Why Will DevOps Cease to exist

Nowadays I feel like there is no need to explain why DevOps as a methodology exists, as it is pretty widely understood and accepted upon.

But the reason DevOps engineers exist, is a different one, and in my opinion, not doubted enough.

I think that in some cases having a DevOps Engineer can actually get you further from the DevOps methodology objectives rather than closer.

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How Does One Become a DevOps Engineer?

I only recently started to stumble upon DevOps courses in High-Tech academies.

And before it was an actual field of study, I’m pretty sure no one’s first step into the software development world was a DevOps role.

I personally started as a NOC Engineer, later became a Linux Administrator, developed a passion for the cloud and automation and only years later got into my first DevOps position.

Others have made a lengthier journey, starting from managing organizations’ PCs, Printers, and networks.

The thing is, that the starting point of people who pick software development as their career, start exactly there, developing software.

They either go to college or university or learn online where Linux, Networking, Virtualization, High Availability and Scaling are barely even taught.

And of course some senior developers who are really out of the ordinary become infrastructure experts, but personally I would call them architects and not DevOps engineers.

And this is probably the reason why almost every organization is in need of a someone who'll take on those responsibilities, a DevOps engineer.

Signs of the End

The number of cloud solutions is steadily growing every year, with cloud services becoming the dominating method of consuming business services.

Gartner estimated 40% increase in cloud services business revenue from 2020 to 2022.

"Software as a service (SaaS) remains the largest market segment and is forecast to grow to $104.7 billion in 2020 (see Table 1). The continued shift from on-premises license software to subscription-based SaaS models" Source: Gartner (July 2020)

Worldwide Public Cloud Service Revenue Forecast (Millions of U.S. Dollars)