I feel like I’m going nowhere in my career… need honest advice?
Hey everyone,
I’m working as a Storage Admin (around 1.5 years of experience—NetApp & Dell Unity). From outside it probably looks like I’m doing okay, but honestly I feel completely lost.
My day-to-day work is mostly repetitive stuff—monitoring, basic issues, and following existing steps. I don’t feel like I’m learning anything deep or becoming really good at something. It’s starting to scare me a bit because I don’t feel confident about my skills.
I’ve tried to improve myself—looked into Azure and backup tools and even thought about switching to DevOps. But the problem is I keep jumping between things. I start something, then lose focus or get confused, and move to something else. End result: I don’t think I’ve properly learned anything.
Now I’m stuck in this weird place where: I don’t feel skilled enough; I don’t know what to focus on; I don’t know if I should continue in storage or switch paths
It feels like I’m just passing time in my job instead of actually growing.
If anyone here has been in a similar situation, what did you do?
Should I just stick to storage and go deep into it, or is it better to switch to something like cloud/DevOps now before it’s too late?
Also, how do you guys actually stay consistent while learning? That’s been a big struggle for me.
Would really appreciate honest advice.