I am at a wonderful position in my tech journey where I am confident that I can do anything because of my strong foundations. And I am confused.


IDK if this is a coffee high. I am really getting good day by day on computer science fundamentals. My next goal is to choose a path. I have two paths:

- Developer

- modern system administration(some call it DevOps)

I have worked in IT as a Technical Support Engineer for 2.5 years. The adrenaline rush of solving a simple but critical issue in production is there.

I also started homelabbing on the way. It turns out this is not a very engaging and creative profession. Specially given my computer engineering background.

No offense, that is what I feel.

So I am heavily considering switching to Software Development. I have been unintentionally been learning Java(core) since past 1.5 years. Purely for self-fulfillment.

I am more confident that I can grab a entry level devops role compared to an entry level software developer role. (But the reality is I have not been able to crack not even the former).

What path should I take?

If I take developer path, it will take me at least a year to be prepared for entry level roles. I am not exactly sure for DevOps path, but it will also take some months less than a year.