[dada2022]

Transitioned from a data analyst to a SWE at 34. Its worked out well so far, but there are definitely aspects of SWE that I still play catch-up with. Much of any good advice would depend on the career path you are switching from/to, but for anyone switching from analytics -> SWE, I've found that I (personally) should have invested more time in learning OOP and reading more production code. I don't write a ton of OO code on a daily basis now, but coming from an analytics background, most of my workflow revolved around FP where my goal was to just get something to work they way I expected to.

I also wish I reached out to my network a bit more and talked to other SWEs prior to accepting my role. Not that I would have changed my decision, just could have leveraged friends to get a sense of the day-to-day.