🚀 One Year of My DevOps Journey | Growth, Learning & Belief

📅 27 December 2025

Exactly one year ago, I made a decision that changed my mindset and my direction — I officially started my DevOps journey.

Before taking the first step, I did deep Research and sought guidance from experienced mentors. I am truly grateful to Junaid Qazi, PhD, my teacher Sir Muhammad Faran Tahir, and my mentor Mr. Shubham Londhe, whose guidance helped me stay on the right path throughout this journey.

I started from zero, beginning with Linux, and step by step, I kept moving forward. Today, I’m proud to say that I have covered multiple DevOps tools, not just theoretically, but with practical projects, videos, and blogs. Every tool I learned includes at least one hands-on project, because real learning happens when you build.

There was a time when I was afraid to even create an AWS account, thinking I might lose money. Today, I confidently deploy machines on AWS, use AWS credits, and continue learning cloud technologies without fear. That fear transformed into confidence — and confidence came from consistent learning.

This journey has taught me something very important:

💡 Learning never stops — but earning can start along the way.

While learning DevOps, I chose to share my knowledge publicly through YouTube, Facebook, Medium, and Blogspot. This not only helped others but also helped me grow personally and professionally — and yes, it also started generating income.

I am doing a full-time job, learning DevOps in parallel, and consistently sharing knowledge. If I can do it, you can too. With discipline, patience, and belief in yourself, becoming a good DevOps Engineer is absolutely possible alongside a job.

This one year has been challenging, exciting, and transformational. Most importantly, it strengthened my self-belief.

📌 This is not the end — this is just the beginning.

InshaAllah, next year I will come back stronger, more skilled, and more impactful.

My DevOps Journey Partner Sade Ashfaq

See you again on 27 December 2026 with even better progress.

Allah Hafiz 🤍





🌐 Online References

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raees-yaqoob-qazi-ryqs/

Medium Blog: https://medium.com/@raeesyaqubqazi

Blogspot: https://brillertechnologies.blogspot.com/

Facebook Page: https://web.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553548371216

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RaeesQ.

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrryqs?_t=ZS-8y7t0fQfJKu&_r=1


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