She Quit Her Stable Job to Become a DevOps Engineer (And is Now a Golden Kubestronaut)

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After 8 years as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer in medical devices, Ana Pedra walked away from a stable career to start over in tech - with zero DevOps experience. Now she's a Cloud DevSecOps Engineer deploying production systems with Kubernetes across AWS, Azure, and GCP. She's achieved Golden Kubestronaut status and is now helping others make the same transition. 𝗔𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: 🔗 DevOps Bootcamp: 🔗 DevSecOps Bootcamp: ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Thanks Ana Pedra for sharing your journey with the community 💙 ▬▬▬▬▬▬ ► Connect with her on LinkedIn: ► Be sure to checkout her Youtube channel: Her journey: → 2-month career break → intensive learning → first DevOps job within weeks → DevSecOps role at Spitch → became Golden Kubestronaut → teaching others to do the same In this interview, Ana breaks down: → How she proved her skills without professional experience → What actually got her hired (hint: it wasn't just certifications) → Her exact interview prep strategy → Day-to-day reality of working in DevOps → Why starting over was the best decision she ever made If you're thinking it's too late to switch careers or you need years of experience to break into DevOps - Ana's story proves otherwise. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ T I M E S T A M P S ⏰ ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 Introduction to Ana Pedra & Overview 01:59 Changing Careers after 8 years 07:58 Choosing a Profession in Tech and DevOps 12:31 Learning Strategy 14:35 Interview Challenges 17:17 DevOps bootcamp experience 21:58