https://blanpa.github.io/tags/career/Recent content in Career on blanpaHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 blanpaSat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blanpa.github.io/blog/from-process-engineer-to-iiot-developer/Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blanpa.github.io/blog/from-process-engineer-to-iiot-developer/<p>Two years ago, I was a process engineer in a manufacturing plant. I wore steel-toed boots, carried a clipboard, and spent my days optimizing cycle times and reducing scrap rates. Today, I build Node-RED modules for industrial IoT, maintain open-source packages, and write code that connects factory machines to dashboards and analytics systems.</p> <p>This is the story of how I switched — what pushed me to leave, what I had to learn, what transferred surprisingly well, and what I&rsquo;d tell someone considering the same move.</p>