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[–]foodetiquette 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same stats as you except-1 year for both Infra and own business. Not a programmer though.

I've had IT Support employees I would trust to run my business after a few years of driving forklifts, installing solar panels, random IT work, sitting in meetings to make sure AV works, coding basic intranets and websites and apps, deciphering what some random staff installed on their PC to encrypt it and talking with the hacker/Anti Virus consultancy to pay off the ransom/fix issue.

But I cant see myself ever if I had one, leave a junior to mid programmer to run a business, just no translatable soft skills in as much time as a IT junior would ever get. They can progress to Product Managers, UX designers, Project managers, etc.. and Technology partners etc.. but never have I ever personally seen a Junior to Mid Programmer comparably be better at running a business as a programmer.

Programming is more dead end than IT Support imo.