[tylerfontaine]

There are still lots of good support organizations out there, and not every place looks at support as a burden. It's a pretty critical piece in the "new" 'as a service' world, helping folks use complex systems that they don't control, etc.

I've been heavy in the data space, and get to do some fascinating work with folks, helping design data models, implement analysis, and other things in a wide variety of verticals. It's support, so sometimes there's some more tedious things too - there's no avoiding that. :)

But, and perhaps I'm biased, it's still a great career path, even if it's not as flash as "code all the time" work.