in the day, this job was a contract test position, or if you were lucky a technical trainer.

I am in a similar position, and really wishing I could go back to my technical training gig. My ideal would be contracting fall-to-spring, summers off - working in climate. Feels like there's got to be some seasonal work in an industry growing so fast...

[-] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 2 points 1 year ago

I honestly had my sights set on doing some sales and consulting based on the ERPnext platform, an open source solution that uses Frappe. I am still working out some of the wrinkles but I am wondering there might be a business opportunity because ERPnext looks like it could literally be game-changin.

[-] Mportercls@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Career wise I find myself in a similar position. Roles in my niche skill set are largely offshore or contract positions now. I don't like the idea of management. I love doing what I do... fixing bugs, investigating complex problems, not talking to people for days!!

I have been debating trainer or tester roles. There is also Scrum master as a possibility but I think that would be too regimented for me, there doesn't seem to be much scope to adapt the scrum model for different situations - at least the way my employer does it!

Just some ideas, I don't have much good advice as I'm spinning my wheels without a clear direction at the moment.

this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2023

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