> CE/CS intern > tasked with implementing stuff in clouds > hired as Jr SWE, but still tasked with doing those devopsy things that the real devops team doesn't

> CE/CS intern > tasked with implementing stuff in clouds > hired as Jr SWE, but still tasked with doing those devopsy things that the real devops team doesn't wanna do > jump a few times, each time still taking on devopsy stuff > Sr DevOps Admin Yea this is mostly the path I took. I had a hybrid lead/swe role that ended up me picking up sysadm stuff due to a weak DevOps team, then my next role was DevOps. Anecdotally, I find there's a large difference in quality of the engineer depending on which of those particular paths they took that's not usually well represented by salary ranges (although if you possess a CS degree jobs are MUCH easier to get IME).