Ask HN: What are some non-coding roles that a developer can easily switch to?
I'm curious what are some easy career pivots as a developer looking to stop coding, whether it's a different function in tech or a completely different industry/role?
Writing API docs, user guides, blog posts, how-to guides, etc...
Pay is usually less than dev but still high.
It’s sad to see how many great open-source projects get overlooked on GitHub because they’re poorly documented.
Process improvement (a ton of overlap between the ideas here and with program from a general systems perspective).
Some management roles (advising at the C-suite level, or running teams but not coding anymore).
Instructor (using expertise to teach within your current org or at schools or professional training companies).
Technical writer (if you have the writing chops or can develop it).
The career progression isn’t great. Basically it’s just management, EPM, or back to SDE.