Hi everybody,
I have been in
Java development for last 3.5 years.
Have worked in a huge Indian IT service company for 2 years and then in a small product firm work on spend analysis for more than a year.
I missed the organized and professional ways of a large organization in the smaller product firm and was a little stressed out by > 15 hours in ofc each day so looked out for a change and am now an Applications Developer in a huge International Investment Bank.
Agree, have changed quite a few firms in a small period
But I am now missing the hands on and cutting edge technical work of the product company.
If you ask me what I am more interested in, I would say I can spend my life writing code and dream of growing up as an architect or high end developer/designer .
Basically I want to stay with technology, want to create things rather than manage projects.
I sometimes wonder is sticking to technical career path always painful , I mean do all product firms or places where better things are developed ask you to compromise on your life ?
In service/ project based firms the default path is project management.
You are bound to become a people manager after a few years, I am not willing to end up there.
May be I am looking at things with a scared eye
At ranch, we have people who have achieved great things and have stuck to the career path I dream of.
Please suggest me the way I should steer myself and the type of work I should look for.