I'm a newbie exploring the Asian job market and I've noticed that there doesn't seem to be much demand for sysadmins anymore. I see a lot of job postings for RTOS programmers and embedded engineers, but even many higher-level roles require sysadmin skills paired with knowledge of C++. It seems like roles like "Linux support engineer" are asking for a ton more qualifications compared to those in North America or Europe. So, I'm curious: how much of your workday is spent on programming or writing scripts?
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Programming is pretty important in today’s job landscape. Personally, I find myself spending a lot of time writing Ansible playbooks and Python scripts. While I expected to do more bash scripting, I’ve found Python to be a better choice for automation tasks. I wouldn’t call myself a software engineer, since it’s really more about scripting for automation rather than traditional programming.
I've often wondered this: Why use bash or shell scripts when you have tools like Ansible? It just seems like Ansible might simplify a lot of tasks.