If you have some experience with bash, I would recommend learning more bash. If you want to get into development, the next step might be to learn a new languag

If you have some experience with bash, I would recommend learning more bash. If you want to get into development, the next step might be to learn a new language. Ruby, Python, and Javascript are pretty popular scripting languages that will have some overlap with bash that you can connect to. Pick a language that works closest to how you think and work with it in place of what you would normally do with bash. Most importantly, understand that you are in technical role but that role is not the summation of who you are. Additionally, not all developers have sysadmin skills, so understand that what you provide is valuable. Don't be hard on yourself, you have your entire life to keep building on what you know and who you want to become.