Completely lost after 7 years in IT.
I don't even know why I'm posting this. Maybe because I've reached a point where I genuinely feel broken.
7 years. That's how long I've given to this company.
I upgraded infrastructure, wrote monitoring scripts from scratch, fixed critical issues at odd hours, and kept systems running that nobody else wanted to touch. The kind of work that only gets noticed when something breaks.
Last month I got a low performance rating because of a situation that honestly wasn't even my fault. And now it's pretty clear they're trying to push me out as part of "budget reduction."
I'm exhausted, so I'll just be direct.
Most of my experience is in legacy IT infrastructure and IBM SP. It may not be trendy tech, but it was real production work with real responsibility. The problem is that the market now wants cloud experience, and I don't fully have that yet.
I cleared AZ-900 and I'm preparing for AZ-104, but balancing this job, daily commute, stress, and taking care of my elderly father has been draining me mentally.
Every interview asks for hands-on cloud experience. I understand why. But after spending 7 years keeping enterprise systems alive, it's hard not to feel like all of that experience suddenly means nothing.
I'm not posting this for motivation or sympathy. I'm honestly just trying to figure out how to survive this transition.
If anyone here moved from legacy infra/support work into cloud or modern IT ops, I would genuinely appreciate advice on what helped you break through.
And if someone knows of openings where strong infrastructure/support experience still counts for something while transitioning into cloud, I'd really appreciate a lead or referral.
Thanks for reading.