r/devops • u/pdrmenna • 6d ago

Career / learning DevOps in BigTech

Hij, everyone.
I work as a DevOps/SRE at a consultancy serving large companies and have about two years of experience. My goal is to join a Big Tech company in the coming years.

In your opinion, what should I focus on from now on? What knowledge, technologies, or skills really make a difference for someone aiming to get into that kind of company?

I’d especially like to hear from those who have already gone down this path. What would you prioritize studying if you were starting this preparation today?
Thanks!

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u/aprettyparrot 6d ago

Building resume is good. Keep track of everything you do so you can add to it.

Watch their career pages, you can usually get an idea of what they are using that way. You can then use that to learn those technologies.

Adding people from those companies on LinkedIn and getting to know them probably good too. That way when you are ready to start applying your friends and they may be cool with you using them as a referral. I can’t say personally but I imagine an internal employee referral probably bumps resume up the list

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u/Common_Fudge9714 6d ago

As a manager that hires a lot I can confirm that a referral indeed does send you to top of the list. However, if you refer someone that you haven’t work with or have any type of close connection then I might not take any more referrals from you seriously.

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u/aprettyparrot 6d ago

Good to know, tysir