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[–] Dasnap 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I managed to complete Starfield during my work hours with no complaints. It's nice reaching the point in a job where you figure out how much you're actually expected to do.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't that just everyone who bought the game?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Do I still get the title if it keeps crashing before the ti

[–] Dasnap 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dev/SysOps, because if you build shit that doesn't collapse then you can spend time experimenting with improvements instead of babysitting application clusters.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How is that? I've had at least one friend in the Dev space recommend DevOps to me because of the way I contextualize systems, but I'm worried the work requires technical expertise and I've stubbornly refused to learn any programming

[–] Klordok 7 points 1 year ago

Less programming, more file templates. I did more scripting as Desktop Support than I do as a DevOps engineer. Most of the automation is handled by existing software. The main job is figuring out how to install software in an environment, then making templates that can replicate the install with different parameters and minimal effort.

[–] Dasnap 2 points 1 year ago

I came into it with a CS degree as a graduate but I learnt most of it on the job.