Resigned with nothing, Ended up with 7 DevOps/Cloud Offers - Here's How you can Too.

February 4-2025, The day I resigned without holding any offer and never knew what three months held in store for me, Here's the wisdom I gained ✌🏻

When you take a leap of faith, the universe doesn’t let you fail - it teaches you to fly.

7 Step process of achieving what I did encompassing all my learnings:

• Belief

• Plan

• Process

• Patience

• Perseverance

• Fearless

• Resilience

Belief:

It always starts with believing in yourself and the powers of universe without this very thing it’s never gonna be easy. You got all the potential and energy to accomplish anything you want but the only catch is if you truly have that level of faith in your abilities. When I decided to resign especially in the period where people preferred to stay where they were it was a bold move when majority weren’t able to align well with my decision. Out of every 10 people I told that I have resigned 9 were like “How can you do it”, “Do you really think that getting job is that easy”, “Are you really aware about the market as whole”, “Bro you took a wrong decision”. At certain point I was used to these kind of opinions and understood one thing very clear that it was me who decided to quit so it would be me who will put all my 100 percent of achieving what I had thought off and obviously having my utmost faith in “Universe & Hanumanji 🙇‍♂️”.

I got this understanding very vivid in the first week of my notice period and next step was to design a blueprint on how to proceed to achieve the final goal. There was no better idea to “Plan” how my next 3 months of notice period would be like.

Plan:

For me this was the easiest part as I always believed that there are people who are always ready to help you and it’s always about how you approach them which changes the story. It was a simple idea of focusing all my energy into getting an interview which in itself was a task and I realized it quite late as I had this thought that getting an interview would be a cake walk will apply to jobs and people would bombard my inbox with interviews(Silly me 😂). Well, it never happened. I had to design a rough blueprint on how to go with my approach and the best thing which worked for me is going through the route of referrals also being hesitant in applying to job directly as there were 1000 others doing the same thing and I didn’t want to ruin my chances by just clicking on that “easy apply” button on LinkedIn.

One key learning which I want to include in this planning stage is to be “Shameless”, yeah you read that right being shameless in approaching people, asking for help, cold mailing for favor can take you places you can’t even imagine and I being the live example of the same. People are so kind enough to help you and it always boils down whether you are taking that first step or not. Once you get your first move sorted(“More on how to take that move in the “Process” part of the article) things become easy now at-least your resume will get a real eyeball not always though but majority of times this being the case and we are not leaving any stone unturned in this job hunting journey. Every damn step counts never underestimate any ups you receive during the journey.

Process:

This gonna be the lengthiest section of this read up and be ready to dive deeper on how I approached things at my disposal and how it turned out to be a success at later part of this hunt.

Let’s break it in multiple sections:

1.Breaking the shackle:

This is the first step of the process and I won’t be playing around and would share exactly what worked for me with 2 screenshots attached below:

Above two images should clear up the air but still to be more clear this was my go-to way to approach people and include the position link in my short summary. Adding more weight on being “shameless”, I shamelessly approached people with this message for any role which suits up my preference and have succeeded in at-least getting an interview for which I sent the cold dm/ email for(By the way I failed the google interview in 2nd round but got to learn things which eventually helped me clear the later ones).

2.Cracking the interview:

Once you are able to get through the first step of process next being about how you perform in the interview and it again boils down to the belief/confidence which led you to this step. Below are the pointers which you can consider while preparing for an interview:

1. Write a 2 page crisp introduction about yourself revolving around your work and what value addition you have done in your current job role.

2. Try to mould your interview in a direction where you feel most comfortable in, for example I was confident about implementing CRD(Custom Resource Definition) in one of my project. So deliberately while ending my intro I would give a cue about the same which eventually led the interviewer ask the question on that particular topic, this worked about 80 percent of times(Psychology baby 😊).

3. Prepare all your basics well, without foundational knowledge it would be very difficult to crack an interview. You should be knowing a shell script to write a cleanup of disk command to the very least(just an example)

4. Ask questions before jumping to solutions. I was asked to design IRCTC app and this is how I approached it with my questions:
   →Which architecture should we follow monolithic or micro-service? Why?

