I am on the Operations side of the tech industry — have experience as a systems admin and currently am working in the Cloud Engineering space — specialized in AWS but have some GCP experience (purposefully avoid Azure). I have all 5 core AWS certifications and am adept at using Linux. (Purposefully avoid using Windows. Although I used to be a Microsoft fanboy prior to getting into tech, I have actively avoided working with their software since working in tech 😅.) I have some Python experience — mostly on building simple AWS Lambda functions and boto3 scripts, but I am hardly a knowledgeable programmer as of today. I know little-to-no knowledge on OOP, algorithms, data structures, or other Comp Sci fundamentals — just simple imperative programming (and declarative config management tools + JSON/YAML/HCL). However, I plan to learn Golang and Dart this summer, then play around Flutter and Go API backend development. As my username describes, my goal is to move from Ops to Dev. Soon. I also want to attempt to work in big tech as my first programming job, admittedly for the large TC packages. I haven’t worked at any FAANG-like companies yet in my Ops career. Does anyone have any guidance on how to make my goal a reality? Has anyone successfully made a similar transition to what I described above? I’m willing to devote 30+ hrs a week to studying and upskilling. What do I have to learn? Is there a recommended order? What should I focus on now to successfully pass interviews to get my foot in the door and what should I put off diving deeply into for after I’m already working as a SWE? Thanks in advance! #swe #software #engineering #firstjob
I did read your post and respect your commitment to practice, but leaving this answer for Ops people wanting to jump over to dev without much work outside of work hours. Tons of F500 companies have rotational IT programs where you can easily transition away from Ops into a nice Dev role. I’d take a great look at those, seeing what sort of mentorship and support you can get, and pick wisely. The expectation is usually knowing… well, not much. They’re usually entry-level but I know a few where you can easily get a decent mid-level salary. I’m quite anti work-outside-of-work, if you can help it. Apologies again OP, I’m aware this isn’t helpful to you.
For studying, leetcode will give you the best bang for your buck.
Op , I run a transition program DM me if you will like to know more .
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