Love coding but offered a server/network job -- any advice?

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Published on 2010-05-15T18:15:27Z Indexed on 2010/05/15 18:24 UTC
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I really enjoy software development. I've done it for going on 3 years now full-time for a small company and still find it interesting and exciting. I haven't had much server/network experience but have an opportunity to work for a large IT company dealing with server setups, configurations, maintenance and some networking work as well. The thing is, I'm not sure whether to accept.

If I were to take this, it would have relatively little if any coding and I'm guessing would start me down a career path away from coding. The only thing is the company is large enough and has a coding division so I guess in a few years I could transition back to the software side of things if I wanted, but I'm just not sure whether I would enjoy the server/network side of things.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Especially if you have had a similar situation occur. Thanks!

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