Career PathsJun 23, 20269 min read
Career Path: Support Engineer to DevOps in Hyderabad
For every devops we've placed in the last 18 months, we asked what they'd have done sooner. The list below is what they said.
Ongoing — close the credibility gap
Publish what you learn. A short write-up of one devops project does more for credibility than a year of quiet study.
Year 3 — make the external jump
Apply as a devops with a portfolio of real work. Target teams that value your support engineer background as an edge, not a gap.
Year 2 — get the title adjacent
Move internally to a team where devops work sits next to yours. Internal moves are far easier than external ones at this stage.
Traps that delay the jump
- Skipping the internal move that would have made the external one easy.
- Underselling transferable experience as "unrelated".
- Targeting only the biggest brands, where the bar for switchers is highest.
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