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Hi everyone,

I’m currently an SDET (exp 1 year, total exp 2 years) at a Tier 1 tech company and I’m planning my move into a platform engineer role. I love building tools and want to be closer to product development and feature ownership.

For those who have successfully made this pivot:

Did you find it easier to transfer internally or interview elsewhere?

How did you bridge the gap in System Design if your daily work was focused on automation frameworks?

What was the single most helpful thing you did to prove you were ready?

Appreciate any insights or "traps" to avoid!

Hi everyone,

I’m currently looking into the DevOps space, and while I understand the high-level theory (CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, breaking down silos), I’m struggling to visualize what a standard Tuesday actually looks like for a DevOps Engineer.

The job descriptions are usually a massive wishlist of tools, but I want to know about the boots-on-the-ground reality.

How much of your day is spent coding vs. configuring?

How often are you "on-call" or dealing with fires vs. building new features?

What are the 2-3 tools you actually spend 80% of your time in?

Is it mostly solo work, or are you constantly in meetings with Dev and Ops teams?

I’d love to hear from people at different company sizes (startups vs. enterprise) to see how the role shifts.

Thanks in advance for any insight!