I was talking to some friends about hiring the other day, and a common thread seems to run through all of their hiring activities: It is hard to find “good” DevOps people. This thought got me thinking that we assume a lot in DevOps, and that we should stop assuming and openly discuss those things. […]
A Taxonomy of Consequences
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DevOps Hiring: What Do You Need?
IT has long had a problem with hiring. I’m not certain where it started; most of us blame HR, and that’s probably incorrect, but gives us someone to blame. It’s that we post jobs with insane requirements. Sometimes this is done to keep the applicant pool down, but most of the time it is a […]
Why PR, Legal and HR Matter for Continuous Delivery
By most definitions, DevOps involves making developers and IT Ops teams work better together. But integrating other parts of an organization, such as legal and public relations, into DevOps is also important. Here’s why. DevOps has become popular because it helps to speed the delivery of software. The goal is to reach continuous delivery, which […]