u/occasionally_smart

I am a long term player and already have a lot of good gear. But these days I don't know what to do anymore.. my inventory is above 1100 from my last background battle, my storage at 700/700 and I have 399 units fully equipped - there is quite literally no space left anymore (except for one units worth, but then I can't do content anyways).

I scrap everything that isn't epic and only keep 28 gear score and above, but I don't even come close to having enough charms. Do I just go through my gear and dust some "decent" equipment to get some materials back?

Something like 96 gearscore? Usually that was what we had always thought of as good gear previously. I already dusted most of my subpar pieces.

I have a few 95s that aren't really used, but also some lower gearscore pieces with flat subs on purpose. So I'll have to be careful if I decide to go that route I guess.

Charms are a huge issue for me right now and I don't know what to do.

Hey, I am a Software Engineer with about 5 YoE working mainly on backend systems using C# and Java, with a growing focus towards distributed systems in the FinTech domain.

I enjoy my work, and will be starting a new position soon which will give me more exposure to real scale, which I've previously been lacking.

However, lately I've been feeling my interests gravitate toward other areas as well. For example:

• Distributed data pipelines (to some extent my new position might give me some exposure). I'd be happy doing this in Java, Python, Scala, or whatever the stack happens to be.
• Personal projects in Go, and ideally I'd like to use it at work for smaller services as well, although I'm not sure whether that will be possible in my next role.
• I've also started writing some (small) personal projects in Rust, and I've been enjoying working a bit closer to the system.

To some extent, having various interests is probably a good thing and I'd imagine something most engineers go through.

I'm planning to stay in my next position for at least 1-2 years, so it isn't like I am trying to jump ship. But I've been thinking about leveraging some of my projects to maybe switch domains eventually.

The problem is that these interests don't really overlap too much, so I'm not sure where I should be steering my career. Of course, a lot of this will also depend on my local job market and the opportunities available.

At this point in my career, I don't think I'd want to give up ownership and interesting problems just for the chance at working with something like Rust professionally. I genuinely enjoy working in interesting domains, solving difficult problems, and delivering them to our customers (be it internal or external).

Overall, I am a bit confused on where to steer my career towards, and I am also slightly worried about becoming too much of a generalist, if I eventually end up switching.

Has anyone else gone through this? Please share your insights!

Hey, I am a Software Engineer with about 5 YoE working mainly on backend systems using C# and Java, with a growing focus towards distributed systems in the FinTech domain.

I enjoy my work, and will be starting a new position soon which will give me more exposure to real scale, which I've previously been lacking.

However, lately I've been feeling my interests gravitate toward other areas as well. For example:

• Distributed data pipelines (to some extent my new position might give me some exposure). I'd be happy doing this in Java, Python, Scala, or whatever the stack happens to be.
• Personal projects in Go, and ideally I'd like to use it at work for smaller services as well, although I'm not sure whether that will be possible in my next role.
• I've also started writing some (small) personal projects in Rust, and I've been enjoying working a bit closer to the system.

To some extent, having various interests is probably a good thing and I'd imagine something most engineers go through.

I'm planning to stay in my next position for at least 1-2 years, so it isn't like I am trying to jump ship. But I've been thinking about leveraging some of my projects to maybe switch domains eventually.

The problem is that these interests don't really overlap too much, so I'm not sure where I should be steering my career. Of course, a lot of this will also depend on my local job market and the opportunities available.

At this point in my career, I don't think I'd want to give up ownership and interesting problems just for the chance at working with something like Rust professionally. I genuinely enjoy working in interesting domains, solving difficult problems, and delivering them to our customers (be it internal or external).

Overall, I am a bit confused on where to steer my career towards, and I am also slightly worried about becoming too much of a generalist, if I eventually end up switching.

Has anyone else gone through this? Please share your insights!

Hey, I'm a Senior Backend Engineer (on lower end of the experience spectrum) currently looking for a new position, and as we all know the market isn't quite stellar. However, I do feel confident that I will find something. But what I've noticed is that due to the current surplus of engineers, companies are way less willing to give you a chance in a programming language / tech stack that you are more unfamiliar with.

This makes me somewhat worried about my next position. So far I've been working more on the enterprise side of things, mostly in C#/.NET, but also about a year of working with Java/Spring. Even though I do have experience with Java, and C# is quite similar, some employers worry about my ability to perform and ramp up quickly.

I have also been very interested in working with Go professionally, but I've been only getting rejections for these roles (sometimes it might even be ATS).

Compared to Go, I've had a bit more luck with Python roles, but most of them do also not let me move forward - my Python experience is mostly using it privately or for small scripts/programs professionally. The backend heavy SaaS roles haven't given me the light of day, but some more high-scale data oriented roles have invited me to their interview process, which is very exciting.

Due to circumstances at my previous employers, I've had the chance to grow very fast, wearing many different hats. But I've always felt that my technical expertise was a bit lacking, compared to some great engineers out there. Whereas the traditional path is probably more on the side of being great technically, and then moving into more ownership and managerial work, I've had more of the opposite experience. I believe that my soft skills are quite strong, and my previous employers noticed, and helped me grow accordingly. I could see myself moving into a technical lead, or even engineering manager role eventually, but I could also see myself doing well in a more staff or principal level role in the future.

Either way, while I don't think that my technical skills are bad, I'd like to become more T-shaped before making a move. I specifically would like to steer my career towards more cloud exposure and working at massive scale.

My experience is already split between C# and Java, so I'm worried that a Python role might pigeonhole me into a very specific career.

What do you guys think? I'm very grateful for any advice.

Hey, I'm a Senior Backend Engineer (on lower end of the experience spectrum) currently looking for a new position, and as we all know the market isn't quite stellar. However, I do feel confident that I will find something. But what I've noticed is that due to the current surplus of engineers, companies are way less willing to give you a chance in a programming language / tech stack that you are more unfamiliar with.

This makes me somewhat worried about my next position. So far I've been working more on the enterprise side of things, mostly in C#/.NET, but also about a year of working with Java/Spring. Even though I do have experience with Java, and C# is quite similar, some employers worry about my ability to perform and ramp up quickly.

I have also been very interested in working with Go professionally, but I've been only getting rejections for these roles (sometimes it might even be ATS).

Compared to Go, I've had a bit more luck with Python roles, but most of them do also not let me move forward - my Python experience is mostly using it privately or for small scripts/programs professionally. The backend heavy SaaS roles haven't given me the light of day, but some more high-scale data oriented roles have invited me to their interview process, which is very exciting.

Due to circumstances at my previous employers, I've had the chance to grow very fast, wearing many different hats. But I've always felt that my technical expertise was a bit lacking, compared to some great engineers out there. Whereas the traditional path is probably more on the side of being great technically, and then moving into more ownership and managerial work, I've had more of the opposite experience. I believe that my soft skills are quite strong, and my previous employers noticed, and helped me grow accordingly. I could see myself moving into a technical lead, or even engineering manager role eventually, but I could also see myself doing well in a more staff or principal level role in the future.

Either way, while I don't think that my technical skills are bad, I'd like to become more T-shaped before making a move. I specifically would like to steer my career towards more cloud exposure and working at massive scale.

My experience is already split between C# and Java, so I'm worried that a Python role might pigeonhole me into a very specific career.

What do you guys think? I'm very grateful for any advice.