---
title: "Why nobody grows up wanting to be a DevOps engineer"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-nobody-grows-up-wanting-to-be-a-devops-engineer-0xzckgiuw
source_url: https://dev.to/glasskube/why-nobody-grows-up-wanting-to-be-a-devops-engineer-2jli
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2024-05-21T03:08:58.839Z
updated: 2024-05-21T03:09:09.864Z
tags: ["devops", "agile"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 94
comments: 7
language: en
---

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# Why nobody grows up wanting to be a DevOps engineer

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 10 min read · 94 upvotes · 7 comments

## Summary

The post discusses the history and evolution of DevOps, questions whether it has delivered on its promises, explores how people end up in DevOps roles, and considers the future of the field.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://dev.to/glasskube/why-nobody-grows-up-wanting-to-be-a-devops-engineer-2jli>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@kubeden** · 15 upvotes

> Reposting my DEV comment here:
>
> Oh my... this is such a good post. A topic I've been discussing with every single person that told me they "want to work with computers".
>
> Low bar for entrance, huge number of opportunities, large number of technologies to learn / work with, good compensation... and more.
>
> I've been a DevOps (Sr. DevOps & Lead now) for 5 years and in the 5 years of tinkering I managed to be part of so many areas of CS:
> - Infrastructure (on-prem and cloud)
> - Code (JS/TS, Python, Go, C#, jsonnet, and probably more...)
> - Databases (Relational, Non-Relational, Cache)
> - Management
> -...

**@ghie** · 1 upvotes

> As a software Engineer, most companies now a days are looking for "with DevOps experience."

**@antoniovpires** · 0 upvotes

> I hear the DevOps side of the force, it calls me

**@antoniovpires** · 0 upvotes

> I hear the DevOps side of the force, it calls me

**@coldriges** · 0 upvotes

> well, its not being batman

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