IT-to-Platform-Engineer Transition Exposes AI-Dependent Skill Gaps
An IT professional who recently moved into a platform/DevOps engineering role describes relying heavily on AI tools to complete tasks, and finds that without AI assistance they struggle to reason through problems independently, which is eroding their confidence and motivation. Working as the sole platform engineer with minimal mentorship compounds the difficulty of building foundational skills.
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