I'm 30 years old and have been working for myself for about 6 years now, developing my own ideas into successful mobile applications (over 3 million paid downloads). I'm now looking to move on from this as I'm a little burnt out and I would like to work with more people again. The issue I currently have is wondering what positions I should apply for.<p>Although I studied in computer science and assumed I would be a programmer, I find that for me, programming is a means to an end, the end being getting an idea into something real. For my current apps I take them through the full lifecycle myself, from idea, to feature requirements, UI design, programming, marketing, release and then the direction of where they should go in future updates. So I have quite a broad set of skills and experiences, yet besides under my own business my only other work has been in web development.<p>While looking at job positions I'm questioning if employers will see that I have anything besides programming to offer and if I would be capable of working in a more product development/management oriented role.
> I'm questioning if employers will see that I have anything besides programming to offer...<p>Don't count on hiring managers (worse still, HR & recruiter bozos) to recognize some untapped potential in your background. That's not what they're trained to do.<p>> The issue I currently have is wondering what positions I should apply for.<p>Don't apply for positions. Instead, look for people who you can help. People who have problems that you can solve.
We actually have something called 'Senior Consultant' as a position:<p><a href="https://careers-redhat.icims.com/jobs/50182/senior-mobile-consultant---ios/job" rel="nofollow">https://careers-redhat.icims.com/jobs/50182/senior-mobile-co...</a><p>The story of how this came to be a.f.a.i.k. went like this:<p>1. we have awesome* enterprise grade solution for managing mobile development. It has centralized build farm for mobile apps, automatic back-end integration with data-browsing for managers, e.t.c<p>2. some of our customers don't really want to build up their own mobile teams to work with this, so they outsource our consultants as well.<p>Last project I know our consulting guys were working on was a sort of a checklist application for the repair crews of British Railways a.f.a.i.k ?<p>* when it actually works ;)
I say go right for the jugular.<p>1. Find 25 IDEAL companies you would just love to work at.<p>2. Use your honed, battle-tested hustler-powers and hit up the founders. As they will definitely see your full potential.<p>3. Getting their emails these days is child's play. Crafting a must-open, well versed email is another thing. Be persistent and followup as they are busy.<p>4. Make sure when you do talk to them..you know their business model/product/users VERY well. Then demonstrate where there is potential room for growth aided by technology. Sign NDA's if you feel more comfortable.<p>Create your position. Good luck!
I'm curious why you're burnt out of doing your own thing that seems fairly successful.<p>I think being involved in the whole process of making something sounds amazing but obviously my vantage point as a regular employee at a company is much different.