When you have acquired the certification regarding the DevOps systems now, you must be wondering where do I start my career? Do I take a job or start my own setup with the help of the DevOps skills and systems that I have learnt? These are some of the questions that might be going through your head right now and you might be wondering where do you start. But it is essential for you to know that what you have learnt over the years must be put to practice and you should convert your DevOps training into continuous integration, continuous scalability and effective promotion for your career.
These are some of the steps that you can do to make sure that your DevOps training is being converted into promotion;
- Start cross-training now
It is important for you as a DevOps engineer that you give time to the side projects going on either within your organization or outside of your enterprise. You should learn to code and begin your expertise as a developer if you want to become successful in the future. Cross-sectional study or training outside of your comfort zone is important and to sharpen the things that you have learnt over the years you must take on new projects and pursue something different than already you have been doing. There are about hundred things that you can take on as side activity or working over a minute project of development and working as the developer.
What will happen if you continue with this activity of yours? Would it bring about a change in your career, would it be strengthened over time? The answer to this question lies in the fact that if you continue with this itinerary then you will have multiple skills up your sleeves and would be considered a desirable candidate when interviewing the job.
- Build/work on your current skillset
Whether you currently have a job or not it is important that you never give up and continue with the process of learning and improving your professional side to cope with the ever changing market and or IT industry. For example, if you are currently having a job in say coding/programming for a dedicated data center and or server installation systems then you shouldn’t only work on improving the current skillset but also pursue something different as well.
What different options you do have up your sleeves? You can for example work for the continuous delivery or integration department and learn about the essence of the DevOps systems. This way you will continue to do or attend to your job of coding/programming but will also learning about the fundamentals of the DevOps systems. So, this way you will be learning about the skills that you don't have doing a job you have considerable knowledge of. You will be building the skills in the job that you have for the job you want and this is how you cash or convert the DevOps training that you have taken up into your self-promotion in a particular or dedicated career.
- Automation & continuous integration
This is also by far the most dedicated and or suitable method for the professionals indulged into DevOps automation to develop or sharpen their skills within the continuous integration as well. You should learn or acquire the skills to get a lot done in a little time. Developing the right skills with the process of automation and continuous integration are perhaps the single most important skill the professionals could learn to increase their earning capacity and also to improve their current marketability status.
If you are stuck with manual or tedious labor work then it is required of you that you learn the process of automation to move along and get yourself higher among the ranks for it is how you can step up the ladder and become the best possible version of yourself.
Automation also on the other hand does require the professional to have a deep understanding of what you will be automating and how the process or flow of automation would begin. This way you will be updating your current knowledge on the subject and sharpening your current insights in a remarkable or productive way.
- Demonsatre curiosity and empathy
While this might be entertained by the DevOps professionals as non-technical aspects of the business which don’t have anything to do with the skills or professional knowledge of the DevOps which you have required over the years. If you demonstrate these key skills then it would land a good impact over the owners of the company that you care deeply about DevOps systems, the company and your role within the enterprise as well.
Learning should never stop is a famous saying that goes around and its essence is best demonstrated by the DevOps professionals as these never lose the insight into the fact that they continue to improve their current skillset to the best of the marketing and IT standards. It is also not always learning about the best standards and up to date knowledge of the skills the DevOps professionals have but also being eager about new technical abilities they will learn in the process of improving themselves and making it adaptable to the new or updated requirements of the industry.
Furthermore on a more professional note you should learn about continuous integration, continuous delivery and deployment of the software systems and or tools. It is not always learning new knowledge but also sharpening or updating the one that you currently hold or have in your possession. Few coding/programming language systems must also be learnt or considered by the DevOps professionals for better opportunity as success.
You should also consider starting at the bottom, with whatever job that you currently may have and then work your way up to the ladder. This is how you cash your knowledge or skills regarding DevOps that you have learnt over the years and holster it up to your promotion.