What is the Devops Career ladder or life after devops?
What are some roles that are natural for a people minded DevOps Engineer to move into, what does the career ladder in this field look like for people who don’t want more of the same? Excuse me if this turns into a rant as I am very much reaching the burnt-out stage of my career and with my current job. I see a ton of posts about getting into DevOps but I hardly ever see anything about advancing in the field or good roles to move from DevOps to. I have spent the better part of a decade as a “DevOps engineer/enabler” (I know it is not much to some people) and I am actively reaching the end of my rope. It might just be my current job, but beyond the senior title it seems like there is no real advancement to be had unless the rare manager leaves. I have seen countless mentions online about DevOps being a bit of a dead end at a certain point, and this seems to be the truth at my current job. I have reached the point in my career where I will be happy if I never need to look at a Jenkins file, diagnose why a stack is failing, figure out why iOS builds are not working, or write a single line of code again. The parts I like about the job, bringing people together, breaking down barriers, finding better processes, facilitating and leading cultural change seem few and far between at this point. I have reached out internally and have gotten no feedback, so I am reaching out to this subreddit for advice. What are some roles that are natural for a people minded DevOps Engineer to move into, what does the career ladder in DevOps look like for people who don’t want more of the same?
