[mvdtnz]

You should work on developing a growth mindset. It sounds like you have a typical fixed mindset where you believe that the things you learned and developed early in your career are perfectly fine and there's little benefit to extending yourself further. This mindset will not serve you well professionally and I strongly suggest you work on that as a priority.

Specifically to understand the benefits of CI/CD I recommend reading Jez Humble's book on the topic[0]. He's an excellent writer on the topic. You can also google his name and watch some excellent conference talks from him.

The best way to understand CI/CD is through experiencing an organisation that is building and deploying at scale. But you're between a rock and a hard place if you can't find employment without that experience. Jez Humble's books and talks will help you understand the benefits and capabilities of these systems.

[0] https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/0321601912

[pixl97]

After working with F100 customers, the number of applications they work with across the organization is simply mindboggling. When you have tens of thousands of applications (not branches) managing this stuff gets out of really quick. Things like license management and tracking what applications are using is no longer just a task that can be manually done.