[manglav]

How do you break into that? I'm a mid level software engineer looking to get into devops roles, and have been told by an ex-youtuber that I have a real knack for it.

When I applied, I was rejected for not having enough experience. I find tooling and devops extremely fun, but I'm not quite sure how to develop my talent. Do you have any advice?

[general_ai]

It's mostly a matter of chance, TBH. You miss 100% of shots you don't take. It took me two attempts to get in, first time I was being stupid during phone screen so it went no further. I was a SWE, but it's not generally a problem to switch. As a SWE you can even switch temporarily for 6 months to really understand how systems work, and what not to do when building them.