Have you ever wondered what career opportunities a developer has? What directions are open, beyond what horizons to grow. And most importantly, where are developers beyond the age of 45? Is there a developer among your friends who is over 45? I personally know several developers beyond this age and many of them are hardcore programmers who even saw punch cards back in the day.

There are several career paths a developer might take:

● The first and obvious one is to grow in the area in which you are working. If you are a junior developer, then just grow to middle, then senior and lead roles.

● Transition to another technology stack. Actually, a big number of developers moved into the mobile area when iOS and Android OS gained ground.

● Grow into a manager role. As a developer, the greatest staffing issue I saw was the shortage of competent managers. Clever managers are expensive, hence they are scarce. If the manager has a technical background, that will allow him to be on the same wavelength with the developers.

● Become a software architect. This direction will be considered in this series of articles.

● Get out of IT. Sometimes this happens. It is never too late to do what you like to do.

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Author – Nikolay Ashanin