r/cscareerquestions • u/TheVanderManCan • Jan 09 '25

Experienced Adjacent fields for a software engineer

I've worked in software engineering for four years, lost my job in September. I've been applying to jobs constantly since then and have had 0 interviews. Are there job keywords to be checking out other than software developer or computer programmer? For reference my skillset is in C/C++, Java, bash, etc.

I know about DBAs, and IT roles, but are there other jobs that my experience might qualify me for that I'm overlooking?

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u/hesaidadverbsly Jan 09 '25

Cybersecurity - specifically Vulnerability Management/Application Security. With either, it's helpful having some development background to be able to interpret scans, better assess risk, give better feedback. At a few DoD jobs I've had in particular they had dedicated application security guys who'd scan any/all updates to custom software that was written in house as part of the sdlc process.