Tech Adjacent Roles
Overview
Tech adjacent roles are positions that support or interact with technology teams but are not strictly technical or engineering-based. These roles can be great opportunity to leverage your new educations and skills while building a foundation in the tech industry. Despite different titles and responsibilities people still find success and benefit from understanding technical concepts and having a problem-solving mindset. Examples include Customer Support/ Success, Technical Writing, Operations, and Community, where you’ll utilize your knowledge with a focus on different responsibilities.
Tech companies often have different names for similar roles for a variety of factors: trends, recruitment strategy, competitive difference just to name a few. By the end of these lessons you will have a deeper understanding of the variety of roles you have access to during your job hunt.
Learning Goals
- Understand different tech adjacent career pathways
- Identify which roles you are interested in / qualified for
- Break down your strengths and highlight areas of improvement for roles you’re interested in
- Pull from previous work experience to create new narratives that showcase your ability and strengths for other roles outside of the ‘software developer’ job title
- Research other roles in the job market that fit the new criteria you’ve learned
Questions to Consider
- What are some of the main reasons behind your decision to enrolling into Turing?
- Better work life balance? Remote work? Continuous learning?
- During your time at Turing what parts of the experience did you enjoy? What were some challenges?
- What previous work experience do you have that could be utilized in a career in tech?
- Begin to think of how you can alter your career story and skills to fit interviews for adjacent roles that peak your interest.
Adjacent Roles
Lesson 1: Support Engineering
Lesson 2: Technical Writing and Quality Assurance
Lesson 3: Operations and Reliability
Lesson4: Education and Community Content
