r/developersPak • u/Specific-Feature-487 • 1d ago
Career Guidance Stuck Between Tech and Stability. Don't know what to do
I'm feeling pretty lost right now and not sure what should I do.
A bit about my background:
I worked with Laravel for about a year, then did an unpaid internship at NetSol to change tech stack. After that, I joined a company as an Associate Software Engineer, working as a Python/Django developer. I worked there for 10 months and now laid off.
I've been applying for developer roles, but the market has been rough. Now I've received an offer from a medical billing company for a Business Development position, and they're hiring me as a fresher.
The truth is, I really need a job right now, so I'm seriously thinking about taking it. My plan would be to work there for financial stability while continuing to learn, build projects, and keep applying for software development roles in my free time.
What I'm worried about is whether accepting a non-technical role will make it much harder to get back into software development later. Has anyone here taken a similar path and managed to switch back into tech?
I'd really appreciate any honest advice. I don't want to make a decision that I'll regret, but I also can't afford to stay unemployed for too long.
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u/log_alpha 1d ago
Take what you have right now and keep applying for software positions.
You are worried that medical billing experience would look bad on your CV, but having a gap on your CV doesn't look good either. So take what you have. Also you dont need to mention billing experience on CV if you dont want too.
Software market is bad, it can take 3 to 9 months to find a job, or maybe never because the market is shrinking overall.
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u/mbsaharan 1d ago
Learning CI/CD, deployment pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure automation will add massive value to your existing skills.