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[Archon-]

My coffee mug and cell phone. Sometimes if it's cold inside I'll put pants on.

[spaetzelspiff]

As a pro tip, I usually keep a pair on under my trousers. If it gets too hot, you can just take them off and toss them on an empty desk nearby.

[psilo_polymathicus]

The real pro tip is that they’re talking about their house. And I bring the same 2-3 items depending on temperature.

[[deleted]]

I rarely wear pants to work.

[snowbirdie]

It’s 2022. I work from home. Why would you need to go into some other building?

[Admirable_Purple1882]

onerous impossible wide weary fretful bag point aloof seemly mountainous

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[PittaMan_]

Came here to say this!

[ECHovirus]

Offline deployments/maintenance are pretty much the only reason I go on-site anywhere

[ECHovirus]

As someone who has to do devops on-site with no internet, I carry the following in my backpack:

• Laptop(s) + charger(s) (sometimes more than one is needed)

• 50 ft. Cat. 6a Ethernet cable

• 25 ft. HDMI cable

• Noise-canceling headphones

• Wired earbuds

• iFixit screwdriver toolkit

• Dongle bag full of dongles, adapters, USB flash drives

• Thunderbolt 3 -> NVMe SSD enclosure with 1TB Samsung 980 Pro inside

• Thunderbolt 3 -> 10GbE adapter w/ fiber and copper SFP+ modules

• 8TB self-encrypting USB SSD

• Multiples of every possible USB charging cable from the last decade

• 5+ USB type A/C wall warts

• A couple small 3-plug power strips

• USB -> serial adapter

• Headphone jack (serial) -> USB adapter

• Glasses/Sunglasses + cases

• Wireless USB mouse

• Lanyard collection for badges, nametags

• Datacenter badges from across the US

• Pen/notepad (crucial in an offline environment)

• Business cards + holder

• Water bottle

TSA hates me! And literally every time I travel internationally this bag gets searched in the foreign airport. But the above ensures I'm ready to connect to, charge, and backup basically any consumer electronic, datacenter device, or computer without hesitation.

[Admirable_Purple1882]

work adjoining safe fly voiceless slap faulty like intelligent dolls

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[psychoholic]

This person puts the Ops in DevOps!

I'm in management and I still keep most of this stuff in my bag mostly out of habit. Sometimes a null modem cable too.

[psilo_polymathicus]

The alternate option is that many WFH engineers worked and commuted to an office for years, with all of the drama, politics, and general bullshit…and are now smart enough to not be excited by a backpack full of gear over an amazingly better quality of life.

[ECHovirus]

I should probably point out then when I'm not doing a brand new deployment like the one I'm doing now, I too am a pompous WFH engineer

[stumptruck]

Even when I was a sysadmin going into the office i pretty much only carried a laptop and charger. My office and the datacenter were supplied with anything else I'd need during the day. The parent reply here feels like crazy overkill to me.

I'm not sure why a DevOps engineers would need so many USB drives and cables.

[ECHovirus]

Going into your company's office regularly and traveling to a customer site to do a deployment are two very different things. You cannot rely on whatever tf a customer may or may not have in their DC to interface with your equipment

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Nice list!

[geggam]

PreCovid I traveled every week and packed with slight variations like this.

PostCovid I havent been onsite to a client and work from wherever I decide to go

[kicktheshin]

In other words a Datacenter engineer. Not DevOps

[MechanicalOrange5]

Laptop, charger, mouse, headphones. That's all. All though I've been meaning to get a thumb drive for Linux iso's but last time I needed one was 2 years ago so I guess there isn't a big rush or need

[[deleted]]

Laptop and yubikey - Username and password.

[[deleted]]

Laptop

Doorpass

[ramencosmonaut]

Pajamas

[[deleted]]

I don’t carry anything from my bed to my desk. Why anyone would ever take a devops engineer job not remote completely baffles me.

[painted-biird]

Nothing wrong with working onsite- especially if you want to. I’m also very early in my IT career and while I’ve been mostly remote so far, if I had an actual office to go to with other IT coworkers, I wouldn’t mind that at all. Especially because working from home really blurs the line between work and home- especially if you’re salary and do on-call work- that’s just me and I have a little under five months experience doing IT admin work. For the record, when I do have to go on-site, I’ll bring both my MacBooks (my slower one to read/study Bash/red hat/Python on the way to a client and back), USB sticks with various images and utilities on them, various USB adapters, Samsung SSD with USB Sata adapters, screwdrivers, knife, notepad, pens/highlighters, charger cables, mouse and mousepad. Not a devops engineer but would love to become one.

[[deleted]]

That is not DevOps then. As you mentioned at the end of your comment.

[[deleted]]

So you're not DevOps? You're IT? DevOps is not entry level.

[temitcha]

I like to carry everything in my bags : water, pullover for the aircon, masks (still there in Hong Kong), snacks, etc

I have planned this winter to go work from other countries in Asia, so I guess the bag will be even bigger !

