Ask HN: Is it a good idea to start career as a dev ops engineer?

I am currently attending my final year in a premier college. I am very much interested in development and have worked on many side projects during my time in college. I got an offer for dev ops position from an MNC. I always thought of myself as a developer. But networking and systems administration also sounds interesting to me. Is it difficult to switch to an SDE position in future if I started working as dev ops engineer? What are the career prospects of a dev ops engineer?