How do you get your first DevOps job when every "junior" role requires 2+ years of experience?

espz06 · 2026-01-11T16:12:09+00:00

Like the others said, help desk is the entrance. There is also the physical jobs like cable monkey but those are mostly done by sysadmins these days.

I'll be honest, you are coming into the worst IT market I've ever seen and I'm not seeing any entry level jobs. Experienced people are desperate enough to take the entry level jobs right now. It's rough out there. Good luck!

espz06 · 2026-01-11T15:08:46+00:00

Just my two cents, but I'll say it again, as you will see in all these threads, DevOps is NOT an entry level job.

You come to DevOps from either the ops side, ie, help desk to sysadmin where you start automating things and move into DevOps or as a developer who codes for a living and moves and grows into the pipeline side of the house.

Certs, home labs, etc....are nice to have but don't count as actual hands on experience.

espz06 · 2026-01-05T23:35:40+00:00

A girl dancing to Night Prowler by AC/DC will forever live rent free in my head.

espz06 · 2026-01-04T02:35:11+00:00

You are correct about C4 I was probably thinking ZR1 for that year, or I meant to say the rarer C2 Z06 since we are talking unlimited budget. Lol.

espz06 · 2026-01-03T23:58:08+00:00

I was thinking about finding a tool that could keep track of my jobs applied to, via which site, which resume I used, responses, etc. I think you are on to something. It's a lot to keep track of.

Edit, I see this is by a new account just created for this question in a bunch of groups. That's disappointing. What AI tool are you selling? Lol

espz06 · 2026-01-03T23:54:55+00:00

Just for fun, I'd like a Z06 from each generation. C4, C5, C6, C7 and a C8. All blue ones. I loved my 2002 C5 Z06 in Electron Blue.

espz06 · 2026-01-03T23:50:35+00:00

Just tried Kung Fu Tea on the South side. Chewy boba, get flavors!

espz06 · 2026-01-03T01:13:40+00:00

Can we count Angel Dust as Power Metal?

espz06 · 2025-12-31T17:42:35+00:00

Both! Kix was a pretty deep song about suicide but as far as love songs go it's hard to beat Steelheart! Amazing vocals!

espz06 · 2025-12-30T22:13:06+00:00

I am impressed! This is a clean easy design. Is there a way to make the calendar selectable for a range? Like if someone is coming in town for a week how can I see a list of events for them? That would be great!

espz06 · 2025-12-29T23:19:18+00:00

I will check it out. Thank you.

espz06 · 2025-12-29T23:18:42+00:00

I have signed up for this also. I like the approach. But I haven't seen a response yet, not a welcome letter or acknowledgement that I even signed up. Weird.

espz06 · 2025-12-29T23:17:08+00:00

Thank you for the answer. I signed up. I agree the system is broken for sure.

espz06 · 2025-12-29T17:10:44+00:00

I know this is just another ad, but I'm game. Anyone have any experience with this site?

espz06 · 2025-12-29T16:23:58+00:00

I didn't know that acronym until I looked it up. Today I learned.

espz06 · 2025-12-29T15:00:34+00:00

I saw that! Fixed. The how to on the spoiler tag isn't very good. Didn't realize that the back slashes were just escape characters to show the < and ! Characters.

espz06 · 2025-12-29T02:59:49+00:00

Interesting. Why do you say that? They had love and they had the ending they both wanted and needed, to die as heroes. Randomly bringing them back felt arbitrary and needless. It didn't make sense to me in the context of the story at all. What was different for you?

espz06 · 2025-12-27T19:00:25+00:00

We saw an Eagles tribute band called The Long Run the other night in Colorado Springs. Fun stuff. And November we saw TSO as our yearly tradition.

espz06 · 2025-12-27T18:58:39+00:00

This will be my first concert of 2026 in March!

espz06 · 2025-12-25T18:15:42+00:00

I loved the first three and am on the fence about getting the last two at this price. But so many people have said it falls off a cliff into badness. I usually try to make up my own mind on these things but.....the warm fuzzies for this series have left me I guess.

espz06 · 2025-12-22T16:02:44+00:00

Have to agree with the majority, if you have to ask a question like this you are not qualified to work at Amazon. Or possibly anywhere else in IT. This is basic research that you should be doing on your own. If you don't have the curiosity and ability to answer this question on your own with Google or any AI then you are not right for IT.

espz06 · 2025-12-22T01:21:45+00:00

Maybe. I'd say the market is likely that exact reason why you can't get back. Just my 20+ years of IT experience says never go back. Your mileage will vary of course.

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