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  • I’m not familiar with how Bluesky works, but I bet that if lemmy.world goes down it will feel like Lemmy as a whole is down for a lot of people. Is this similar to that, as in that the major instance went down because of the large influx of users? Somewhat comparable to the influx of Lemmy users from Reddit that we’ve seen? Or is Bluesky not really federated and did it go down as a whole?






  • It’s definitely possible and there actually quite a lot of sysadmins and programmers without any formal education in that field, including ones that started late. If you want to learn on the job, the most important thing is to get a job that will get you there, which means that you’re going to be working outside of your comfort zone. Some companies might be willing to put in the effort to get you up to speed if you can convince them of your interests, motivation and basic skills.

    For programming it’s hard to start working with very limited knowledge, so for that one you might want to do one of those boot camps where you get paid while learning and end up with a job that you have to commit to for a year or so. Or maybe you can find a company that teaches programming in house.

    For sysadmin work it already helps if you’ve got a basic understanding of GNU/Linux, because that will help you solve new problems and gain knowledge. A colleague or mentor that’s willing to teach you things goes a long way. It also helps to have a basic understanding of Bash and/or Python if your job involves scripting (which it probably does). Chances are you’ll end up using configuration management as well, such as Ansible. It helps if you know what that’s about.

    You can develop skills in your free time, but in the end you’ll learn much faster when you really need them in practice, so if you’re motivated, just go for it and see if there’s a company that’s willing to invest some time.