From Chasing DevOps Roles to Becoming an Assistant Professor 🎓
For a long time, my goal was clear: build a career in IT as a DevOps Engineer.
I invested months (honestly, years) into learning and practicing:
- Linux, Git, Docker, Jenkins
- AWS, CI/CD pipelines
- Kubernetes, GitOps, security tools
- Building projects, preparing for interviews, facing rejections
I tried hard.
Really hard.
There were interviews where I reached final rounds.
There were days full of hope—and many nights full of self-doubt.
Despite all the effort, the breakthrough in IT just wasn’t happening.
And then life took an unexpected turn.
A Different Opportunity, Same Passion
I recently got a job as an Assistant Professor at TMU.
This wasn’t part of the original plan.
But when I stepped back and thought about it, I realized something important:
My love for technology was never only about getting a job — it was about learning, building, and explaining.
Teaching allows me to:
- Share real-world DevOps and cloud knowledge with students
- Bridge the gap between academics and industry
- Guide students who are standing where I once stood
What This Journey Taught Me
- Hard work doesn’t always pay off the way you expect—but it never goes to waste
- Your path doesn’t have to look like everyone else’s to be valid
- A “detour” can actually be a destination with purpose
- IT knowledge + teaching = powerful impact
I’m not quitting tech.
I’m not giving up on DevOps.
I’m just applying it differently—through education, mentoring, and continuous learning.
To Anyone Still Struggling
If you’re trying hard and things aren’t working out yet:
- You are not behind
- You are not a failure
- You are learning more than you realize
Sometimes, life redirects you—not to stop you, but to use you where you matter most.
A new chapter begins.
Grateful, grounded, and ready to teach 🚀
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