Maintenance doesn't sound sexy
'Maintained CI/CD pipelines' doesn't convey that you enabled 10x faster deployments.
For DevOps & SRE engineers who want recognition for what they actually do
Stop being invisible. Start being valued.
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The problem
Nobody thanks you when nothing goes wrong.
'Maintained CI/CD pipelines' doesn't convey that you enabled 10x faster deployments.
You handled a crisis, but explaining it without sounding like you caused it is an art.
You wonder if platform work 'counts' as much as product engineering. (It does. We'll help you prove it.)
Sound familiar?
These are the conversations we have every day with platform engineers just like you.
99.99% uptime? 'That's expected.' One outage? 'What happened?!' The best infrastructure work is invisible — which means you get blamed for failures but not credited for success.
Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Datadog, Prometheus... You've listed every tool in your stack. But so has everyone else. Nothing shows the impact of your work.
You optimized cloud spend by 40%. You reduced infrastructure costs by $500K. But it feels like bragging, and you're not sure how to frame it without the exact numbers.
Your best stories involve incidents. But you worry talking about them will make you look bad. How do you show crisis leadership without implying you caused problems?
Job titles are all over the place. You're not sure whether to position yourself as DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineer, or Cloud Engineer. Different companies mean different things.
You've mentored junior engineers. You've led initiatives. But transitioning to EM or Platform Lead feels like a different career path that nobody explains.
If any of this sounds like you — you're not alone. This is exactly what we help DevOps and platform engineers fix, every single day.
Success Stories
"I'd been stuck at L5 for three years. After six weeks with Askia, I had three onsites and closed at L6 with a $350K package. The system design prep alone was worth it—I walked in..."
"Before Askia, I was getting ghosted after every phone screen. We rewrote my resume to lead with impact, and within two weeks I had five recruiter calls scheduled. The difference..."
"I was ready to accept their first offer—I had no idea how to negotiate without seeming greedy. We mapped out my leverage, practiced the exact script, and I ended up $45K higher..."
"My background was all over the place—B2B, B2C, different industries. Askia helped me find the throughline that made it all make sense. Three interviewers said I was the most..."
"I had five years of scattered projects and no clear story. After one session, we turned it into a narrative about driving decisions with data. The feedback in interviews went from..."
"The portfolio review was honest—almost too honest. But we cut three projects and rebuilt my walkthrough from scratch. When I presented it, the hiring manager said it was the..."
"I was applying to 40+ jobs a week with maybe one callback. We stopped the spray-and-pray approach, built an outreach system, and within a month I had warm intros to three of my..."
"My response rate went from 8% to 22% after repositioning my LinkedIn headline and summary. Same experience, totally different framing. Recruiters started reaching out for roles I..."
"Four months of silence on LinkedIn. Then we overhauled my profile and resume together—within a week I had my first inbound message from a recruiter at a company I'd been eyeing...."
"I kept getting rejected for leadership roles because I sounded too technical. Askia helped me reframe everything around strategic impact. The hiring manager later told me my..."
"I'd ramble for five minutes on every behavioral question. After three mock sessions, I had tight two-minute stories with clear structure. The interviewers started nodding along..."
"I was offered a lateral move initially. After we built my case for promotion—concrete metrics, leadership examples, market data—I countered and got the senior title with a $38K..."
"Cold outreach was getting me nowhere—maybe one reply for every 50 messages. Askia gave me a template that actually worked. Three weeks later, I had coffee chats with engineers at..."
"I'd failed three final rounds in a row and was starting to think something was fundamentally wrong with me. After six mock interviews with Askia, I understood exactly where I was..."
"I was burning out applying to everything. Askia helped me build a system—targeted companies, warm outreach, weekly check-ins. It felt sustainable for the first time. Landed an..."
"Transitioning from IC to manager felt impossible—I kept getting passed over. Askia helped me articulate my leadership impact in a way that made sense to hiring committees. Within..."
"My answers were all over the place—five minutes on something that needed thirty seconds. Askia gave me a framework: setup, action, result, reflection. Now every story has punch...."
"I was interviewing at six companies simultaneously and losing track of everything. Askia helped me prioritize, prep smarter, and close the one I actually wanted. Turned three..."
"I'd never negotiated before and was terrified of losing the offer. We role-played the conversation three times until I felt bulletproof. Asked for $35K more than they offered. They..."
