Calling Yourself an "AIOps Engineer" Because You Wrapped an API is Like Claiming Michelin Status for Microwaving a Hot Pocket. Recently, I decided to dedicate some serious time to learning the current state of AI. As a DevOps engineer, my daily life is governed by strict logic, deep system automation, and knowing exactly how the plumbing works. But diving into the modern AI hype cycle? It feels less like acquiring a new technical skill and more like staring into a bottomless pit of buzzwords. If you spend five minutes on tech social media right now, you will inevitably encounter an army of people proudly wearing titles like "AI Automation Engineer" or "AIOps Specialist." Here is the punchline: actual AIOps—a term coined by Gartner back in 2016—is a rigorous, deeply mathematical discipline. It relies on big data and machine learning to automate complex IT processes like predictive scaling, anomaly detection, and root cause analysis to keep enterprise servers from catching fire.…