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I've only been here for 1 month for my new position in Ops, and I already miss software development!

All I do everyday is just typing commands on the terminal.
If I am feeling fancy, I may create a script or two (that's the closest thing I have to writing code).

I hope I can get more interesting thing to do in the future. If not I can't see myself doing this in long term. It's OK for occasional tasks or added responsibility but I don't want to do it as my main job.

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  • 7
    1y
    Yeah, I figured. The only cool think about ops is the word ops. Like some blackops ninja
  • 2
    1y
    @retoor well... Not really. The really cool stuff happens when you have a MIH event/call.

    These are the ones I miss the most from my Ops days
  • 0
    1y
    @ostream

    Can't say if it's really good, I do get a pay bump when they offered the transfer though. It's not a lot, but my main motivation at that time was to be able to learn new stacks if I agreed.

    How naive, the things I learn so far is how to make fancier CI pipeline. :/
  • 1
    1y
    I do dev & ops 60/40, it's perfect ratio. CI/CD, repo mgmt, & a bit of infra. No pay bump here though :)
  • 2
    1y
    Can't you just automate everything and then just do whatever 🤔
  • 1
    1y
    i just hope the more time you spend in ops the more time you'll have to analyze the process and find the automation opportunities, because there's so much in ops what could be automated but the lack of good sw devs makes it near impossible. in my experienece, techs with skills on how to write proper code and set up sw dev processes, to make it maintainable in the long run, are always lacking in ops
  • 1
    1y
    @jestdotty it kind of is. Learn the essentials and learn-as-you-work from there.
  • 1
    1y
    @jestdotty I so feel what you said. Soon as I finished the CI/CD automation I was able to take it easier (but ofc new challenges pop up all the time) :)

    And yeah most of it is reading docs, writing yamls and trial & error. Solid background knowledge in networks, server mgmt & containers helps
  • 1
    1y
    @jestdotty "sounds like a breeze" depends on the place. i.e. there are places where you will get zero dev support becase you're ops. no permissions to install software, no access to company dev infrastructure, no servers to run the automation on, no connectivity to target platforms, no support when it comes to compliance and future security audits....

    to give you an idea, we even had to file an exception just to have an internal bitbucket/git repo
  • 0
    1y
    @jestdotty

    Most of my day is filled with meetings and talking to people. :/

    I cherish the time I work from home, at least the distraction will lessen
  • 0
    1y
    @ostream

    It's in a high demand, more or less like SWE.

    I think the interview is easier as well because hey no leetcode needed here!

    But now I understand why most devs don't want to transfer to devops. It's just not challenging enough.
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