Development Support Engineer

Riamfada

Hi,

I was hoping for a bit of advice. I graduated from the UCD MSc in December and I have been working for the last 6 months as a C# .NET developer on a number of projects. Im looking now for junior work in this field.

I got a call about the possibility of a development support engineer position with a large multinational. I dont know of anyone in a role like this at the moment. Would it be madness to take this job or to try and stick it out for a junior C# position? Is development support engineer a dead end role? Im really looking for somewhere with the possibility of career progression rather than a high starting salary.

Many Thanks
R

Skrynesaver

It would be worth teasing out the details of the role and whether there's a path to sustaining engineer within the company from the role.

beauf

I have done it quite a bit, and switched between them. In my opinion it would be wiser (in the long term) to wait for a pure developer role. Especially considering your experience and qualifications.

Riamfada

Thanks beauf & Skrynesaver,

As it happens, since I posted, I got a call about a developer role with a company I have already worked for as well as another agency today contacted me about a graduate developer role.

The company I worked for are looking to implement a new portal for clients. This would suit me better as it is very similar to what I have done already. Meeting about it tomorrow.

beauf

Grab with both hands.