Early career stack advice

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Hi all,During university I converted an internship at a small firm to a FT role as a full stack C# dev. I graduated this past summer with essentially 1.5-2 YOE. Now I've moved to a much larger, more reputable firm in an entry level cloud IaC role thinking that diversifying my skillset early on would be valuable.&nbsp;Now I'm realizing I don't love being on the infra side of things. I'm freely able to seek another early-career role within my company. My question is: is it worth sticking it out in this entry level IaC/cloud support role for 1-2 years (diversifying) or should I seek another full stack C# role and likely climb the ladder faster since I have more exp (specializing)?Other notes: located in the US. Don't love my team or manager but there's good work-life balance. Im essentially locked into this entry-level track at this firm for another 1.5 years so seeking (Ideally non-entry level) work elsewhere is also an option.&nbsp;Any and all advice is appreciate.Cheers

qwertyCoder · Accepted Answer

Would suggest switching to the role that you prefer ASAP. There isn't much point sticking it out in current role if you already know you don't like it. Optimize for your own growth.

Matt syp · Answer

Go find another job.  I don't see a lot of value in sticking it out, but having a job also allows you to focus on getting exactly what you want, even if it takes a while.  So yeah, find another c# role.  And if you get an offer, ask to speak to one of the Sr engineers on the team to make sure they are the type of person you can learn from.

14w6392ueh37 · Answer

Being a generalist never gets you paid what you're worth but it does give you more work than the other people in your company at your pay grade. Expertise gets paid every time. Stop wasting time doing something you don't enjoy and start focusing on what you're good at and interested in.

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