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Ask HN: Specializing in DevOps vs. Full Stack Dev

My current role is "DevOps/Platform Engineer". I write a lot of glue code that hooks different Cloud services together. CI/CD, Docker, Config Mgmt, etc. It's fun and it pays the bills. Recently, I've enjoyed learning Ruby on Rails outside of work.

I like the fact that everything is contained in a monolithic application VS tiny microservices scattered across different cloud providers. It's less mentally taxing I believe.

So I'm curious about salary/job growth of DevOps/Platform engineers VS Full Stack Web Devs. Does one pay more than the other? Does one have more or less competition?

33 points helloworld0088 6 years ago 12 comments

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