Make a technical career shift: from Developer to DevOps right now!

As more companies switch to DevOps more developers want to make the switch. What skills do you need to make this career transition from developer to DevOps? How can we go about starting this change? If you want to make this change you are in the right spot!

I have gone through a similar transition in my career. From being a developer to working on DevOps teams it can be a bit of a change. There are a few skills and mindset shifts we need to go through to be successful.

As a quick disclaimer, each company may have a different DevOps stack and practices. We will cover some of the more common and basic skills needed.

Cloud

Even people outside of technology hear the constant talk about cloud technologies. Mark Henke shared, “So what does it take to become a successful DevOps engineer?…

The first skill set we’ll cover is the ability to leverage cloud and serverless platforms.” It is pretty critical to know how to use these technologies for a DevOps role.

Henke continues, “To be a DevOps engineer, it is and will continue to be key to understanding these cloud offerings.” So I guess cloud isn’t a fad after all!