SWE to SRE/MLOPs Worth it?
Hello everyone, I recently received an offer for a new role that seems to be a blend between MLOPs and traditional SRE work. I'm still early in my career (1 YOE, 140k TC) and I currently do frontend and backend with Python, but I'm uncertain about it long-term. I was wondering if the new role is a good career change to make, but I'm not sure if it's worth the jump from going from a SWE role to an SRE role even if it involves MLOPs.I'm really interested in working in an applied ML role but I know that MLOPs is completely different. MLOPs seems like an up and coming thing due to the popularity of GenAI and that's why I wanted to ask the community if MLOPs is a good career change compared to what I do now. I don't want to chase trends, but it seems like a pretty fun thing to learn; however, I value stability long term for my career. Thank you! #engineering #software #swe #earlyincareer #meta
Applied ML and MLOps are very different areas…if you don’t have a strong background in computational science and research exp it would be difficult (but not impossible) to make a successful career in applied ML starting from your position. MLOps is not a trend. It’s here to stay and will be a highly sought after skill for the rest of our lifetimes. It has an easier learning curve but may not be the most intellectually stimulating or engaging.
If you are interested in ML try ML Engineer role instead of MLOps In most of the companies SRE/MLOps is a glorified production support role.