Ask HN: How hard would it be to move from Data Engineer to Software Engineer?
Recently, about two months ago, I graduated from university with a CS degree. Like many others, it has been hard to find roles as a fresh college grad as a software engineer.
I was able to land an offer as a data engineer. At first I was very excited and thought this was a great opportunity, as it is at a well recognized medium sized company that you've probably heard of (not faang).
However, I have been working here for a couple months now, and it is not what I expected. I love to code, and the amount of programming in data engineering is not that much at all. It is mostly working with data tooling, SQL, and creating scripts/configuration files to glue things together with Python.
Right now I want to begin my plan to jump ship to SWE in the near future. I plan on practicing leetcode, contributing to open source, and developing some personal projects.
How hard would it be to land a software engineering role in the near future if I stay at this data engineering role for 6-12 months, given the current job climate and that it would be the only professional experience that I would have after graduation.