People Hiring, Incubation, and Mobility

This chapter is dedicated to your most valuable asset in the DevOps 360° evolution: the people. The chapter will start by briefly outlining the value proposition of people in the DevOps 360° evolution. We will continue by highlighting the importance of creating Π-shaped DevOps professionals during the evolution, as well as the need to be forward-looking by ensuring that our DevOps-related professions will be fit for future purposes. Afterward, we will move into the domain of hiring for our DevOps 360° evolution and we will outline what we consider to be the most important elements of our hiring strategies. In that section, we will give complementary tips and recommendations regarding the value of 360° interviews and precautions on using external parties to scale. The second part of the chapter will be dedicated to the topic of people incubation. We will examine the importance of incubation for both leaders and people...