I've recently transitioned from being a DevOps engineer for about 1.5 years to a development team, where I've been working for a month now. I'm looking for ways to maintain and enhance my DevOps skills in my free time. I want to keep my options open for both software engineering and DevOps/cloud positions in the future. Any tips or suggestions?
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Don't forget to keep contributing to your old team as well. This way, you can showcase your value and stay engaged with the projects you were passionate about. Just be careful about spreading yourself too thin—it's important to find a balance! But yes, a home lab is definitely a good move to keep those skills sharp!
Setting up a small home lab is a fantastic way to experiment with new tools and mimic real-world scenarios. I find that following CNCF projects and diving into their official documentation and release notes really keeps my skills fresh. It's like a playground where you can learn and apply things without the pressure of a work setting!
Absolutely! I do the same with my home lab. Whenever I need to implement something at work, it's great to test it out first at home. What does your lab setup look like? I’m on a MacBook M2, and I’m wondering how I can run similar scenarios.
That's a solid idea! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the tip! I stay updated on my previous team’s projects, but it seems like there's not much support for contributions outside my current team. I think I’ll definitely set up that homelab!