My career path started in Ops, which evolved into SRE. I never did any formal training of any kind really. I'm entirely self taught. I feel confident in my skillset for the most part but I wonder if taking a backend/api development job might help me understand the world that I happen to find myself in a little more deeply. I've never had a dedicated development job so I don't think I really even understand what I'm missing by not doing it.<p>Has anyone else done this?<p>Also, it seems like developer jobs in general don't pay as well as SRE. Anyone have any thoughts on how can I weigh the value of the experience vs the lost wages?