From industrial design to Cheng Yuan for 13 years, I have two suggestions for girls to engage in this industry
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Some people say, "Will it be too hard for you to be a girl to develop?"; some people even say, "A girl is a programmer, there is no day or night, how can you find a partner to have a baby". . . Today, the little sister G that we share is not only a Cheng Yuan, but also a career change to enter this industry. She has been doing it for more than 10 years, and she is married and has children! Listening to her career sharing may have some inspiration for you who are facing career choices.
I'm studying industrial design, and my original plan was to develop in the direction of graphic design, but I didn't expect to write code after graduation.
The boss of my first job told me, let me teach you to code, and write code to make more money. I said yes, then write. Since then, I have fallen into the pit of writing code and never came out.
My evaluation of myself is that I can't say that I have been working on technology for more than ten years, or I can say that I am a "tech master". continue to be a programmer. Because many girls have asked me about my development after the transfer, I will share my own summary and arrangement today.
First, find a good entrance into the industry
It’s all about coding, but each industry and major will have some more detailed division of labor, and it’s critical to find a good entry based on your own situation.
First, the first consideration in choosing which entrances are your skill level:
If you are a computer major and are considering whether to become a programming or developer, and you are more confident in technology and willing to spend time learning and researching, from this point of view, it is good to enter from the entrance of developers.
However, some girls say that the teachers in my school are not good at teaching, and I myself are not good at learning. In this case, I can do tests, customer service, or demand (that is, to meet customers).
Second, the second consideration in choosing which entrances are your personal style.
In my personal experience, the pressure of development is quite large. But when you get through the first three years, you will find that it is actually quite easy. You can persevere, and the salary and skills have improved a lot. At this time, if you are really unwilling to continue to develop, with the three years of development experience, it will be easier to transfer. Many companies welcome employees with experience developing code to work on product or testing.
If you are a relatively slow-growing girl, if you are under too much pressure, you will not be able to do well, and it is easy to panic and make mistakes, but you can do it well if you take it slow. Because the technical support of the operation and maintenance position requires a good understanding of the whole project, such as customer needs, system deployment and installation, and places that can be optimized in the system, in this position, you can understand and grasp the situation of the entire project.
When you switch from development to operation and maintenance, and if you work on operation and maintenance for a few more years, you can apply to be a project manager and lead a team.
Second, girls really need to adjust their mentality to enter this industry, but it is not as difficult as you think.
One of the most common voices encountered by girls who are Cheng Chengyuan is: "Will it be too hard for a girl to be a developer?" Some people even say, "A girl is Cheng Chengyuan, there is no day or night, how can you find a partner? child." Haha, I'm Cheng Yuan, I'm going to continue to be Cheng Yuan, and I'm married and have children.
To be honest, hard work is certain, and the 996 uploaded on the Internet is also true, but it is not as difficult as imagined. For me, this career has at least the following two advantages that I should nostalgize:
On the one hand, my experience is that people in the software industry are basically relatively simple. As long as you take the initiative to ask, they will basically teach you for your eagerness to learn.
On the other hand, it is the programmers who are paid more than I do other positions, which is also the motivation for the day-to-day work.
Moreover, because girls are programmers, after all, they are in the minority among programmers, so as long as they accept this profession, their advantages are quite obvious. Just kidding - female programmers encounter problems, ask questions in the group for help, and there will always be "male programmers" willing to answer your questions.
For example, when I encounter many young female programmers writing code, they throw a question in the group with the avatar of a girl, and there will be many enthusiastic "male programmers" to answer; but if your avatar is a boy , There will be many fewer people answering, and I deeply understand what is meant by "rare things are precious".
Of course, although girls have advantages, it does not mean that you can rely on others to solve everything for you. Asking others is just a point. You still have to write the entire code yourself.
When I went back to work after being a stay-at-home mom myself, more people suggested I switch careers. However, I still choose to do technology. The reason why I like the technical post is because I really feel that the people I meet in the industry are very friendly. Everyone likes to read books and think about things, and they don’t care too much about human relations.
Moreover, there is a phenomenon in this industry that many people with good technical skills are not very good at expressing themselves. Then, if you are a person with good learning ability and good communication skills, your position in this team will be very stable. That's why I've been doing it for over ten years.
Finally, regarding mentality, let me give another example.
I met a girl who graduated from a science college and studied mechanics. Because the salary of developers is higher than that of marketing, sales assistants, and clerks, she signed up for an outside software training course when she was a junior. In the first year, she worked in a relatively large company, and it was a bit difficult, because the colleagues around her were all computer science majors. So, she jumped to our company, our company is medium-sized, and we interviewed her well in all aspects. But for some unknown reason, she couldn't keep up with the rhythm in our team and failed to pass the three-month trial period.
The exit interview at the time was what I talked to her about. She asked me "Look, am I not suitable for technology?". I replied at the time: don't say that, you just don't fit in with us, and you have to ask yourself if you want to be a programmer. Later, when I contacted this girl again, I learned that she was developing very well in the new company and was still working as a development programmer.
When you first enter the workplace, it is normal to have some difficulties and some discomfort, so I don't think you should give up a path just because a company rejects you.