Ask HN: Specialization

3 points by __glibc_malloc 10 years ago | 2 comments

Hi HN. For my first internship I worked for a Microsoft shop. I don't want to work with MSFT technologies. I'm not sure why. The MS stack isn't attractive to me. I prefer the Linux stack of web servers, etc. How can I avoid getting stuck being another C# MS dev stuck in MS shops for my career?

jerf 10 years ago |

Take it off your resume, and start applying for jobs. Take advantage of the fact that most people assume your resume is complete. That's the approach I took. I've played with a lot of technologies and the ones I don't care to get stuck working with 40+hrs/week simply never make it on to the resume.

If you need to buff the resume so you've got concrete skills in another stack, well, you'll need to do that first then.

tarr11 10 years ago |

You are right to be thinking about this now. Once you start on a path, it can be hard to switch (as much based on financial considerations as technical ones)

Can you get an internship at a company where the platform appeals more to your interests?