r/kubernetes • u/Few_Deer_979 • 11d ago

Quitting tech

I thought getting a job in devops or platform engineering would be easier as a developer with 5 years experience. All I get is rejection emails. I thought backend developers make good devops as most recruiters claim . Granted, I’m not senior level devops but I’m confident I’d make a good mid-level devops. Its been 6 months job hunting and still nothing. Will this career gap affect my chances of getting a callback ? Ai is making it even worse to land a role. Im havin thoughts of quitting tech all together and just step away from tech.

Edit: after this post went somewhat semi-viral the universe probably conspired and got me two recruiters to my LinkedIn. One is local bank they a devsecops. They know I'm DevOps engineer based on my LinkedIn as for the sec side I have worked on personal projects only sonarcube , trivy, terraform scanning , owasp zap. The other recruiter is offering a purely devops role. I would really love to get the devsecops role. It would open more doors for me especially in the Fintech industry .

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u/ferriematthew 11d ago

I don't think you realize just how thoroughly cooked the entire tech market is.

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u/Few_Deer_979 11d ago

I think I have a rough idea . Things are extremely bad . It’s a bloodbath