u/Exotic-Train288 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
It just isn’t what I thought it would be; 20% of my job is coding, if that. I work for a large corporation, so I imagine other devs might have a different experience depending on where they work and what kind of teams they find themselves on. The most frustrating part about
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Hang in there. The transition to SWE isn't about the first job... the job is the BEGINNING and not the END.
If you stick it out 2 years, try to get promoted along the way, you are in good shape to transition to a new company that is hopefully more exciting.
Try to be open minded about how the day to day works though. I see a number of bootcampers get laid off or hit a wall down the road because no one prepared them to succeed on the job.