Date: 2019-04-20 12:36 pm (UTC)
izzet_bedtime_yet: Art depicting the fungus-person Slimefoot from Magic: The Gathering (Default)
My first job fresh out of undergrad was in QA. My mother warned me about the potential for getting "tracked" into a career that wouldn't suit me, but the pay was good and the team was nice and I figured I could pivot.

Within two years, nobody wanted to interview me for jobs outside of QA functions.

I dunno if it's that people usually do like to stick with what they know, or that training people who already have other skills is seen as a waste, or what, but it seems like getting trapped in a job function you don't actually want to do long-term is a lot easier than the cultural sort of narrative says it is.

TL;DR I relate to this feeling and sympathise. And, if it helps any, I did manage to move to a different line of work before I quit to go back to school, by dint of finding a position where there was sideways mobility and then being very insistent that yes I wanted to do something different. Escape is possible!
This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting

Profile

ladymostkind: (Default)
dandelion

July 2019

S M T W T F S
 12 3456
789101112 13
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jun. 9th, 2025 06:42 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios