Ops in cloud industries.

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May 14, 2020 4 Comments

I'm a junior dev and new to cloud industry and feels like its ops heavy already. I'm spending most of my time in ops than development/coding. Heard similar stories in aws as well.

I'm in my early stage of my career and i'm not feeling good about this and worried a lot. I'm working on ops while my friends are working on AI/ML and more coding on daily basis.

Can you guys advise whether gaining this exp is good or to move out of cloud and come back later as senior dev?

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  • Amazon
    SysDE

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    SysDE
    For the first two years of your career, learning about operational issues first hand will help you design better systems in the future
    May 14, 2020 0
  • Oracle
    HvzT01

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    HvzT01
    I had the similar concerns when I started 8 years ago, distributed systems are ops heavy early on, but it’s the most practical exposure you need right now.

    With time you start designing, writing core systems which is mostly just dev. Ops becomes second nature.

    Now, I am pretty high up and can think of a rough architecture just by looking at a product. My friends who stuck to pure dev roles like mobile or ML can’t deploy a single server, don’t know what containers are, can’t even optimize using perf counters on their own systems.
    May 15, 2020 1
  • Coding (at junior dev level) is overrated and much much easier than ops. Solving problems on the fly, and under pressure will teach you a lot more.
    May 15, 2020 0