Ask HN: From liberal arts to DevOps?

I have a liberal arts but I'm in a position where my job allows me quite a time to explore and code (I consider myself very fortunate/lucky to have this, and I don't want to squander this oppurtunity)

I've taken an introductory CS course taught with Python, and have read through and completed 'Learn Python The Hard Way'.

But not having a CS degree leaves me a bit unsure where to head from here...I don't think I have the talent to be write production code for a living, but a DevOps role (I have a friend who is a DevOp @ Zynga) seems suitable for me.

For the DevOps out there - books/material do I need to expand my skills? Doing a bit of searching through HN, I see that experimenting and contributing to open source projects is a great place to start. That's a bit above my skill level at the moment though, I'm looking for the bridge between where I'm at now and that though.

Obviously there isn't a checklist that one can go through to become a DevOp, but any advice would be appreciated.