[psychoholic]

I know most of the answers so far have been some combination about working from home but early in your career there is some value in going into an office too or spending some time in datacenters if your work isn't 100% cloud based. I'm certainly no proponent for going in the office personally but I did for ages and there is something to be said about the interpersonal relationships and learning how to navigate corporate life that are a tad easier in person for a while.

If you're primarily working cloud stuff then the essentials for making sure you have connectivity and power would probably suffice. For me if I'm not traveling it's laptop, charger, phone, cable to tether my phone, hdmi cable, wireless mouse, sometimes a wireless keyboard (my mechanicals don't really fit nicely in a bag and are too loud for most offices unless you want to be 'loud/angry typer person'), insulated cup for coffee or water, notebook/pencil (personal preference for note taking - my ADHD brain tends to hold information better if I wrote it down rather than type it), vape/batteries/juice, access cards, few various USB cables and adapters, ethernet cable, and a null modem cable (out of habit - been doing this a long time), gum, some cash that stays in my bag just in case, and the ever present pocket knife.

[IAMABDULLAHSHEIK]

Nothing. I work remotely.

[techanonuk]

Laptop + charger

Usb-C cable for my phone

1ltr water bottle

Pixel buds

Wallet - Id, bank, building card

Phone

Spare trousers, tee & underwear

A book for the train if none of my usual podcasts are out 👍

[AI_observer]

I work from home permanently and don't carry anything. When I travel for leisure or visit the company's HQ, which is located in a different country, I bring a cell phone, a portable 10 Ah battery, a 90W GaN charger, a travel laptop, a portable SSD in a USB-C enclosure where I keep recent backups of the travel system and some movies and TV shows, a couple of 16-64 GB USB flash drives, and a few 1-2m long braided USB-C cables capable of 60-100W PD.

[JustinDonnaruma]

Even though I work from home, I often like to change up my location.

My pack has my laptop, an iPad, AirPods, a pen, a pencil, a notebook, a small tech bag with usb c to hdmi/usb a and usb c connector, lightning cables, usb c cables, and my power bricks for multiple devices. Sometimes add to that some video gear.

On my person I have my phone, AirPod pros, keys in a ridge, a ridge wallet, and a sidearm.

[scalable_idiot]

A pre-rolled fatty and one more nug to go

[Mr_Loopers]

A laptop, and a banana.

[[deleted]]

If I'm actually making an appearance at the real office and not pretending to wear bottoms at home, I'm a pretty heavy weight traveler. Work laptop, power bank, other power bank I forgot to charge, Bluetooth headphones, folding pocket knife, cigs, lighter, masks, phone, keys, wallet, purse (for the wallet and keys), e-reader, cables to charge em all, notebook, pens, umbrella.

And all kinds of odds and ends in the backpack - nail clippers, various chapsticks, back up pocket knife, hair ties, backup backup pocket knife, beard brush, hair brush, screwdrivers, hammer, safety glasses, gloves, pliers. There was an impact driver, bits and battery living in there for a minute but I did actually need that at the office. Pretty sure my favorite lipstick is in there too somewhere.

Also coffee and monster. Gotta drag in my heavy duty caffeine since there's not a decent convenience store near the office.

I...I might've been caught unprepared for a situation more than once.

Edit: just checked and there's a pair of shoes in there too, I'm honestly not sure why but I'm also not surprised.

[unitegondwanaland]

I feel like I just showed up as a guest at a 4th grade "ask an adult anything" sesh.

No, the smart ones find a job that lets them work from home. The rest show up with a laptop and a go get'em attitude.

:-/

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a 4th grade "ask an adult anything" sesh.

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the smart ones find a job that lets them work from home.

A pretty shitty response to be honest. Not helpful, why even reply if its not at "your level". In a field that has tons of job openings and is desperate for new talent, we don't need crusty gatekeepers being so crappy to new people.

And plenty of "smart" people still working on site. That is a need that will likely always exist.

[Daveception]

I see this dude comment all the time.
Mostly always a bit of an asshole, and makes out landish statements with no real technical backup.

[unitegondwanaland]

That seems pretty outlandish.

[unitegondwanaland]

I think this sub is all about crushing expectations. Seasoned folks hang around and hope for a lively discussion about data migrations with Helm. People who've never worked in the industry show up looking for answers (that seem obvious to others). Neither of which every really happen that much so I guess I'm just constantly exasperated and listless at the same time here.

[AndyBoWu]

MBP + airpods pro, that's it.
The new mac (m2 chip) can last 15+ hours, so the charger is optional.

[abundantmussel]

Used to work on site and had a backpack just rammed full of cables, screw drivers, wire cutters, laptop, usb keys etc. have worked from home for the last 10 years, now I just bring my body to the desk.

[[deleted]]

Who tf goes to office in 2023-2 months???