   →Whether it should be on-prem or on cloud? Why?
   →Why have different cloud service providers?
   →Which database schema to choose? Why?
   →How to manage the networking of various components? Why?
   →How can we balance the load and manage various requests hit? How?
   →How can we secure our overall system? Why it is needed?
   →Data storage and retention of the same? How?
   →How DNS management and services can be managed? Why it is needed?
   →How we are monitoring and troubleshooting the whole system? Why it is needed?
   →How about the costing of overall architecture, we cannot spend fortune for our needs?
   
   Asking questions and having discussions creates an impression on your interviewer that the person is aware about the intrigities of how system works and definitely is a good option than to stay quiet.

5. Don’t try to fool around if you don’t know anything about the topic asked and only answer if you know at-least 20 percent of it and in such cases you can start your answer like “I haven’t got chance to work on it but I have the basic understanding that …..(your very basic answer)”

6. Interviews aren’t need to be perfect(not talking about some dumb interviews) and it is a way interviewer wants to dive into your mind trying to understand the thought process and how you approach things as a whole as DevOps is all about clarity which would always be checked in the interviews.

7. There would be scenario based questions at times and you can apply the same approach as in point 4 where I mentioned how you can convert it into a discussion which eventually gives you a chance to play on your strong points.

3.Revisiting the interview:

No, you are not done with the interview once it gets over. It is your moral responsibility to revisit every question you got asked and maybe you were or weren’t able to answer it in the interview. Keep a track of each one of them in your notes and before sitting for your next interview you should be having an explanation to each one of them. So, how this step helps is in the way you are creating an encyclopedia of questions asked in the interview and may have chance of repeating in your next lined up interview but now you would be prepared to answer them(Remember not leaving any stone unturned😉). I followed this strategy and had around 700 to 900+ questions at my disposal and trust me it helped me in leveling up my interview prep game. Every failed interview led to less mistakes in my future rounds of interview. Attaching a snip from my notes where I wrote every questions I got asked in the interview(Maybe I can share them in upcoming articles, SUBSCRIBE 👀).

Patience:

Well, you are not going to crack every interview you sit for and that doesn’t make you any less competent. It is a patience game where you need to believe in the process and keep following it with all your heart and soul(Only if your plan and process is in-line). Just to give you real taste how it is to be in between of facing rejections, I wasn’t even near to any offer letter until 70+ days of my notice period(My notice was 90 days) and in the process I realized how important is to be patient with your efforts and energies. We are only responsible for things which we have control on and the things of which we have control is our efforts towards the goal, result should be something we should be focusing the least.

Perseverance:

It is not going to be the journey filled with roses and not everything you plan will go your way. There can be interviews where you will be performing your best but would receive the rejection email and also rare instances where you feel like not performing up to the mark still getting shortlisted for the further rounds. Every individual would be having different set of experience but the only thing which should be the rule 0 is to never give up at any cost and stand again. Always remember you just have to win one match in the series of infinite matches you can participate into and not being affected by your inning in the last match especially when it was your worst performing one.

There would be multiple rejections before landing a role. Each "no" can feel discouraging, but perseverance helps you understand that rejection is part of the process-not a reflection of your worth or potential.Every application and interview is a learning opportunity. Perseverance encourages reflection and improvement- whether it’s refining your resume, enhancing your LinkedIn profile, practicing interview skills, reflecting on your last interviews, your preparation level, your strategies etc. Talking about myself, after every rejection it broke me in the beginning, but later I understood that this is just a part of the process and since then I started to note the key takeaways from the interview which eventually prepared me for the next interview.

Fearless:

I think that’s very obvious, an individual resigning without any offer in hand can be a prime example of being fearless 😂. “Fearlessness shows confidence” and instead of investing your energies being worried about what would be happening in future you can focus on improving your skillsets which can solidify the belief in your skills and would be very evident in the interviews you sit for. This attitude is very much needed and sets you apart not only during interview but also during negotiating offers. This attitude needs to be cultivated with time and when you’re not afraid of losing an opportunity, you negotiate from a position of strength and this can change the overall landscape of things you gonna achieve. I had this fear of underperforming in interviews after I messed up few of my interviews thought like “How-come I wasn’t able to answer this basic question, Why I wasn’t aware about this command, I knew this but why I wasn’t able to explain it in a better way, How can I be so dumb that I am not aware of this”. Initially it was quite tough and self doubt cribs in which can ruin all your preparation and can take anywhere between 10-30 days to recover from this. Luckily I had people in my life who boosted me enough which shortened the time for me and I was back again in the game within a week with new set of energies and a motto “You have to fail in order to reach the top, there’s no elevator to success also make sure every failure counts, fail better every time and write the learnings of the same such that you are prepared for the next”.

