The Harsh Reality of Being a DevOps Engineer

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Should you be a DevOps engineer? In this video, I cover 5 things that you should consider before going down this career path.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:17 Infra
1:52 Learning
3:05 Expectations
4:40 Skill?
6:00 Focus
7:56 What to do?

[madmartigan]

Refreshingly honest take! I always loved setting up the infrastructure for the team in my CS projects, and even today, I prefer writing tooling and DSLs for use by analysts than webdev slop. You've got me considering transitioning into DevOps

[michaelaramis]

i love working as devops, lots of constant learning, very challenging sometimes
im usually with a lot of things going around, developing process, adopting strategies, standarizing

its very taxing on my time, but its specially worth when working with a highly capable team
problem solving is something thats highly appreaciated here

[devbyali]

You shed light on a common sentiment in the tech industry. It's not just DevOps; the expectation for a holistic understanding of the SDLC is becoming the norm for software engineers. Embracing continuous learning is the key to staying relevant in our dynamic field.

[jontnoneya]

The biggest WTF trick that management ever pulled off was to convince developers that they needed to be Dev/Ops Engineers. They put a new title on it, praised it, and developer drank it up. Suddenly it got the BUZZ and people are wickedly attracted to whatever is buzzing. SO they jumped and now years later are wondering "WTF DID I DO?" The key - RESIST THE BUZZ. I've been in IT for well over 20 years and the buzz never stops with this field. There is always something new, something better, something else that everyone else is BUZZ. Find what you like and ferociously stay true to that. Management finds the BUZZ irresistible and most managers push for the BUZZ.

[Simon-ikkb]

This video is excellent. I've been working as a DevOps engineer for about five years now, and there's one thing I've come to realize: it's a profession where burnout is not just common, it's almost expected. And it's hit me hard. I'm seriously contemplating a career change, despite my passion for the field. It's a strange feeling – on one hand, the pay is great, but that doesn't seem to compensate for the growing dislike I have towards my job. At home, I have a Kubernetes cluster set up in my home lab, and tinkering with it is genuinely enjoyable. But the thought of turning on my work laptop every morning fills me with dread.

[animebros]

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[severtone]

Great insights mate, I appreciate your video. Sub earned.

[harshitasharma]

This video is a must-watch. Thanks for making this.

[quicksmash]

man..for me, being distracted constantly is the biggest con especially if your manager don't account for it. I can relate to all of the points you said

[lwandiso]

Thank you, I'm currently studying to be a DevOps engineer switching from Software Engineering it's good to hear about the negatives because it provides a realistic view of the job as compared to only seeing positives.

[AndyGrouch]

I've been DevOps Engineer about 7 years now and its hard to see me doing anything else in the industry. In normal life, I hate unpredictability and learning constantly new things, but in work, those are the things that keep me engaged and fresh, an idea of being a basic SW engineer coding some particular things just feels boring and depressive, and the pay is great is another advantage. I think you got most of the challenges pretty spot on, you need certain kind of personality to really enjoy DevOps work.

[jasonking]

Excellent. I may rewatch this when i have a discouraging day. Thank you for a much appreciated realistic explanation

[smithsonarrey]

This video was really on point 😂 Thanks for making it!

[adambahe]

“Developer complains that DevOps contains Ops”. All of these complaints are things that operations have been dealing with their entire career. I’m glad people are starting to understand just how exhausting/sucky operations can be. The context switch is particularly brutal. As well as having to constantly relearn everything every 2 years.

[TheEvilKittenLord]

Fantastic vid. I've been DevOps since before it was cool and can relate to much of this. One of the bigger issues for DevOps/CloudOps/Platform Engineers is when they find themselves in a product company that uses technology, rather than a tech company that makes products. The perspectives, values, etc., are all backwards, and they find themselves wondering what the difference is between themselves and their competitors when they have all the same "pieces"... Generally though, the industry is getting much better at embracing ops-first(ish) postures.

[piquanttorture]

such a great topics breakdown. thats exactly what I was looking for

[dailykolkata]

It seems like you spoke my mind, glad to know there are other people who feel the same. Some days are good which you love some are too distracting. I love being challenged so I am enjoying my job.

[ArekxQQQ]

I currently work as a data engineer and whenever I can do something infrastructure related I have so much more fun than when I’m writing a pipeline to gather and process some poorly structured data following constantly changing requirements from the product managers. Devops sounds much more in line with what I enjoy. Any advice on where to start? I already know terraform and got AWS SAA cert.

[snsbdccRJccb-ykyw]

I too started my devops journey recently, you are 100 % right, task over task make us don't stay focused

[israelaregbesola]

Your voice is so soothing and this video has been a fantastic help gaining clarity on what i want in a career.