29 year IT veteran here. I don't agree with a lot of this article.
I remember panic-talk when outsourcing began. When offshoring arose. Etc. None of these extinguished the need for IT workers.
I view the cloud as the next generation of the mainframe. By that, I mean your experience and understanding of the environment (nobody will master all of it) will be a career differentiator. Knowledge of Kubernetes, Istio, etc. will help you to navigate the next career paths. System admin skills (and associated extras, like networking) will likewise move you up the ladder.
Bill Gates once said there is an infinite number of problems yet to be solved, an infinite amount of work to be done. I believe him.
I remember panic-talk when outsourcing began. When offshoring arose. Etc. None of these extinguished the need for IT workers.
I view the cloud as the next generation of the mainframe. By that, I mean your experience and understanding of the environment (nobody will master all of it) will be a career differentiator. Knowledge of Kubernetes, Istio, etc. will help you to navigate the next career paths. System admin skills (and associated extras, like networking) will likewise move you up the ladder.
Bill Gates once said there is an infinite number of problems yet to be solved, an infinite amount of work to be done. I believe him.