Dear Forum,
I hope that this is the right
place to ask my question. I got a master’s degree in process engineering and am
pursuing a PhD right now (since 1 year; 2 to 3 more years to go). Since I
learned programming at university I wanted to become a programmer. Anyways I
finished my Masters and even started my PhD pretty much because I didn’t know
what else to do and how to get a job in programming.
Now I am applying for jobs and I
even got an offer from a medium sized company as a SAP consultant/developer. I
like what I'm doing at work (programming physics stuff in MATLAB), but for my career
goals I don’t need that extra Dr. in front of my Name. Also I live in a city
that I don’t enjoy much and moving for me feels like a good idea.
I was wondering if you guys have
some advice to a (more or less) young lady (28 years) in this regard. I think
that my age is kind of important, since I’m getting older and I feel the need
to get going with what I actually want to do. Also I’m wondering if this job
offer is a rare chance since I do not have an informatics background but “just”
ne in engineering.
Thanks in advance for ideas,
thoughts and even perhaps advice.
Holy
