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Professional Technology Switch Question (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by WalkableProgrammer@lemmy.world to c/experienced_devs@programming.dev

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Hello everyone,

I am a developer with 3+ years of experience with full stack technology so mostly .Net and React along with some side projects in other languages. I wanted to ask if anyone has had any luck moving from high-end projects, to lower end projects(C++). I've become extremely interested in lower level projects like, embedded programming, firmware, drivers, compatibility layers but I don't have any professional experience in those fields.

I understand that projects like these are high priority so they are less interested in taking a risk for a Dev without professional experience in C, C++, or Rust, even if they liked the candidate. I just wanted some insight

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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've bluffed my way into technology changes every five or so years, across my career.

It went, for me, like:

Why do you want to do this, when you mostly have experience with that?

"It looks interesting."

Do you have experience with this?

"No. But I know how to read the documentation, I pay attention and ask questions when my colleagues explain something, and I studied the basics of this, in college."

It doesn't usually land me the job. But all I needed was an occasional "yes" here or there, to get started on something new, and expand my experience.

Plus, even the "no" interviews have still been good for my professional network.