not able to fully utilize my skills in new role

[mikyccity]

Hi,

I started the new job with multi national retail company in Jan this year, i am on a very good wage with great benefits and working 3 days from home.

I am a full stack developer and have been working with .Net, ASP.NET, SQL, SSRS for over 8 years but i have not done any programming in the last 7-8 months because i have been put on 3rd line support role where i am only utilizing my SQL skills.

My main concern is that if i carry on working on SQL support issues then i end up losing my development skills.

The main product i have been working with is designed in latest technologies like MVC , MVVM , WCF, VB.NET , C# , SQL and SSRS. I don't have any experience with MVC and MVVM so i have just been learning this through prularsight. I can fix existing code but i think it will be challenging to create something from scratch when i don't have experience with MVC and MVVM.

I have discussed my concern with my line manager and it looks like there won't be much change in next 2-3 months.

Is it worth changing job now or should i stick around bit longer and see if things get better. I know i won't be able to find a job with same pay and benefits and will have to take a role with less salary.

I would value anyone's advice on this matter.

Edited by mikyccity on Sunday 1st October 07:21

[ikarl]

Surely you know the answer... or you wouldn't be asking.

Oh, and it looks like there are some key words missing from your text!