Over the past few months, I’ve been exploring my path in software engineering. I originally set my sights on DevOps; the automation, the CI/CD pipelines, the cloud-native infrastructure... it all sounded exciting.
But I quickly realized something:
Entry-level DevOps roles are few and far between. Most job listings demand years of experience, deep system knowledge, and cloud certifications things that take time to build.
So I made a strategic shift.
I pivoted into backend development, specifically with Django and Django REST Framework. It wasn’t a complete departure, in fact, many of the skills overlap:
Writing efficient, testable code
Thinking in systems and logic
Managing environments and APIs
Designing clean, scalable backend architecture
More importantly, I found that backend engineering plays to one of my natural strengths:
I love logic. Solving problems, modeling real-world workflows in code, and making APIs that actually serve users that excites me.
Now I’m building a full-featured ToDo List API with authentication, permissions, validation, pagination, Docker support, and (soon) automated tests and deployment. I’ll even be sharing my journey soon.
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