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How can I escape the CRUD dead end? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world to c/webdev@programming.dev

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I've been working in web for about a decade. I have no formal education, but I've been in various agencies and in-house teams. I have done some cool stuff but it's limited. I mainly work in wordpress, building custom plugins and themes from scratch for mid size businesses.

I am not technically challenged. The most complex of my work is basically just figuring out client requirements, designing and pitching something that makes their requirements make logical sense, and then building it. The stuff I build is usually no more complex than typical CRUD work.

I don't really know what to do. I'm stuck. I want out of this basic, boring, unfulfilling work. Has anybody managed to make this jump, or similar, and how did it go?

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[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can't say I've made such a jump because I wasn't in such a (prolonged) situation.

My suggestions would be

Are you employed? Can you change projects/teams/work/customers within your company? If not, look for other opportunities. If that's all you get at your current workplace, and you want change, switch to somewhere else.

You have success stories of delivering. Even if tech and experience doesn't fully fit with other employers, they will value the experience you have.

Studying, possibly alongside work, is also possible, and not uncommon. That way you could widen your technical expertise without having a new employer already, possibly opening other opportunities.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

I am employed, but it's a small agency. I've tried to push for more design work, but my direct boss is a designer and pretty protective of his role so no chance there.

I'm working alongside work at the moment 😅 which reduces time and energy available for studying, but I always try to expand my role in my freelance so I think that's probably the way forward! Good suggestion, thank you ✌️