You sort of touched on a bit of this, but here are a few thoughts:
QA Automation: It is, honestly, hard to find people who are great at this. And I think it's more fun than people realize. Good, healthy, automation is an evolving field. It's not getting all the press like AI — but the future definitely involves AI/ML here, so it is a sub-discipline. I think authentically acquiring a broad skillset here can open up a lot of opportunities. If you don't wind up sticking here, it's a secondary skill that applies to most jobs here.
InfoSec: Evergreen field, constantly evolving, tons of opportunity. Can be hard to break in to as far as I can tell, but if you put the work in on acquiring the skills to do the job and also break into the industry — getting involved and networking. It can go a long way.
SRE as a specialization: Learn about observability, risk management, etc. Another growing field — and at the very least, if you learn the ins and outs, your resumé as, perhaps, a backend generalist are going to look that much cleaner.
IMO any of these disciplines are either a path to pursue, or at least, something that gives your resumé a bit more oomph.
That's some strong valid input. This is good, having the views of everyone's take on this is sort of helping in refining the thought process in selecting our domain more efficiently.
Thanks for the input!
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You sort of touched on a bit of this, but here are a few thoughts:
IMO any of these disciplines are either a path to pursue, or at least, something that gives your resumé a bit more oomph.
That's some strong valid input. This is good, having the views of everyone's take on this is sort of helping in refining the thought process in selecting our domain more efficiently.
Thanks for the input!