Never was a sysadmin ao I can't speak to that. As for being a developer, the experience differs by the company. As a dev with no college, my first 3 jobs in so

Never was a sysadmin ao I can't speak to that. As for being a developer, the experience differs by the company. As a dev with no college, my first 3 jobs in software development systemically took advantage of me and my coworkers. These places exist and aren't uncommon. It's like trying to get blood out of a stone, they just want more. Very stressful and I switched jobs every year to year and a half because of it. The other side of the coin is there are really great companies to work for that aren't part of FAANG and have an asinine interview process. My current company has great leadership and invests in their people. Totally a different experience. There's a real need for senior to mid level devs right now. Not so much for entry level/junior. The demand is there, but it's not crazy hot like the upper end of the experience level. You may have an easier time looking if you can try to somehow leverage your other experience to skip being a junior dev. Not sure if that'll fit, but I mean in a job search or negations it may. Good luck