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>It's pathetic employers keep demanding more skill and free work for the same pay. In my experience DevOps pays better than SE (and much better than sys admin)
by marcinzm 7y ago
>It's pathetic employers keep demanding more skill and free work for the same pay.
In my experience DevOps pays better than SE (and much better than sys admin) because it requires a diverse set of skills. DevOps in that context is not just a new term for sys admin.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoI have yet to see DevOps roles that require "diverse set of skills" beyond sysadmin skills, very basic knowledge of at least one language such as Java, Go, or Python (occasionally only PowerShell if its a Microsoft shop) and either Terraform or Cloudformation for IAC. The pay delta between the two roles is less than you think (excluding SF/BA market, but that market is always an outlier). DevOps is sysadmin with more scripting, more infrastructure as code, and more expectation that you're an underpaid SRE. It also seems like DevOps role demand more unpaid on call responsibilities, where this is usually not the case with traditional sysadmin roles (or it's spread across a much larger team, negating the pain). YMMV. Disclaimer: 20+ years in tech, the majority in ops roles.