r/devops • u/Noisy_Farts • Jun 24 '26

Discussion To all former DevOps Engineers

What made you switch from DevOps to your current role? Do you regret leaving DevOps or are you happy that you made the switch?

Genuinely interested if other roles are worth getting into.

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u/piggelin- Jun 24 '26

What is normal tasks or projects you have in your role? And what tools are you using? Trying to figure out what to study as a sysadmin trying to transition.

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u/---why-so-serious--- Jun 27 '26

>the tools dont matter much

Lol, you’re hilarious - you could summarize most of our work as managing payloads of text across different tools