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Thanks for the great info Crayon, I'll research about it and tell you how it went! I was also thinking I might need some kind of business related degree... Maybe it would take me some work, 1 or 2 years but after that I'll probably jump away from something that has me so annoyed. I don't really understand why software engineers have to be programmers, why can't we start doing something else, maybe code from time to time... I don't get it

The company I work for didn't hire me because I can close/align my brackets correctly but because I can translate business needs into computer code in an efficient way using Algorithms, Design Patterns, and thorough tool knowledge (in everyday use and those available on the market). In short: they hired me for what I know not because they ran out of 5-year olds. Yeah that's what they hired me for also. But I rather design and talk to programmers, there has to be someone above you telling you what are those business needs. That's where I want to be, I know what you describe sounds pretty but I'm not having fun doing that all day. Sorry.

Thank you!!! I'll check that out. What kind of companies would need this, and how exactly do I get there? Any kind of studies needed, etc?

How can you tell programmers what to do if you suck at programming in the first place? Creating a successful/flexible system design is based upon your experiences as a programmer. The analyst should make it easier for programmers to implement and maintain not come up with something that only makes sense in the mind of an analyst. I don't suck at it, not being the best in the world and sucking are two very different things. I'm just tired of it, the long hours struggling with a piece of code to finally realize that closing bracket should have been in the line above... That tedious job doesn't need an engineer. I feel like studying software engineering to be programming 10 hours a day is like studying fashion and design to be a sewer.

Hi! I have a degree in Computer Science and Engineering and I have been a programmer since I graduated, around 2 years and a half ago. I really like programming, but I'm a bit tired of programming 10 hours a day for a standard wage. Plus, I'm not the best programmer in the world, and getting stuck with lines of code for hours is not what I want to do every day. I would like to know what is the best way to get away from this? I don't enjoy it anymore as much, I'd like to be in a technological company, but a bit above programmers, as an analyst maybe, talking about how things should be done and researching that, etc. I don't really know though what is that, if I need a master for it, but I want to step up in my career. Any suggestions on what can I do? Thank you!

Hi! I'm trying to do a time ranking in the best possible way. Let me explain a bit. I have a table of users. Each of these users have name, id and reputation. From a form, the user can request certain rankings: by country, by city, and I'm trying to make the user to be able to select for example 'this year' ranking. Or 'this week'. That would organize the users according to the reputation in the last 7 days for example. Now, what is the best way to do this? Keep in mind that the number of users is as high as 100,000 and growing every day. Should I create a new table for week, year, month, and every x time update it? Any ideas or suggestions, I'm kind of lost on how can I achieve this in a clean way. Thank you!