So I fell ass backwards into DevOps. I have CS education and during covid I had to get a job as a SysAdmin. After I while I became the soft skills SysAdmin for the company I worked at. I would put together service contracts, be the point of contact, and coordinate between all parties involved. I still did technical tasks, I was just the dude that could make things happen. Customers liked to work with me more than the company owner. I had to move and when I updated my LinkedIn, I was contacted for DevOps roles. Apparently I have the exact skill set required for being a DevOps developer. I believe that you can’t be a DevOps developer on purpose, unless you go to school twice.

Well I am for sure 1/4 of the way there, and working on the rest.

I was a game developer who was interested in backend, automations and process optimizations. Eventually, I learned all the basic DevOps stuff to find a real DevOps job where I developed my skills further