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).

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[–] 4 points 1 month ago

Yes, I'm not an IT professional and don't have education in anything related to computers. Has always been a hobby for me. I don't want to do my hobbies for work because I fear it would take the fun out.

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