I'm very glad I was able to start my career in startup world where titles don't mean anything and the prevailing attitude was roll up your sleeves and figure it out. No one else is going to solve it. Within my first five years I was doing everything from terminating network cables to managing servers to app development from the database to the various front ends (web and native, later mobile). I've built always on kiosk software. Fitness devices for medical study. I've built device firmware. I've built ML models. And no one ever told me that's not my job.
You're able to learn and grow an incredible amount in environments that don't lock you out of work based on the shape of the cog that the company hired for.
You're able to learn and grow an incredible amount in environments that don't lock you out of work based on the shape of the cog that the company hired for.