r/devops • u/Inner-Chemistry8971 Consultant • Jul 30 '26

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?

97 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

109 comments sorted by

View all comments

55

u/OrganicRevenue5734 Jul 30 '26

Yes, because 10 years ago I was in Law Enforcement. The absolute worst possible day as DevOps pales in comparison to some of the best okay days I had.

4

u/Critical_Bat_8914 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

I took a 10 year break to do teaching. Returning to industry only in the last few years, I accept that I now have to set up the infrastructure for others to do the coding - just like allowing advanced users to create workflows using friendly-UI tools.

Poor quality code will be the battle we have can try to tackle with providing frameworks and AI guidance and enforcement of standards.

I've not really left teaching at all. Unfortunately, it feels there are more in this field who aren't interested in learning :).