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I got an interview with a big multinational software company as a senior dev - the kind of place I never thought I would be privileged or knowledgeable enough to work for and wasnt expecting to get In to...

I aced it. They gave me an offer but - FOR DEVOPS 😬

basically my skills fit in perfectly with the server/ scaling issues they have and are far more valuable there. I know they do, I also know I can fix the issue and will have alot of fun coding it - I just dont think I want to monitor it or anything else.

I mean I do devops stuff all the time in aid of anything I code but their stack is a full time job- im scared that once the toolchain is automated ill be pulled towards sys admin like duties and lose touch with my craft... what do you guys think? Anyone shifted from dev to devops?

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  • 2
    5y
    Coding is love. Can't betray it
  • 0
    5y
    📌
  • 10
    5y
    In my opinion, take it, I doubt you will fix their issues in less than a year, then spend another few months making sure all is good, either tell them you want to be a dev or find a different place, that company will look good on your CV tbh
  • 1
    5y
    Can you ask them if you can visit and just sit alongside the dev ops team for a few days? To get the feel for the job and the people. I personally think I wouldn't like dev ops at all, it all just seems like high stress, high complexity machine wrangling, but everyone's different. You might love it
  • 3
    5y
    AFAIK big companies also allow you to move around and switch positions.
  • 2
    5y
    Talk to them. Evaluate the time it will take you to complete your job. And explain that after that you want to change role. Else you can ask for contracting work. It pays good money.
  • 2
    5y
    Maybe ask to put in your contract an option for changing positions? Not sure if this is how it works...
  • 2
    5y
    I'd go for it. Get that big name on your CV. Maybe get into software defined networking - I reckon that's a growing

    After a year of working there, you'll be able to go anywhere and there's nothing stopping you from coding your own projects at home.
  • 1
    5y
    Reminder to ask for a way bigger budget than you think you need. You don't wanna be sitting with a tiny budget when they see how awesome you do and what results best practices will get you
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