Re:Ask HN: How to pivot from one field to another?
by nkotov on Monday April 10, 2023 @11:22AM
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I did this from IT technician to DevOps/Platform engineering. Took about a year of learning and a handful of failing interviews to finally have someone take a chance on me.
I started by first learning what the job requirements are, looking deeper at the software stacks and where they are used. Eventually, I figured out that AWS, Azure, and GCP give you a handful of credits to try things out. From there, I started to learn and setup my own environments. Eventually, I got good enough to understand how to setup my own applications with best practices in mind.
I started by first learning what the job requirements are, looking deeper at the software stacks and where they are used. Eventually, I figured out that AWS, Azure, and GCP give you a handful of credits to try things out. From there, I started to learn and setup my own environments. Eventually, I got good enough to understand how to setup my own applications with best practices in mind.