I switched from SWE to devops and leveraged it into a job at FAANG. I think switching was good for my career because I was doing kind of boring CRUD and the de

I switched from SWE to devops and leveraged it into a job at FAANG. I think switching was good for my career because I was doing kind of boring CRUD and the devops work was way more interesting. Devops also has as hype factor as some others have mentioned. On balance, there are way more SWEs at my company than devops. So just looking in terms of supply and demand, the base demand for hiring SWEs will always be higher given there are so many more SWE positions in existence. I would take the devops title because it gives you more flexibility to pursue devops or SWE positions in the future. I don't really think one is better than the other in terms of salary.