"The resume rewrite made me realize I'd been underselling myself for years. We quantified everything—scope, team size, business impact. Recruiters started reaching out for roles I'd..."
"I kept getting stuck explaining technical details instead of business outcomes. Askia taught me to lead with the 'so what'—revenue impact, time saved, decisions enabled. The shift..."
"I was getting callbacks but bombing final rounds. Turns out I was answering questions like an IC, not a PM. After three sessions focused on strategic framing, I went 3-for-3 on..."
"System design interviews terrified me. Askia broke it down into a repeatable framework—requirements, estimation, architecture, trade-offs. Practiced it until it felt natural...."
"Everyone kept telling me I needed more experience to break into tech. Askia showed me how to position my non-tech background as an asset—different perspectives, fresh thinking. Got..."
"My resume was a wall of tools and technologies. Askia helped me rewrite it around reliability outcomes—uptime improved, incidents reduced, deployments accelerated. Started getting..."
"I'd wing it in behavioral interviews and hope for the best. Askia made me build a story bank—eight polished examples I could adapt to any question. Now I walk in knowing exactly..."
"My portfolio was a random collection of projects. Askia helped me curate it around a clear theme—systems thinking and user advocacy. The hiring manager said it was the most..."
"I was great at SQL but terrible at explaining why my analysis mattered. Askia taught me to frame everything as business decisions enabled. Now I lead with impact, and executives..."
"I had no idea what I was worth. Askia pulled comp data, helped me set a target, and coached me through the conversation. Ended up $40K above my initial expectation with better..."
"I was applying everywhere and getting nowhere. Askia made me pick 15 target companies, research them properly, and tailor my approach. Closed two offers from that list within six..."
"I'd been stuck at L5 for three years. After six weeks with Askia, I had three onsites and closed at L6 with a $350K package. The system design prep alone was worth it—I walked in..."
"Before Askia, I was getting ghosted after every phone screen. We rewrote my resume to lead with impact, and within two weeks I had five recruiter calls scheduled. The difference..."
"I was ready to accept their first offer—I had no idea how to negotiate without seeming greedy. We mapped out my leverage, practiced the exact script, and I ended up $45K higher..."
"My background was all over the place—B2B, B2C, different industries. Askia helped me find the throughline that made it all make sense. Three interviewers said I was the most..."
"I had five years of scattered projects and no clear story. After one session, we turned it into a narrative about driving decisions with data. The feedback in interviews went from..."
"The portfolio review was honest—almost too honest. But we cut three projects and rebuilt my walkthrough from scratch. When I presented it, the hiring manager said it was the..."
"I was applying to 40+ jobs a week with maybe one callback. We stopped the spray-and-pray approach, built an outreach system, and within a month I had warm intros to three of my..."
"My response rate went from 8% to 22% after repositioning my LinkedIn headline and summary. Same experience, totally different framing. Recruiters started reaching out for roles I..."
"Four months of silence on LinkedIn. Then we overhauled my profile and resume together—within a week I had my first inbound message from a recruiter at a company I'd been eyeing...."
"I kept getting rejected for leadership roles because I sounded too technical. Askia helped me reframe everything around strategic impact. The hiring manager later told me my..."
"I'd ramble for five minutes on every behavioral question. After three mock sessions, I had tight two-minute stories with clear structure. The interviewers started nodding along..."
"I was offered a lateral move initially. After we built my case for promotion—concrete metrics, leadership examples, market data—I countered and got the senior title with a $38K..."
"Cold outreach was getting me nowhere—maybe one reply for every 50 messages. Askia gave me a template that actually worked. Three weeks later, I had coffee chats with engineers at..."
"I'd failed three final rounds in a row and was starting to think something was fundamentally wrong with me. After six mock interviews with Askia, I understood exactly where I was..."
"I was burning out applying to everything. Askia helped me build a system—targeted companies, warm outreach, weekly check-ins. It felt sustainable for the first time. Landed an..."
"Transitioning from IC to manager felt impossible—I kept getting passed over. Askia helped me articulate my leadership impact in a way that made sense to hiring committees. Within..."
"My answers were all over the place—five minutes on something that needed thirty seconds. Askia gave me a framework: setup, action, result, reflection. Now every story has punch...."
"I was interviewing at six companies simultaneously and losing track of everything. Askia helped me prioritize, prep smarter, and close the one I actually wanted. Turned three..."
