From support to developer?

Question

C++ / C#

I’m currently working as a leading technical support engineer, but I don’t like being in support since everything has become a routine, I want to perform really interesting tasks and replenish my piggy bank with new knowledge, but even in system administration you can learn so much, but it’s not as drawn to it as into development. I first became interested in programming when I bought a rasperry pi and there, when setting up a home automation system according to instructions and posts from electromost.com/forum/, I ran into python and realized that just copy-pasting someone else's code is not as interesting as writing functionality on my own, then I abandoned raspberries and python on what -for a while, worked, worked, worked and again returned to this question, I don’t know how I got to the javarush.ru site, signed up and started taking Java courses, it was a little incomprehensible, difficult, but it worked, although in fact it seemed to me that I was again just rewriting someone's code, learning the syntax, but I didn’t fully understand what and how it works, I came across cs50 courses on the same site, started watching at first everything was clear, then we went sharply deeper and started again get confused and stumble, abandoned everything for a while and once accidentally stumbled upon geekbrains for C # courses and started looking for information about it, and at that moment a friend threw me excellent SI courses on youtube from GenaANTG and I got into trouble, he he talks really cool, he gave me the basics of programming and the principle of computer operation, the structure of programs in C, functions, arguments, etc. etc., now I’m looking at the CS50 in parallel again and I’m starting to understand more, I’m drawing something there, something there. I started watching the OK english channel, it seems to me that learning programming and English are just compatible tasks. but I don’t fully understand what and how it works, on the same site I came across cs50 courses, I started looking at first everything was clear, then we went sharply deeper and again began to get confused and stumble, abandoned everything for a while and once accidentally stumbled upon geekbrains to C# courses and started looking for information about it, and at that moment a friend gave me excellent C courses on youtube from GenaANTG and I got stuck, he talks really cool, he gave me the basics of programming and the principle of computer operation, the structure of programs in C , functions, arguments, etc. etc., now I’m looking at the CS50 in parallel again and I’m starting to understand more, I’m drawing something there, something there. I started watching the OK english channel, it seems to me that learning programming and English are just compatible tasks. but I don’t fully understand what and how it works, on the same site I came across cs50 courses, I started looking at first everything was clear, then we went sharply deeper and again began to get confused and stumble, abandoned everything for a while and once accidentally stumbled upon geekbrains to C# courses and started looking for information about it, and at that moment a friend gave me excellent C courses on youtube from GenaANTG and I got stuck, he talks really cool, he gave me the basics of programming and the principle of computer operation, the structure of programs in C , functions, arguments, etc. etc., now I’m looking at the CS50 in parallel again and I’m starting to understand more, I’m drawing something there, something there. I started watching the OK english channel, it seems to me that learning programming and English are just compatible tasks. at first everything was clear, then we went deep into the depths and again began to get confused and stumble, abandoned everything for a while and once accidentally stumbled upon geekbrains for C # courses and started looking for information about it, and at that moment a friend threw me excellent C courses on youtube from GenaANTG and I got stuck, he talks really cool, he gave me the basics of programming and the principle of computer operation, the structure of C programs, functions, arguments, etc. etc., now I’m looking at the CS50 in parallel again and I’m starting to understand more, I’m drawing something there, something there. I started watching the OK english channel, it seems to me that learning programming and English are just compatible tasks. at first everything was clear, then we went deep into the depths and again began to get confused and stumble, abandoned everything for a while and once accidentally stumbled upon geekbrains for C # courses and started looking for information about it, and at that moment a friend threw me excellent C courses on youtube from GenaANTG and I got stuck, he talks really cool, he gave me the basics of programming and the principle of computer operation, the structure of C programs, functions, arguments, etc. etc., now I’m looking at the CS50 in parallel again and I’m starting to understand more, I’m drawing something there, something there. I started watching the OK english channel, it seems to me that learning programming and English are just compatible tasks. abandoned everything for a while and once accidentally stumbled upon geekbrains for courses in C # and started looking for information about it, and at that moment a friend threw me excellent courses in SI on youtube from GenaANTG and I got stuck, he tells really cool, he taught me the basics of programming and how a computer works, the structure of C programs, functions, arguments, and so on. etc., now I’m looking at the CS50 in parallel again and I’m starting to understand more, I’m drawing something there, something there. I started watching the OK english channel, it seems to me that learning programming and English are just compatible tasks. abandoned everything for a while and once accidentally stumbled upon geekbrains for courses in C # and started looking for information about it, and at that moment a friend threw me excellent courses in SI on youtube from GenaANTG and I got stuck, he tells really cool, he taught me the basics of programming and how a computer works, the structure of C programs, functions, arguments, and so on. etc., now I’m looking at the CS50 in parallel again and I’m starting to understand more, I’m drawing something there, something there. I started watching the OK english channel, it seems to me that learning programming and English are just compatible tasks. arguments, etc. etc., now I’m looking at the CS50 in parallel again and I’m starting to understand more, I’m drawing something there, something there. I started watching the OK english channel, it seems to me that learning programming and English are just compatible tasks. arguments, etc. etc., now I’m looking at the CS50 in parallel again and I’m starting to understand more, I’m drawing something there, something there. I started watching the OK english channel, it seems to me that learning programming and English are just compatible tasks.
And then, through my friends, I got a chance to get a job as an intern at SAP, I’ll make a reservation with my wife and child and everything is on my support, but the salary was offered less than half (than I get now) and I expected this in general, but there with aspiration and desire it will be possible to raise the salary to the current one in about a year (a kind of tuition fee). There is also an opportunity to get acquainted with programming in SAP ABAP, but still this is probably not the kind of programming that interests me. At this job, I have the opportunity to devote time, say 1-2 hours a day (depending on the load and number of cases) to study C, English + on the road every day for 40 minutes (in each direction) I watch video lessons on the train. Should I accept an internship offer at SAP?
Sorry for such memoirs, but it will be easier to understand what I want. Oh, and the goal in programming: write your own big project (program) for automation (smart home), maybe it will be something very unusual and very promising (at least I have a very ambitious plan in my head).

Answer 1

"... write your own large project (program) for automation (smart home)" - it will probably be faster in python + raspberry. On with, too, of course, but longer, although it will work many times faster. Do what your heart tells you - it will give inspiration, and eventually money (I hope). Good luck.

Answer 2

If you want to get away from the routine, then programming in a large and long project is most likely not for you. Of course, in the beginning there will be novelty and interesting tasks and new knowledge, but in general this is a conveyor and you will most likely solve tasks of the same type. If you want a variety of tasks, where, moreover, your support experience will certainly come in handy - look for or create a small team / startup. Or you can start with development and then move towards communication with the customer (for example, as a product owner, your support experience will be very useful).