What is the development of your career?

What are my options for a career if I am an electronics engineer interested in Software development?

• Following are the details about my background : 1. I am from India 2. I have completed my bachelor's degree in Electronics and Instrumentation (from one of the leading universities in India), but I am not inclined towards building a career in the same. 3. My cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is a mere 6.96/10 (which unfortunately puts me in second division on my degree certificate by 0.04 points) 4. My percentages in 10th and 12th grades are 86 and 86.2 respectively (CBSE board) 5. I was recruited from my college last year, in one of the leading consultancy firms of the world, but at a below average compensation. I am also finding the work to be repetitive and intellectually non-stimulating, so continuing here beyond an year is not at all an option. 6. I have a fair background in the form of an internship in Android development and that is something I am eager to pursue as a career, but unfortunately, many companies involved in mobile development only hire CS graduates as freshers. I need more insight into options of pursuing a masters degree in Software Development for a non-CS guy like me in India or abroad. Options about working in start-ups that are into mobile development would work wonders for me. I do not have much idea about options open after an MBA in the technology sector, so an insight into the same would also help.

• Answer:

  Teach yourself to code. Then go and build something. Software developers are in a lot of demand right now. If you're really serious about becoming one of them, you have no excuse not to teach yourself to be one. There are a lot (and I really mean a lot [1]) of services such as [2] that offer high quality software development courses. Once you've learnt enough, just go and build something real. Maybe an app, maybe a website, your call - anything that puts your development skills on public display is fine. Once you can point at an actual site and say "I built it", it will be much easier for you to be taken seriously by potential employers. If you're especially into mobile development, you could try and build a mobile client for a web service you like, that offers an API but for which the mobile option is currently lacking. There are plenty of those, just pick one out! [1] http://thenextweb.com/dd/2012/10/21/so-you-want-to-be-a-programmer-huh-heres-25-ways-to-learn-online/ [2] http://www.codecademy.com/