u/derpepper wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
This is a non tech-forward bank and the team is admining/supporting/adding features to a vendor BAU application. I feel like my role is relatively secure as the only "developer" but don't get to touch code outside the team and there's just not much stuff to do. I WISH there were
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
That helps. Mini rant first lol: yeah one of the reasons I'm so active in this sub is that the job is often the beginning and not all jobs are the same. I find it very frustrating when bootcamps push people to get offers to boost their stats instead of helping people find a good first step in a long career.
I would guess with a bank too there are more guardrails about taking initiative.
I think my advice would be to look at tangential role at big tech.
Look at Facebook: Business Engineer, IT Engineer, Enterprise Engineer.
These are engineering/coding roles generally around integrating 3rd party tools into proprietary code.