With this phase/step I want to emphasize the importance of “Reiterations” are in-order to achieve something substantial in life. We as human tend to give up easily or justify stagnation with excuses. However, the underlying principle remains timeless - just like Thomas Edison, who failed 10,000 times before lighting up the whole world. The goal should never be to avoid failure or fear of failure, but not to repeat the same mistakes. Reflect, learn, improve, and keep moving forward. Each interview is not just a chance to get job - some are reiterations towards a job you deserve.

Resilience:

We choose the difficult path not for the struggle, but for the growth - because we weren’t meant for mediocrity, we were meant to unleash our hidden caliber. The battle which I chose maybe in other’s eyes seemed to be a foolish decision especially during the current scenario of IT market but you just have to convince yourself and make yourself accountable for the path you chose and then only you will be able to achieve things which you were to achieve. It won’t be bed of roses and I understood this in my first two months of job hunt where I was failing miserably in every single interview I gave. Trust me it’s heartbreaking to see yourself defeated after every game and going to bed with that feeling, self doubt will kick in and I was no different. I started doubting on my skillsets and whether I deserve the position I apply but eventually I had no other option as I got 3 months and had to give my every drop of sweat and blood into this hunt. Things that kept me moving during this phase was my very close connections and their belief in me laid a great foundation in making myself stand back for the next wars (interviews) consistently. Later I figured out that you were “meant to play the game consistently without being affected by result as it’s just one game which needs to be won”.

Collecting yourself together after every defeat(I call it experience but world knows it by this name) and being ready for the next game will fetch you dream results as Universe tests you before showering any blessings on you be patient as told earlier. Head down, learn, reflect, repeat. Job switch can have different turns for different individuals and the process often involves uncertainty, rejection(very important), and unexpected delays. It’s easy to feel discouraged when opportunities don’t get materialized as quickly as you hoped, but staying persistent helps maintain focus and confidence. Resilience will allow you to learn from the setbacks, adapt your approach, and keep moving forward with clarity. In the long run, it’s often this steady determination-not just talent or luck - that leads to the right opportunity and a positive outcome.

Conclusion:

With this blog I tried to express my experience which I went through last 3 months but I also understand that it is practically impossible to inculcate all my learnings within a single blog. I gave efforts to the points where I feel the people would feel most stuck during the job search and if worked honestly on the points mentioned above the journey would definitely be rewarding at the end. For the first two months it was just me waking up working for company giving interview, failing them and sleeping with the hope that universe is watching me and by not “Believing in yourself you are disrespecting all the souls who have immense faith in you and your potential”. If you had the courage of choosing this route you are absolutely worth of the reward it holds but you have to be honest with yourself and then only you would be able to do justice to your existence. In last 15 days I received the first offer and since then the last part of the job search started which was “Negotiation” and we often mistake this word with only the compensation part but it involves so may other factors like work life, culture, team, product, tech stack (Can talk more on this in my next blogs)etc. TransUnion was my 4th offer and I had better offers in terms of pay and that too difference was around 60 percent still I chose the current company because I had weighed my decisions on the factors mentioned above. 4th may, 2025 was my last working day at Accenture and I submitted my laptop on 30th april,2025 and went for another memorable trip(Munnar it was 🤍) and during the journey I was politely declining the offers over mail, message and LinkedIn dms(Like who doesn’t love to be on the other side of table after tons of “Unfortunately” email 😉) attaching few screenshots if at all it helps you how to do smooth landings on other offers to keep the doors open for future(Key learning don’t ignore 👀)

There’s a-lot I can keep writing about, things like preparation strategy, technical questions, how to answer questions, what not to say in the interview, how to lead the interview etc but I feel this one has already crossed the word count but let me know in comments if you want detailed blogs on the same. I would be pleased to be writing the same for people. Growth Together 🤍.

It’s just you aren’t aware about your true potential don’t settle for less, go all in for that dream life you deserve 🧿✨