throwitaway_

>> you will be able to pick that up pretty easily.

I think I was discouraged from DevOPS as my friends that were doing it were hardcore programming... building software all day. I mean, not that I never build software, but they were building huge frameworks for things, and when we hung out and chatted, it sure seemed like pure software engineering and not devops like I thought of it (that is, sysadmin with a lot of automation).

Sounds good, need to be on the lookout.

Interesting. My background is actually Electrical and Computer Engineering. However, I technically have a CS degree in there, so I can do _some_ programming (been a while since any _real_ programming).

My work-background is basically all IT work. I spent a few years as a manager of an IT team, but apart from that, Linux server builds, automation, standing up services, planning and building small data centers (e.g. less than 100 racks), networking, virtualization, scripting. I have built a few openstack on prem clouds with 5-7 servers (manually). Getting specs on and building out desktops, workstations, GPU boxes.I have a pretty good amount of experience with on-prem wiring, worked for an electrician at one point, so I know theory/hands on, which helps a lot in the data center. Eh, that is about it, really.