DevOps Engineer w/o degree

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Hello everyoneI started my career as a System Admin and now my skillset sits somewhere in the Linux - Cloud - DevOps spectrumI have 3 years of experience, stable job, but I do not&nbsp;have any degrees and I am not seeing myself getting any degree as I am now a husband and a father.Many people scare me that not having a degree has long-term consequencesHow can I prepare myself for a successful career without degrees?I am trying to get myself certified in valuable industry certifications, but not sure if it is a good approach

NaiiakwiH · Accepted Answer

Work experience &gt; degrees any day and since you already have a job, shouldn’t be hard to get your next one. Just get certified for the paper

wfanbuife · Answer

I can say for sure that having a degree helps with getting through the application process. Not having one certainly makes it difficult. Having specific product certifications helps tremendously and many vendors offer free workshops and trainings that you should put on your resume in lieu of a paper certificate. Of course, accreditation helps, but it's not the be all, end all. Ultimately, we want to hire the most qualified candidate within the budgeted range.

19g617l4n47pa3 · Answer

I would hire somebody with 3 years SysAdmin with Linux and Cloud in a heartbeat over somebody with (just) a degree.  Those skills combined with experience are like gold dust, whereas machine learning, web development graduates are everywhere.Don’t give up, get some vendor certs although not essential.

Tx8iwnduxnw · Answer

Skills acquired at work are linked to half of the average person’s lifetime earnings. That means learning on the job — not formal education — helps workers become more upwardly mobile. McKinsey researchers found that companies need to build a reputation of career development to attract and retain talent for that reason. Meanwhile, LinkedIn just released a data-backed breakdown of companies across nine industries that are investing in their talent and helping workers build careers that set them up for long-term success.

andycol · Answer

Work experience is just as valuable, I have been working as various things from a sysadmin to VoIP engineer to DevOPS and have never had a degree, I have been headhunted as a DevOps to the UK and then to the US, so having a degree means nothing as long as you have the experience and the skills.

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