From Laid-Off Network Engineer to Platform Engineer: Patryk’s DevOps Journey
Follow Patryk's DevOps Journey and Learn What It Actually Takes to Switch from Network Engineering to Cloud Platform Engineer. 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗸 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: 🔗 Skip the tutorial loop - Become Future-Proof in 6 months. Download Syllabus here: https://bit.ly/4ue0jsW ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Thanks Patryk for sharing your journey with the community 💙 ▬▬▬▬▬▬ ► Patryk now runs his own Cloud Solutions consultancy at https://onlydevops.pl/ ► Connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patryk-petryszen/ Patryk spent years in network engineering — supporting theatre Wi-Fi networks in London, following 40-page Word document procedures at an ISP, and getting laid off in a NY apartment alone during Covid. Then he spent a year trying to teach himself DevOps. In this interview, Patryk walks through the entire journey — what network engineering actually looks like from the inside, why scattered tutorials don't work, how he studied 20 hours a week while holding a full-time job, and how he landed a Platform Engineer role internally before he even finished the TechWorld with Nana DevOps bootcamp. He also shares the automation project that saved each customer $200/year in certificate renewals, why writing the Terraform code took two days but getting it live took two months, and what he wishes he had done from day one. Patryk now runs his own Cloud Solutions consultancy at onlydevops.pl and has built a following of 17,000+ on LinkedIn — by doing exactly what he recommends at the end of this interview. If you're a network engineer thinking about DevOps and Cloud, or you've been stuck in the tutorial loop for months, this one is for you. 📖 Read Patryk's full DevOps story on the blog: https://www.techworld-with-nana.com/post/devops-bootcamp-review-patryk ▬▬▬▬▬▬ T I M E S T A M P S ⏰ ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 Introduction to Patryk & Overview 02:30 How Patryk Got Into IT 07:48 The Breaking Point: Laid-Off during Covid 11:12 About Network Engineering Ceilings 15:00 Why he chose DevOps 17:17 Scattered Learning Journey 24:27 Why he joined the DevOps Bootcamp 32:23 Internal Switch To Platform Engineering 37:30 The Real Work Test 43:22 Patryk's Advice: What He'd Do Differently 47:32 Career Roadmap Recapped ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🎙️ MORE SUCCESS STORIES 🎙️ ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Israel's Story — Civil Engineering in Nigeria to Lead DevOps Engineer in the UK → https://youtu.be/YTIvpuV6I20 Ana's Story — Non IT to Golden Kubestronaut → https://youtu.be/q6x8J7QIakI Rody's Story — Test Engineer to DevOps Engineer → https://youtu.be/4J53WvB1-4E This series features in-depth conversations with real career journeys, from people who made it happen, sharing practical insights on learning paths, interview preparation, and day-to-day DevOps work. I capture real transformation stories from our DevOps bootcamp graduates about building a DevOps career. Hear how people learned Kubernetes, prepared project portfolios, landed multiple job offers, and navigate the evolving landscape of AI in infrastructure. Whether you're considering DevOps or already in the field, these conversations reveal what's actually working. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Connect with me 👋 ▬▬▬▬▬▬ INSTAGRAM ► https://bit.ly/2F3LXYJ TWITTER ► https://bit.ly/3i54PUB LINKEDIN ► https://bit.ly/3hWOLVT TechWorld with Nana DevOps Bootcamp | DevOps Bootcamp Review | How To Become a DevOps Engineer in 2026 | Best DevOps Bootcamp