Ask HN: SWE to CAD Career Switch I have been a software engineer for about 15 years and am kind of burnt out. Thinking about switching industries and am curious if anyone has made the switch to a CAD Drafting role? If so how was it, did your background in SWE help with the transition? Just exploring my options at the moment so open to other fields as well if you have any ideas. |
All the industry is just asking for is expert-level full stack software engineering experience (not anything niche, specific or narrow) which you just need an elite focus on systems design and architecture.
If you can't demonstrate to a company that you can make them a lot of money with your skills, they will just see you as another cost and a massive risk.
Generalists are the winners in this and CAD will just as automateable as SWE.