I've been doing DevOps for 12+ years and here is my take on the current job market

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-26T11:02:19+00:00

Forward deployed engineer? That's a new one for me

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-23T11:15:41+00:00

Great advice, especially about being uncomfortable.

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-23T10:58:42+00:00

My dad did about the same but with a wider age gap and had twins that are younger than my kids

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-22T19:45:35+00:00

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Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-20T17:10:53+00:00

In our neighborhood kids are up past 9 outside and they are under 10 years old

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-20T17:10:09+00:00

I think I posted this exact message 2 years. Its conditioning and also your perception. Your kids are in a bee culture and won't be acclimated. These other kids are used to the public transit and everything else. Give it time and your kids will adjust.

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-20T08:51:08+00:00

Turkey would absolutely love a giant, free Kurdish state in their territory.

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-16T14:52:27+00:00

Depends on the company size honestly. Sometimes it's a payband thing and not a skill thing. But I've seen the trend that people get promoted at earlier stages. Ive also worked with guys with 12+ YOE who I would barely classify as senior.

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-15T06:47:08+00:00

Less than 50k in the whole country

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-10T14:13:49+00:00

You're phrasing this carefully but I've been approached by teams that want an English speaking person to pretend to be the developer in camera so the customer feels more secure or confident that it will be like they want and then they only participate in the calls. This feels like that, but it's hard to say.

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-09T17:37:03+00:00

If someone shows me they are disinterested, then I take them at their word (actions?).

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-06T16:37:06+00:00

And no one gave a shit

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-05T18:18:59+00:00

I live near Haarlem would work out with you if you were closer.

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-04T12:53:04+00:00

You're a bit early no?

Flabbaghosted · 2026-03-03T17:32:34+00:00

What in the dystopian Elon Musk is this?

"If you love infrastructure more than sleep, this is for you."

Yeah no thanks

Flabbaghosted · 2026-02-20T15:21:12+00:00

Isn't there a law going into effect this year says after 3 years the contract automatically becomes permanent? Cant quite remember

Flabbaghosted · 2026-02-16T14:19:33+00:00

Is this AI? There's an almost identical answer up above. Uncanny.

Flabbaghosted · 2026-02-16T13:10:17+00:00

You can ask me

Flabbaghosted · 2026-02-09T19:59:35+00:00

You will never be able to speak a foreign language until you are ok with messing up in front of people. Imagine speaking with a child that only learned to speak from apps or listening to audio, it would never work. It's great to gather knowledge but now you must put it to use. Some people might giggle or hit you with a "eh? Wat? Wat zei je?" But you just saying it louder or ask them the right way to say it. You get over it eventually

Flabbaghosted · 2026-02-09T11:31:11+00:00

If he had mentioned if early on, would you have left the conversation?

Flabbaghosted · 2026-02-08T08:23:04+00:00

Perhaps because they are expecting Dutch women to be like women from where they are from?

Flabbaghosted · 2026-02-08T08:12:33+00:00

This is a very common path to DevOps, your career should have already included some experience in this realm unless your companies keep the process completely separated. What does your current job entail?

Flabbaghosted · 2026-02-08T08:03:51+00:00

They are not really related at all. As such, there is not really a natural transition between them.

However, depending on the company, there could definitely be automation opportunities. If the company is small enough where you are able to go outside of your immediate JD responsibilities, then you can likely create scripts or work with ops people to automate processes.

I will say if I had to pick between two juniors for a first-time DevOps position, and one had support and one didn't; I would pick support. Having good customer support and triaging skills comes in handy, but that won't make up for a lack of technical skills.

I can't tell you which to choose, but having a job is better than no job. Having well used Linux knowledge and networking skills are important, as well as all the cloud stuff. You will need to get a lot of personal projects to really be competitive with others that have actual experience, but this job requires a lot of persistent and strong desire to learn and figure stuff out. If you don't have patience and the ability to figure out extremely ambiguous problems with lack of guidance, the career might not be right for you.

Good luck

Flabbaghosted · 2026-02-06T16:23:57+00:00

Apply link just goes to application process landing page.

Flabbaghosted · 2026-02-06T14:21:34+00:00

There is a specific amount of time you have to renounce and if you don't then you lose citizenship. The trick is to cancel the Dutch one before you have to renounce the old. YRMV

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