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I just want to put myself out there if anyone thinks they’d have the time to bring me on board. I’m an IT dude trying to jump to software. I have some knowledge

I just want to put myself out there if anyone thinks they’d have the time to bring me on board. I’m an IT dude trying to jump to software. I have some knowledge in Java and Python (spring and Django) and I’d love to just participate in anything to be honest. However, I’d probably not hit the ground running and I’d need a bit of a walkthrough. I know this doesn’t sound too useful to anyone but if you just need someone to grow with you let me know, I’m down to grind as much as I need to.

bostonsre 5y ago
Not an offer, but a suggestion as an ex IT dude that transitioned into devops/site reliability engineering. You could look for a junior devops role somewhere or look for a smaller org with a team where there is a blend of IT and devops work so that you could start to learn the devops side (this is kind of how I moved into the software side more). The pay is great and some of your skillsets in IT will overlap with devops work. Universities don't really teach devops skills so there always seems to be very high demand for the devops side as well. I don't develop apps but have written a ton of stuff in python for managing infrastructure.
- culopatin 5y ago
  This is not the first time someone points me in this direction. I shall dive into it and see if it sparks interest. Thanks!