Learning is an integral part of the DevOps process. Dojos can be critical in transforming the process. With so many new and evolving technologies, practices and approaches to product delivery, how can organizations possibly keep up? From infrastructure as code to cloud-native and microservices through product thinking (and don’t forget testing!) as well as chaos […]
DevOps Institute Brandjacking: When Imitation is Not the Sincerest Form of Flattery
“There can be only one” ~ Duncan McCloud, Highlander They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Often it is absolutely true. But stealing, ripping off and/or trying to trade on the name of others crosses the line between right and wrong, legal and illegal. As a co-founder of the true, one and […]
New to DevOps? Resources to Help You ‘Get With the Program’
Resources to help put you on the right DevOps career path The demand for DevOps solutions is set to achieve an annual compound growth rate of 16.5 percent in North America for the 2017-2023 period, according to KBV Research. Globally, the DevOps market size is expected to reach nearly $9 billion in five years. That […]
Fast Pass: Your Ultimate Guide to the Best of Jenkins World
At the end of the month, Jenkins users and DevOps professionals from around the world will head to San Francisco for the annual Jenkins World conference, taking place Aug. 28-31. The conference lasts four days, but time flies when you’re attending trainings, keynotes, sessions and networking events. To make sure you get the best of […]
Finding, and Landing, the Right Job for You
Following my article discussing the “7 Steps to DevOps Hiring Success,” it seemed fitting that I continue and discuss the seven steps to DevOps job-search success, with the focus on candidates rather than hiring managers. Whether you’re a hands-on DevOps practitioner or a lead, VP, director or any other title, in this space you’re in […]
SauceCon Speaker Profile: Jeremy Stone, Code.org
“Moving Fast and Changing the World”— Jeremy Stone and Code.org’s mission to transform CS education and America’s STEM workforce As quickly as the world is changing, how can we use this momentum and proactively contribute to this change? We need to start with the basics and focus on education. Jeremy Stone, CTO of Code.org, is […]
Training & Certification Implications
Changing culture does not happen by osmosis, it happens through incessant education. The DevOps continuum of services your organization originally intends to create and implement is a journey more than a concrete destination. It will evolve over time no matter what your original plans were, no matter what your vendor of choice tells you, and […]
Building DevOps Careers: One Man’s Journey, Part 2
In Part One of this two-part series, we introduced former SlideShare and LinkedIn software engineer Sylvain Kalache, who shared his career growth within the two companies. In this second part, we’ll look at San Francisco-based The Holberton School of Software Engineering, which Kalache co-founded to better prepare students to work in a DevOps world. School […]
Building DevOps Careers: One Man’s Journey, Part 1
In 2011, Sylvain Kalache was a software engineer at SlideShare, which LinkedIn acquired in 2012. Kalache was a senior systems reliability engineer (SRE) at LinkedIn, doing project management and planning, documenting and sharing knowledge tools, and adapting himself and his work to the LinkedIn organization and its technology. Today, Kalache is helping build DevOps careers […]
COBOL: Completely Obsolete But Omnipresent Language
The programming language COBOL is a nuisance, something everyone wants to get rid of; however, I’m about to advise you to learn it. It might be a gold mine. The IT world is a fast paced one where obsolescence is the rule and where things evolve so fast that any person who wants to understand […]