Shubhadeep Bhowmik

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DevOps Engineer
🚀 Automating infrastructure & deployments
🔧 Docker • K8s • CI/CD • Terraform • Monitoring
🧠 Cricket, Anime, Chess, Music

[Shubhadeep Bhowmik @XT1396]

🛠️ Transitioning into DevOps after 2.9 years in QA & Support

I’ve spent the last 3+ months not just learning, but building and debugging real-world infrastructure.

Here’s what I’ve done, where I’m headed, and why you should follow along 👇

#DevOps #100DaysOfDevOps #OpenToWork

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What a privilege it is to wake up and show up to work lads. This is a long one, but bear with me please.

4 months ago, I was at a job that required me to be there from 9-7, Monday to Saturday. Add the travel time and it was more like 8-8. On top of that, the job I was doing there and what was on the JD during the interviews was miles apart. On top of THAT, people weren't getting paid for 2-3 months. It was pretty much hell for me. No physical activity, no games or sport, I was putting on kilos by the week, it wasn't looking good.

So, I took a decision. I quit the next day after I got my first month's salary. No backup, no on-going interviews, no nothing. I remember, my boss there said to me - maybe engineering isn't for you.

I packed up and moved back to Mumbai. Forced my parents to set up a WiFi connection, that I was adamant on paying for. That was also the first time in my life that I had WiFi at my house. Yeah, I know.

Then, it was cold DMs and LinkedIn texts all day every day. I was revising my concepts, honing my craft as an embedded systems and software engineer, and trying to talk to people about any openings that I could work at. And I have to say this - @Av1dlive helped me during this time a lot more than what I can put in words.

3 weeks into this, and I had my first offer. The next day,another one. 3 days later, the third. I had accepted one, and was all set to move to Bangalore. The PG was booked, the flight tickets were arranged, groups for football were found and entered - it was all good to go. And then, the 4th one called.

I remember, it was the day before Rakshabandhan. I took a bus from Mumbai to Pune at 6:35 AM in the morning. The interview was at 11, and my dumbass was there by 9:30.

The interviews started, managers couldn't believe that I graduated barely 3 months ago, they actually believed that I was from the batch of 2024. 4 rounds of interviews later, I was done there. I was clinging on to dear life in a state transport bus, when the CTO and the HR executive in charge for my hiring called me - I was hired.

Lads, I come from a severe shortage of money you see, it's unfathomable for most and I hope it stays that way. The job I work allows me, for the first time in a decade and half, to not worry about the next meal. That takes some time to get used to, you know!

Anyway, that's all for the Monday morning motivation, lol. I gotta go get dressed. If you've read so far...thank you for your time. It feels good to know that someone heard my ramblings on the interwebs.

[Shubhadeep Bhowmik @XT1396]

@heyshipz 🙋

[Shubhadeep Bhowmik @XT1396]

Its Raining 🌧️ outside, now = no walk today 😑☹️.

So indoors it is → 50 push-ups + 1 hour of Jumping ropes ??? or shall I focus on DSA???

Let’s see what I end up doing and how far I get. 🏋️‍♂️

#bangalorerains #Bengaluru

[Shubhadeep Bhowmik @XT1396]

#Prompts = inputs that shape outputs.

Patterns:

- 0/1/few-shot prompting
- In-context learning
- Chain-of-thought reasoning
- Role of RLHF & instruction tuning

👉 Good prompts = better answers.

[Shubhadeep Bhowmik @XT1396]

���� Starting a new learning journey!

After Docker, Terraform, K8s… I’m now diving into AI Foundations with Oracle Cloud (OCI).

Expect:
- Clear breakdowns
- DevOps/AIOps angles
- GitHub repo for full notes/screenshots

Join me as I learn-on-the-go! 🧵

#AI #Oracle #AIOps

[Shubhadeep Bhowmik @XT1396]

Transformers = the breakthrough architecture 🏆

- Self-attention → model looks at all words at once
- Fixes RNN limits (short memory, slow training)

Variants:
Encoder-only → embeddings/search
Decoder-only → generation (GPTs)
Encoder-decoder → translation

[Shubhadeep Bhowmik @XT1396]

🔑 Keys to LLMs:

- Tokens = word/part-word units processed by the model.
- Embeddings = vector maps where meaning = distance.

Why it matters?
- Semantic search
- Vector DBs
- RAG pipelines

RAG = open-book exam 📖
- Retrieve docs with embeddings
- Pass to LLM

[Shubhadeep Bhowmik @XT1396]

@prthkys Congratulations 🎉

[Shubhadeep Bhowmik @XT1396]

@iamlokendranath Haha agreed bhai, but I don’t really count… bas chalte chalte number badh jaata hai 😅

[Shubhadeep Bhowmik @XT1396]

Back to walking routine after injury 💪

- 13,658 steps (10.3 km) today
- 13,485 steps (10.1 km) yesterday 🚶
- 15,581 steps (11.8 km) on Monday ✨

Once used to do 18k–20k steps daily… slowly getting back one step at a time 🙌

#DailyGrind #Health #walking #Running

[Shubhadeep Bhowmik @XT1396]

So busy with prep & projects that I missed the Demon Slayer Infinity Castle 🥲😅

Anyone in #Bangalore up for a catch-up + movie plan? ⚔️🔥

#DemonSlayer #DemonSlayerInfinityCastleTH

[Shubhadeep Bhowmik @XT1396]

Past few days= interview prep grind🔥

Reached till Module 8 in my #AI course (shared only till 3 so far)

Exploring #GCP + revising #AWS☁️

Working on a small Durga Puja website🎉

Balancing learning, projects & prep isn’t easy, but growth never stops🚀

#DevOps #BuildInPublic

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@iampavankalyank @X Hey, let’s connect

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@MihirMarvel Hey, let’s connect

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@RamanRjha4647 @akshaymarch7 @namastedev_ Hey, let’s connect

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@Prathamesh_532 @namastedev_ Hey, let’s connect

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@SomeMoreWater @X Hey, let’s connect