8 Biggest DevOps Mistakes That Cost Me Years (And How to Avoid Them)

Most people learning DevOps are making the same mistakes — and these mistakes are costing them years of time and thousands of dollars in lost income. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🔗 Resources mentioned in this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 📌 Isreal's full DevOps journey: https://youtu.be/YTIvpuV6I20 📌 Ana Pedra's full DevOps journey: https://youtu.be/q6x8J7QIakI 📌 DevOps Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/3PnO65E I made many of these mistakes myself. I've seen them in colleagues and engineers I mentored. The pattern is always the same. In this video, I walk you through the 8 biggest DevOps career mistakes and exactly how to avoid them — so you can build real skills, get hired faster, and actually feel confident on the job. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲! 🙌 ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 👉 When you start building real DevOps projects, one of the first practical challenges is securely connecting your infrastructure. Tailscale makes this embarrassingly simple — no open ports, no firewall rules, no managing SSH keys: https://tailscale.com/techworldwithnana 🎁 Personal plan with up to 100 devices is always free. Use code NANA to get 3 free months off any paid plan! ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 Introduction 00:52 Mistake No 1 03:44 Mistake No 2 06:33 Mistake No 3 10:38 Mistake No 4 15:21 Mistake No 5 22:24 Mistake No 6 27:12 Mistake No 7 29:38 Mistake No 8 33:00 How to Avoid These Mistakes ▬▬▬▬▬▬ What You'll Learn ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Whether you're just starting your DevOps career or you've been learning for a while and feel stuck, this video covers the exact mistakes that slow most engineers down — and what to do instead. You'll learn why focusing on tools instead of DevOps concepts is the #1 career killer, why certifications alone won't get you hired in today's market, why sandbox learning gives you a false sense of progress, and why being invisible online is costing you opportunities you don't even know exist. This isn't theory. These are lessons from my own D