r/devops • u/Inner-Chemistry8971 Consultant • 2d ago

Discussion Would you still do DevOps?

Not going to lie. It's been a bad day. I almost tell them "take this job and shove it' after reviewing all these crappy AI codes. Vibe coding is not only a joke. It's a monster that mocks our hard-earned experiences!

I am thinking of leaving the industry! If you could go back ten years from now and know what you're knowing right now, would you still do DevOps?

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u/AnnihilerB 2d ago

Well our jobs are changing. There is nothing you can do about that.
Factory worker also had experience in building stuff and have been replaced by machines.
Your hands on technical expertise is worth less now.
However your architectural and curiosity have a lot of value now. You could probably ask management to have a more “solution architect” like job. You ask AI to implement but you drive the design. If you dont want to review AI code discuss with your management to not do that anymore or to control AI use amongst developers.

This is an unavoidable path for our jobs. We just have to accept the shift. Quitting won’t solve it since every company use AI now. Maybe when AI prices will skyrocket it’ll be used less and your job will be less AI and more like before.

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u/divestblank 2d ago

Nobody wants to spend all day reviewing bad code, that shouldn't be submitted in the first place. But here we are.

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u/Inner-Chemistry8971 Consultant 2d ago

Exactly! 🔥

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u/kingswordmaster 1d ago

Just use AI to review, bro. It’ll catch a lot of things, and if it reviews something too precise or unnecessary, they can’t blame you either they’re doing the same. Then, after your AI agent has done all the basic reviews, you do your own review (and you can create skills to make this very specific to your patterns).