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Re:Ask HN: What can I do with my DevOps Experience? by Atlas22 on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @12:29PM (#35058212)
If startups/small companies are of any interest, there is often a large amount of horizontal maneuverability due to people often wearing multiple hats. For example I joined one startup (~12 employees) as the sole DevOps engineer but it quickly turned into not just DevOps but security (everything from dull SIEM monitoring, to red and blue teaming), database admin/optimization, backend development, customer onboarding, and even a little frontend. Most of those came through because I was the only one with experience handling them or a specific issue (but not always on paper) and I actively offered to help. I could have also avoided them if I wanted to, but when you can actually trust your small group of colleagues to not screw you over, its a good time branching out and learning new things at the same time. By the time I left I was spending most of the time doing security and hiring to build out teams (~100 employees when left), both my preference. Would strongly recommend small startups where you talk to the CEO practically every day and you get the sense employees are pretty happy.
Re:Ask HN: What can I do with my DevOps Experience? by sshine on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @07:12PM (#35063351)
I had a similar experience in two startups.

I can really recommend this path.