From Factory Floors to Cloud Security: A Mechanical Engineer's DevSecOps Journey

This journal entry documents a career pivot from mechanical engineering to DevSecOps, illustrating how systematic thinking about physical controls translates directly to digital security. The author's breakthrough connecting Linux permissions to factory safety protocols reveals a powerful learning technique: mapping unfamiliar concepts to established mental models. For professionals transitioning into cloud security or system administration, this approach demonstrates how domain expertise can become a bridge to mastering new technical domains.