What are some underrated careers/jobs? (midwest.social)

submitted 8 months ago by aclarkc@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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What careers don’t get enough credit for being fulfilling, acceptable pay and a good work life balance?

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[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 8 months ago

What don't you like about your position now? I spent 10 years in support department management and it drained the life out of me at the end. I moved into Infrastructure administration without any direct reports and now make better money and have fantastic work life balance. Pure tech is ezpz compared to running a team.

[-] aclarkc@midwest.social 5 points 8 months ago

Probably not far from what you ran into. I’m 12 years into it and just losing my mind. I have an absolutely amazing boss and teams and managers under me that I mostly adore, but it’s just taking a toll mentally it seems.

Not sure if it’s the endless MVP products that never get touched again, the broken releases or just the bottom falling out of the tech industry but I’m just spent and have been so for a while.

How was your transition to infrastructure management? Did you have previous experience in that?

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

My management experience was at smaller companies, so I simultaneously ran a team and acted as a technical escalation point. It was actually a step down in technical skills to take an Infrastructure job at a big company - I suddenly wasn't expected to know everything about everything and also only had to worry about myself.

If your positions have been pure personnel management you might not be able to move into tech as easily. In that case you might want to look into project management or compliance.

[-] aclarkc@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I’ve been on both sides and to this day am still a technical escalation point for some products even as a director. I’ll take a look at both that you suggested though. I kind of have a love/hate with project managers so not sure I could look myself in the mirror for that one. :)

I appreciate you sharing thoughts and ideas.

[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

What is infrastructure administration?

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Just a higher level sysad.

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