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Jupiter posted...

I changed career paths and started out as help desk a few years ago then got promoted to Systems Administrator. Before the promotion, I was unsure if I wanted to go this route or developer. Jumped at the promotion though since it meant more money, plus I was able to get from under my help desk supervisor that I wasn't a fan of. I think I used to be somewhat interested in network engineering, but after being in my current role, I for sure think I'd prefer being a developer. Especially since I feel a developer would have a higher chance of working from home.

That's also a great point. There are multiple niche jobs in tech that are great if you have an interest in the respective stuff.

• Network engineering
• System administration
• Cybersecurity
• Cloud... stuff (there's a lot of stuff under this umbrella)
• Software development

So even if network engineering bores you to tears, there may be other areas in tech that you'd like better.