Does anyone else here participate in the selfhosting hobby without a formal IT related education or a career in a similar field? I’ve only had one or two programming courses as part of my university education, but it was only very basic Python and C. I’ve never formally learned how to use containers, version control or anything else. Sometimes I regret not pursuing an education in IT/programming because there are so many things I’d like to accomplish but can’t (for example if there’s a feature missing in some project, or to feel safe in my abilities to harden my servers and my network in order to expose services to the open internet).
This is how the world works now, everything you learn about this topic brings you closer to having an alternative carreer, a plan B.
Or if you like it enough a plan A, like myself, I also beat myself up about having a formal SW higher education but honestly once in the industry it’s about showing confidence and preparation. I call it the Batman approach. With enough confidence and preparation you can take on basically any project.