Hired into DevOps at 19. Degree still unfinished. Here's what actually worked.
No prior employer. No finished CS degree. Got hired anyway by building real infrastructure instead of grinding LeetCode. I write for the students who want to close the same gap.
For CS Students
The career map most students never get early enough.
The degree is 30% of what gets you hired. The other 70% - infrastructure, real projects, and how to apply - your curriculum skips entirely.
Get the orientation →Ilyasbuilds
Build logs, dead ends, fixes, and the actual path through them.
Homelab, K3s, Linux, CI/CD, and AI infrastructure without pretending the first draft worked.
See the builds →Free Resource
22 weeks. The exact curriculum I used to get hired at 19.
The roadmap is the short path through the early chaos: what to learn, what to build, what roles to target, and how to make the degree work for you instead of against you.
Role map: DevOps, cloud, infra. The roles that hire CS students before graduation and what each actually requires.
Sequenced learning: infrastructure first, then real projects, then AI as a multiplier. In the order that compounds fastest.
Proof that holds up: GitHub setup, CV prompt, direct email template, and the application strategy that got me 3 offers in 6 weeks.