My Story
4 years, one commit at a time
// picked devops because the name was cool
Started college as a lost introvert with no idea what any of this meant. While other specializations like AI/ML, CCVT and FSAI were booming, I picked DevOps — genuinely just because the name caught my eye for a second. No plan, no roadmap. Just a name on a form.
// built something ugly. loved it anyway.
Second year was when college started actually teaching us what CS looked like — webMethods, OS, DBMS, the fundamentals. I was absorbing it all. And then I built my first real project: a Watch Catalog website. Pure HTML, CSS, JS, and MongoDB Atlas. Not flashy, not impressive by any standard. But it was mine. That ugly little thing is the reason I kept going.
// stopped waiting, started shipping
Third year started slowly — fifth semester came and went without much to show. Then something clicked. Companies were coming for placements, the mandatory internship was around the corner, and I realized I had to actually start building things. So I did. I went full-stack with React and Next.js, but also started getting my hands dirty with real DevOps — Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Terraform. Built CI/CD pipelines, deployed on AWS, and landed an internship at TagMango. Shipped projects that real people used — Eficaz, the POS system, Farm Flow. The git log started filling up fast.
// exploring > expert. always.
Final year. Few internships — Xebia for DevOps, Eficaz again for full-stack, and now Intact India where I'm working with enterprise-grade tools: Azure DevOps, Nexus, SonarQube, Atlassian, Terraform, az-cli. Building FlowForge as my major project, have production apps handling real traffic, and DevOps projects ranging from self-healing Kubernetes systems to EKS clusters provisioned with Terraform. But the most important thing I've figured out: I don't know everything, and that's okay. I build with help, I learn along the way. DSA isn't my strongest suit — I know that, I'm working on it. Exploring > claiming expertise. Always.
$ git log --oneline
4 commits · still pushing · no merge conflicts with curiosity
