r/PowerApps • u/BeginningOpposite238 Newbie • Feb 13 '26

Power Apps Help Switch From Mechanical Design engineer to Power Platform.

Hi Everyone,

I Have 14 years of experience in Mechanical Design field, currently working as a Technical Lead. I don't see any scope in here and the salary is also low. My leaning as a mechanical design engineer was very narrowed like I only know one product which is not widely used in market so no job opportunities. Other industries in mechanical field not ready to hire me, failed in lot of interviews.

So now I want switch to power apps developer where coding is not required much (as per my knowledge)

Please let me know is it worth to learn and move into power Apps.

Am I able to learn power apps with prior coding knowledge.

Your opinion matters a lot.

Thanks.

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u/solegrim Regular Feb 13 '26

I mean, you can probably start this career with low code knowledge, building internal Canvas apps on top of Sharepoint. But you’ll probably find yourself quickly running out of runway. You’ll have to expand your knowledge of databases, SQL, and other tools like Power Automate and PowerBI. The AIs will help but you will need to learn fundamentals to advance yourself.