| Management wise: He is probably trying to keep you where you are. You can't be sure, but he's not willing to give you a shot. Hence: he may not have the resources, doesn't want to bother, thinks you wont cut it at first or at all / etc. Next: Congratulations. It's the drive that matters.Try to push your manager, if it works, good, stop reading here. Okay, so: Where do you want to go? Whats your passion? Ignore what you know/dont know. What you want to do? Lets assume you woke up one day after 10 hours of sleep, opened the windows, inhaled, and said to yourself: I love that I've become the best _________________ ever. Having said this. Start doing it. Start your new project. It doesn't have to be commercial. Start doing what you love. Google stuff, boot your own Vulkan pipeline for that space invaders clone, write that C++ json parser to replace nlohmann/json or what have you. Just do it. Pour your passion into it. Then: Go for an interview; and tell them: I have a great passion for this. I've worked as a support for so long, because I had to pay my bills, but look at what I'm capable of. I want this. This is where I want to proceed in life. It makes me happy, and I can do it. You seem to be a company that needs that skillet. So I'm here, ask me anything. And that's how I'd start, if I were you. If passion is your dream, the stars will align to pillar you up. But, you have to decide, and start. Best of luck, unknown stranger. May the math/algorithms and that C that you wrote (and for which I'm replying), keep your sails full. And for all the gods sake, if you have the brains for discrete math and oop algos and stuff, try to do something that people shy away from and that will amaze them when they see it. Use AVX2 assembler inlines if you have to :) May you have an amazing journey. |