{
  "id": 12835453,
  "title": "Turning the page",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/turning-the-page",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-08T09:34:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/emaj7b5/turning-the-page-5fd"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In an effort to document my journey towards a career change, I previously expressed my struggles and coping mechanisms in a previous post. As a personal exercise, I will now track my progress towards reshaping my perception and presentation to the job market.\n\nHaving a background in workflow automation, I aspire to broaden my expertise into infrastructure automation and DevOps. As of now, I am unemployed and finding it challenging to stay relevant in a market that caught me off guard.\n\nDuring the first week of my journey, I submitted fewer job applications than my usual average. To address this, I decided to narrow my focus and think of more tailored roles. I aim to have at least one interview per week for the rest of the month, which should help decrease the number of applications and improve my chances.\n\nI am on track to register as a self-employed individual, recognizing the tax and administrative responsibilities as a small price to pay for pursuing my goals. Meanwhile, a developer reached out to me, offering a job that seems like a dream come true. Although I possess the required seniority, I lack some technical knowledge. Despite this, I decided to apply for a previous role at the company that previously employed me, one year ago. Ultimately, I view them as customers and not competitors.\n\nRegarding my upskilling plan, I remain focused on low-code/no-code automation platforms, which appear to be in demand, but also seem overcrowded. To diversify my portfolio, I am currently completing the n8n paths. Furthermore, I have secured a spot in a Google certification program, which I believe to be promising.\n\nThis week, I achieved a significant milestone by learning the foundations of Ansible. Additionally, I successfully built my first coding agent using GPT Luna.",
  "summary": "I decided to document my journey towards a career shift, on a previous post I vented out about my current struggles and my coping mechanisms. As a personal exercise I will be documenting my progress towards reshaping how I see myself and how I want to present to the market. Coming from a workflow automation background I want to expand into infrastructure automation and devops. For context, I am…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}