I am currently a civil engineer thinking of switching to software engineering. I got my masters in water resource engineering where I was coding a decent amount for assignments and it has really stuck with me. Unfortunately, in my current role and field (civil), I don’t really get to do much coding. Does anyone have a similar experience of jumping ship to do software engineering? What would be the best way to go about it (coding bootcamp, another degree, something else)?

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A degree is probably overkill. The theory is useful on occasion, but most software engineering doesn't really need it.

Boot camp could be a good way to refresh your coding skills and get ramped up on modern technologies, and to have something to put on your resume that looks relevant so you don't just get filtered out with no interview.

Another approach would be to get involved with open source projects (since you already know how to code) and list that on your resume. In some ways it's better than bootcamp resume-wise because it involves working with experienced developers, but it's a lot longer of a process since you're not going to be doing it full-time.

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I don't know if it counts as I did electrical engineering with a focus on medical devices. I did have a lot of CS in my program, buy I mostly coded in MATLAB. I jumped ship career wise as IT and software engineering was hiring more. What I realized it's the same math, and they don't expect the engineer to actually code (unless the company is super rich). I did retroengineering once and I was partnered with a Java developer the objective to try and understand the algorithm/math used. After that I worked more as tech lead and to be honest there is nothing you cannot learn. You might want to look at methodologies, civil engineering is a lot of waterfall type projects, software engineering a lot of iterative development with small releases (there is still waterfall sometimes in software engineering but it is rare). Some certifications can help, for example if you want to work with Salesforce, the certification is more valuable than your degree to most companies.

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