I am very passionate about coding: I started to program when I was 11 (that was 1988) and I never stopped. Later on I got my Computer Science degree. And then started to work, but never as a "full time" coder.
I have been managing the networks, the firewalls and the proxies, the linux machines, the windows desktops, the active directory, the databases, etc. and I quite enjoyed it. I also did a plenty of other boring stuff, but luckily I have always been doing some coding in my "spare" work time - from automating things to writing complete web apps (Perl/Html/JQuery/MySQL) - and more recently I have been developing the company's DWH.
Anything related to coding is what I really enjoy!
While I have a varied experience of programming languages and libraries, I didn't really have the opportunity to "master" any of them. Only SQL I mastered.
Now I am considering moving to another country (SG, for personal reasons).
How can I become a full time coder? Can I apply to a Senior coding position? Or should I apply to a Junior position hoping to become Senior soon? But being Junior at 40 doesn't sound right to me...
Maybe I'll just have to abandon the idea of being a full time coder, and just apply to some other positions using some other skills....
What do you think?
I have been managing the networks, the firewalls and the proxies, the linux machines, the windows desktops, the active directory, the databases, etc. and I quite enjoyed it. I also did a plenty of other boring stuff, but luckily I have always been doing some coding in my "spare" work time - from automating things to writing complete web apps (Perl/Html/JQuery/MySQL) - and more recently I have been developing the company's DWH.
Anything related to coding is what I really enjoy! While I have a varied experience of programming languages and libraries, I didn't really have the opportunity to "master" any of them. Only SQL I mastered.
Now I am considering moving to another country (SG, for personal reasons).
How can I become a full time coder? Can I apply to a Senior coding position? Or should I apply to a Junior position hoping to become Senior soon? But being Junior at 40 doesn't sound right to me...
Maybe I'll just have to abandon the idea of being a full time coder, and just apply to some other positions using some other skills.... What do you think?