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The DevOps Career Handbook

You're reading from The DevOps Career Handbook The ultimate guide to pursuing a successful career in DevOps

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803230948

Length 234 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

DevOps

Authors (2):

Nate Swenson

John Knight

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: A Career in DevOps

2. Chapter 1: Career Paths FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Essential Skills for a DevOps Practitioner

4. Chapter 3: Specialized Skills for Advanced DevOps Practitioners

5. Section 2: The Application Process

6. Chapter 4: Rebranding Yourself

7. Chapter 5: Building Your Network

8. Chapter 6: Mentorship

9. Chapter 7: Working with Recruiters

10. Section 3: Interview Process

11. Chapter 8: Preparing for Your Interview

12. Chapter 9: Interviews Step by Step

13. Section 4: Tips, Tricks, and Interviews

14. Chapter 10: DevOps Career: Tips and Tricks

15. Chapter 11: Interviews with DevOps Practitioners

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 1: Career Paths

A DevOps career path is never linear, does not have a single point of entry, and can diverge at any moment. DevOps careers are rooted in Lean, Agile, and Extreme Programming (XP), making it as much a culture fit between a candidate and employer as a technical fit. In this chapter, you will get a history lesson on DevOps that will aid in discussions with recruiters and hiring teams in the future. You will also be introduced to different skill profiles, which will help in determining the direction you take your career.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

Why you should pursue a career in DevOps
Overview of DevOps history
DevOps culture
DevOps career paths

Reading 200+ pages on a career you are not sure you want to pursue seems silly; time is a resource that is in short supply. In this section, we will cover why you should pursue a career in DevOps; specifically, why you should choose DevOps over other IT-related careers.

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Authors (4)

Knight

Knight

Brian Knight is the owner and founder of Pragmatic Works, and is a serial entrepreneur, starting up other companies. Brian is a contributing columnist at several technical magazines. He is the author of 16 technical books. Brian has spoken at conferences like PASS Summit, SQL Connections, TechEd, SQLSaturdays, and Code Camps. He has received a number of awards from the State of Florida, governor, and press, including the Business Ambassador Award (Governor) and Top CEO (Jacksonville Magazine). His blog can be found at Pragmatic Works website.

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John Knight

John Knight

John Knight is an engineering manager and former director with 17 years of DevOps experience, encompassing 8 different Fortune 500 companies. Lately he focuses on digital transformations and enterprise migrations and wants to redefine what DevOps means for the next 10 years. John is a lifelong learner, holding 8 major Cloud and DevOps certifications, 2 master’s degrees and currently working on a third, Computer Science at Georgia Tech, where he hopes to focus on AI and ML and apply the intersection to the next generation of AI/MLOps. Outside of work John spends time with his wife and 4 kids, enjoys streaming his favorite series, playing video games and doing fun projects, like Legos, Robots and Raspberry Pis

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Swenson

Swenson

Nate Swenson is a hands-on DevOps engineer with 12 years of experience within Fortune 100 companies in the Insurance and Finance sectors who considers himself a DevOps generalist, although the majority of his work revolves around cloud infrastructure and CI/CD(continuous integration and continuous delivery). Nate is the lead DevOps engineer for a team responsible for a self hosted GitLab platform responsible for the source code management and CI/CD for several hundred products. Outside of work Nate can be found hanging with his wife and two daughters, exploring the outdoors, or tinkering with his custom home automation setup.

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Nate Swenson

Nate Swenson

Nate Swenson is a hands-on DevOps engineer with 12 years of experience within Fortune 100 companies in the Insurance and Finance sectors who considers himself a DevOps generalist, although the majority of his work revolves around cloud infrastructure and CI/CD(continuous integration and continuous delivery). Nate is the lead DevOps engineer for a team responsible for a self hosted GitLab platform responsible for the source code management and CI/CD for several hundred products. Outside of work Nate can be found hanging with his wife and two daughters, exploring the outdoors, or tinkering with his custom home automation setup.

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