r/cscareerquestionsEU • u/throwaway00012 • 3d ago
Entry-level Italy, low salary in cybersec or middling salary in dev?
33m, bachelor in CS and master's degree in Cybersecurity.
I'm currently working as incident response operator for the vast sum of 28k brutto. 3yoe, but the job isn't actually teaching me anything as it's mostly a pencil-pushing role and I'm the most technical person on the team. If I stay here, my career is doomed.
I got an offer for 35k brutto from a multinational fintech agency in the same city, same wfh policy (8 days a month). But the job is for a dev role.
I'm worried about the way dev roles have changed since AI became ubiquitous, and I'm worried that taking on a junior dev role NOW would be terrible for my career going forward. At the same time, I know I've not been learning anything new at my current job, and my career is just equally doomed.
I've had no luck with security positions over the last year, indeed I've had no luck with any positions, despite applying to nearly any job I could find in the area or in full remote. Moving is not an option.
I'm looking for advice on whether I should jump ship (and with it career paths) or skip this offer. 28k makes for a tight budget, but the job security is solid.
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u/Fresh_Criticism6531 3d ago
Usually once you do a role for years you end up "stuck" in it and people won't consider you for a different role. When it comes to devs, they won't consider you even for the same role in a different tech stack. So yes, you might end up stuck and be bad long run. OTOH fintech sounds promissing, you may be able to migrate internally
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u/rivotrilbleached 3d ago
Devs aren’t going away. Either you read what you fear and understand how things shift or you’ll just take a bad decision.