Is DevOps a good profession in 2025 for freshers?

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 DevOps Classes in Pune  DevOps tools rather than just theoretical knowledge. If your CV shows that, it helps a lot.Constant learning & keeping up: The landscape (cloud, tools, best practices) changes quickly. Tools such as Kubernetes, serverless, monitoring, container orchestration evolve. Security & compliance demands are increasing. You’ll need to continuously learn.Stressful / demanding job: As DevOps mostly works with production environments, on-call, critical bugs, etc., there is pressure involved. For the newbies, that can be exhausting.Competition: As DevOps is regarded as "future-looking," everyone wants to get in, so you'll have to stand out (projects, tools, certifications, etc.).What will make you successful if you go into DevOpsIf considering to pursue this direction, here are things to work on to increase your chances:Solid fundamentalsGood grasp of Linux / shell scripting (bash, etc.)Knowledge of how servers / networking / storage operates (cloud fundamentals)Version control (Git), software development lifecycle understandingHands-on practiceDevelop small projects: e.g. deploy a web application using Docker, implement continuous integration and deployment pipeline, manage infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible etc.)Use free versions of AWS/GCP/Azure or cloud labsDo open source or personal labsMaster key toolsContainer tools (Docker)Orchestration (Kubernetes)CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions etc.)Monitoring & logging  DevOps Course in Pune (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack etc.)Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation etc.)Cloud platforms (one or more of AWS, Azure, GCP)Certifications can be beneficial (though by themselves insufficient)AWS/Azure/GCP certifications for foundational / Associate levelsKubernetes certificationsDevOps / CI/CD / Automation credentialsSoft skills: Teamwork (DevOps involves working across development, operations, often security), attitude for learning, pressure problem solving.Verdict: Is it a good fit for you as a fresher in 2025?Yes — if you:Are ready to invest the time to learn an eclectic mix of tools & type of cross-disciplinary work (development + operations)Like infrastructure, automation, cloud, system optimization, guaranteeing reliability etc.Don't mind working sometimes under stress (incident resolutions, reliability, etc.)Can develop good hands-on experience or projects to demonstrate that you can do the workIt may not be the best option if:Like very concentrated dev work (pure software development), or design/user-interfaces etc.Don't have time to learn system-side things like monitoring, infrastructure, configuration etc.Want to get high compensation very quickly without spending DevOps Training in Pune time in non-coding / ops-related domains

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