Hi Fishes,
I have 3+ years of experience as Mainframe developer actively looking for opportunities. I have got offer as Prod support in Mainframe. Will it help me in my career growth can you share your suggestions.

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Difficult to comment on what exposure you will get. Most of the time there is little to no dev work in prod support and just working on tickets.
You could get a good hold on the application you are supporting and gain SME knowledge and will also learn to handle pressure of prod support.
However, try to get a dev role offer as you will remain in touch with coding and can continue to switch in future.

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