"I'd never negotiated before and was terrified of losing the offer. We role-played the conversation three times until I felt bulletproof. Asked for $35K more than they offered. They..."
"The resume rewrite made me realize I'd been underselling myself for years. We quantified everything—scope, team size, business impact. Recruiters started reaching out for roles I'd..."
"I kept getting stuck explaining technical details instead of business outcomes. Askia taught me to lead with the 'so what'—revenue impact, time saved, decisions enabled. The shift..."
"I was getting callbacks but bombing final rounds. Turns out I was answering questions like an IC, not a PM. After three sessions focused on strategic framing, I went 3-for-3 on..."
"System design interviews terrified me. Askia broke it down into a repeatable framework—requirements, estimation, architecture, trade-offs. Practiced it until it felt natural...."
"Everyone kept telling me I needed more experience to break into tech. Askia showed me how to position my non-tech background as an asset—different perspectives, fresh thinking. Got..."
"My resume was a wall of tools and technologies. Askia helped me rewrite it around reliability outcomes—uptime improved, incidents reduced, deployments accelerated. Started getting..."
"I'd wing it in behavioral interviews and hope for the best. Askia made me build a story bank—eight polished examples I could adapt to any question. Now I walk in knowing exactly..."
"My portfolio was a random collection of projects. Askia helped me curate it around a clear theme—systems thinking and user advocacy. The hiring manager said it was the most..."
"I was great at SQL but terrible at explaining why my analysis mattered. Askia taught me to frame everything as business decisions enabled. Now I lead with impact, and executives..."
"I had no idea what I was worth. Askia pulled comp data, helped me set a target, and coached me through the conversation. Ended up $40K above my initial expectation with better..."
"I was applying everywhere and getting nowhere. Askia made me pick 15 target companies, research them properly, and tailor my approach. Closed two offers from that list within six..."
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How It Works
We dig through your work and find the numbers that matter — uptime, cost savings, velocity improvements.
Your resume and LinkedIn get rebuilt to show platform ownership and business impact.
Incident response stories, system design trade-offs, and the 'tell me about yourself' that actually works.
Deliverables
Concrete outcomes, not vague advice.
Find and articulate the business value of your infrastructure work.
Resume and LinkedIn that show platform leadership.
Incident stories and system design prep that work.
Your Coach
I've led platform teams and seen firsthand how DevOps and SRE work gets overlooked. Uptime, deployment velocity, incident reduction — I know how to translate that into business impact that hiring managers can see. Let's make your infrastructure story land.
You've built serious infrastructure and want serious recognition.
We focus on experienced professionals.
Real answers.
We look for uptime improvements, incident frequency reduction, MTTR, deployment velocity, cost savings. The numbers are there — we help you find them and frame them as business impact, not just technical metrics.
Yes. Platform, SRE, and DevOps all have nuances. We tailor positioning to your target — internal developer platform, external reliability, cloud infrastructure, whatever matches your experience and goals.
Certifications can help, but they're not what gets you hired. Impact gets you hired. We focus on demonstrating real results. If you have certs, great. If you don't, it rarely matters for experienced engineers.
Incident stories are your best leadership stories. We help you frame them to show crisis response, decision-making under pressure, and post-incident improvement. Interviewers want to know how you handle chaos, not that you've never seen any.
It depends on what you actually want to do. SRE emphasizes reliability and operational excellence. Platform engineering focuses on internal developer experience. DevOps is broader. We help you figure out what fits your experience and goals.
Scale isn't just about traffic. It's about complexity, reliability requirements, and business impact. We help you articulate the real challenges you've solved, regardless of company size.
Yes, if your experience matches. We help you identify the gaps and frame your experience in SRE terms. The core skills often translate — it's the framing and interview prep that matter.
Yes. We work with platform engineers moving into EM or Platform Lead roles. The transition requires reframing your experience around team leadership and organizational impact, not just technical work.
I've led platform teams and hired extensively in the space. I understand the challenge of making invisible work visible and can help you translate operational excellence into career advancement.
Infrastructure system design is different from app system design. We practice reliability-focused architecture, trade-off discussions, and capacity planning scenarios that show your operational thinking.
"Within 3 weeks I had 4 interviews lined up. Steve completely changed how I talk about my work."
★★★★★ — Marcus T., Senior Engineer → Staff at FAANGYou've kept the lights on for everyone else. Let's make sure you get recognized for it.
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