u/These_Rip_257 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Thank you for your feedback. I wanted to provide some additional context regarding my background and career aspirations. I previously worked at Meta as a Data Engineer, but I’ve always been more inclined toward building systems rather than focusing on analytics. This inclination
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
In terms of general advice, if you have a current job, I would try to contribute some general code, or write some code to build software tools that help you do your job - ideally in the main codebase using the main stack - and getting code review from SWEs. If you do that already then you have an even better shot at transitioning.
Maybe obvious, but do you have the option at your startup to talk to them about transitioning and maybe doing it there over time too and not switching companies?