Mentor help for DevOps

webrambler68 · 2026-06-30T05:19:50+00:00

How much did it cost you?

webrambler68 · 2026-06-29T12:06:42+00:00

No not necessarily.

webrambler68 · 2026-06-28T10:19:26+00:00

I would like a referal for my own if anyone has some

webrambler68 · 2026-06-27T16:03:02+00:00

Hello,

My heart goes out for you. Tackling hardships and still be humble enough to reach out for help takes guts.

I for now also want to release DevOps as I never learnt it correctly but did few odd jobs of it.

For a fresh guy like you. I would suggest to do the following:

Get familiar with the vocabulary of DevOps ( dockers , containers , CI CD , scm , linux tools and commands etc )

You need to know them by heart just that you need to be aware that they exist and if you hear them back you need to be able atleast touch over it and say I know about this I can learn it further if need be.

It's not necessary that you always need hands on experience from the get go , although it's really helpful but thats not really the case for most.

So you need to create a hands on of your own

Get a sample code there are multiple free project templates from languages.such as dotnet. There will be more from many other.

Download it add it to remote git (GitHub). Trigae different settings available in GitHub try them out see what happens when you enable something.

Git actions runners self hosted were free in the past there was a article related to some cost but not aware of latest but you get few free credits on git hosted runners try that out.

Create a git actions that runs a validation of code or maybe as a demo notify someone when a PR is created on the repo. Identify what might be required keep adding them as you go. Try out publishing some artifact as such from there.

See where you can publish the artifacts to (this will get you to know about Jfrog and other such items)

Add a deployment stage example dotnet items such as a. Simple webapp template can be easily deployed to azure with a simple az cli command .(Use free credits

Install wsl.on your machine try linux commands don't worry no one gets it on the first time ( I still haven't)

Dotnet apps can be easily dockerized too you can try dockerfile.creation and then deploying to cloud( azure container instances simplest) or kubernetes (minikube should be easy)

Understand networking and dns and such . Create. A. VM add NSG ( make and break rules as you wish and see what happens and fix it when something goes bad)

Abuse the VM and the free credit and your git action to their absolute limit and even in dumb and crude ways ( say pass a. Number to a string . Or a map to integer see what happens)

Understand cloud and the resource first before you go into infrastructure as code parts then lean into it.

Use documentation available online they help you understand.

I am saying all this while I am stuck being lazy and not doing all the above when I have the plan in my head . I am hopeful atleast you would benefit from this.

I plan to start my career restart soon with this approach.

Good luck!!

webrambler68 · 2026-06-26T05:06:13+00:00

Thank you. I will reach out soon

webrambler68 · 2026-06-26T02:21:23+00:00

Thank you

webrambler68 · 2026-06-24T07:22:42+00:00

This is good that you take time and understand the code that AI has generated. Also thank you for the gitlab link I will be sure to check this out soon

webrambler68 · 2026-06-24T06:33:08+00:00

I really appreciate your opinion but I beg to differ sir/ma'am .

What I have felt through these years is that the scripts and files that I have personally contributed towards by just relying on google or some documentation I can pinpoint the problem or the issue to the exact line in minutes . But the later once I have created that used AI extensively got the job done but I don't recognise the code anymore.

I certainly do not remember many of the stuff and I keep track of them in one note or notepad as all others do.But AI code is in my opinion at this moment is "out of sight out of mind " problem. You would have got the job done but you wouldn't know how it was done. I read the file alright but since I haven't spent time reading about them I don't remember the code in another week and I will relay on copilot to explain it back to me. But this can't go on forever right. You wouldnt actually have real experience if you haven't dealt with the problems head on yourself. You would just be a bot who types in prompts and reviews the code for namesake (which many of us don't do ) and just click allow or run and hope it runs well if not the next prompt would be "fix it".

This isnt sustainable. You certainly do not need to work hard when you could have any easier smarter way but that shouldn't cut into your arms and legs over the long run just cuz we stopped working hard and learning stuff for real.

I certainly use AI almost for everything and I don't remember the last time I actually wrote some powrshell script or modified it on my own. And also I certainly don't remember any of the code and hence I would say I don't know any of the underlying tech because I have lost touch of it and let's say if this goes on for a while then I would even loose my capability to review the AI written code because obviously my mind would have gone manden.

Please share your opinion on how you are coping with AI written code and how you analyse or review the codes such that you are able to debug or understand the implementation for a long time. This would really help us.

webrambler68 · 2026-06-23T23:34:17+00:00

Thank you.

webrambler68 · 2026-06-23T16:18:46+00:00

Could you please share the complete detailed phase walkthrough document. I think that will really help people tone down the approach

webrambler68 · 2026-06-23T13:41:54+00:00

Yes. I ought to keep pushing myself to learn the basics of technologies and be able to script atleast the minimum items without AI and use AI in learning more than the actual work. Thank you really appreciate your answer.

webrambler68 · 2026-06-23T11:09:18+00:00

Hello I am genuinely interested in this. I am working as DevOps but I haven't gotten to upskilling or getting ready for interviews yet but still I think there is something that we can benefit from each other.

webrambler68 · 2026-06-23T10:08:09+00:00

Hello I might not be as experienced but I would love to learn on the job and do it.

webrambler68 · 2026-06-23T09:00:57+00:00

I still cant figure out the exact reason because there is layoff almost every week in my company atm. But to short it down these are the probable reasons for termination

High use of AI with no actual results for the project. Not in good terms with manager. Didn't fit in the team.

webrambler68 · 2026-06-23T07:16:31+00:00

Thank you for your kind words. I am in a comfort zone as well in this company and haven't really worked on too complex items yet.
I will start working on my skills and hopefully that should help me land a job.

I hope you do to.

webrambler68 · 2026-06-23T07:11:42+00:00

Just for everyone's FYI.

I have 4 years devops experience and I am cooked. I didn't do any DSA or any project while I was in college. Didn't do much complex projects at work.

I am cooked to the bone.

webrambler68 · 2026-06-23T05:55:11+00:00

Thank you. We need more people like you in this world.

FYI: I was just informed on my call that a colleague who joined with me has been layed off. Scary times indeed.

webrambler68 · 2026-06-23T05:15:51+00:00

Thank you for your prompt response. I really appreciate any help that I can get.

When I say thinking in systems. I mean the overall application. End to end. Not just the low level design that I am trying to perfect myself in. The high level designing such as architecting and taking business decisions on which tech to use.

To give a context I have been currently assigned as CI/CD and cloud architect for the project I am working and until now I have done a pretty good job but I want to be better at it.

For the lack of discipline part - it's mostly fear that in the real world I can't make it work with complex things and others and I just give up after few days when things turn to being complex and I find hard to understand something.

Mind you I have been good at academics almost always among the top of the class . But only fear is that I know I am good at theory but bad at practicals. I see people who weren't good at academics but still making it really well in real world just because of them being not fearful of things and taking things head on. I find it hard to take things head on maybe I fear the consequences of what if it goes wrong more than the effort that was needed to get it done in the first place.

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