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The DevOps Career Handbook

The DevOps Career Handbook

By : John Knight, Knight, Swenson, Nate Swenson
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The DevOps Career Handbook

The DevOps Career Handbook

4.8 (13)
By: John Knight, Knight, Swenson, Nate Swenson

Overview of this book

DevOps is a set of practices that make up a culture, and practicing DevOps methods can make developers more productive and easier to work with. The DevOps Career Handbook is filled with hundreds of tips and tricks from experts regarding every step of the interview process, helping you save time and money by steering clear of avoidable mistakes. You’ll learn about the various career paths available in the field of DevOps, before acquiring the essential skills needed to begin working as a DevOps professional. If you are already a DevOps engineer, this book will help you to gain advanced skills to become a DevOps specialist. After getting to grips with the basics, you'll discover tips and tricks for preparing your resume and online profiles and find out how to build long-lasting relationships with the recruiters. Finally, you'll read through interviews which will give you an insight into a career in DevOps from the viewpoint of individuals at different career levels. By the end of this DevOps book, you’ll gain a solid understanding of what DevOps is, the various DevOps career paths, and how to prepare for your interview.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Section 1: A Career in DevOps
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Section 2: The Application Process
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Section 3: Interview Process
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Section 4: Tips, Tricks, and Interviews

Interview with a DevOps architect consultant

Some people have an impact on you. Chris Timberlake is one of those people for me. From the first time I attended a meeting with him, I could tell he was going to be someone that I was going to be able to soak knowledge from. This proved true during the time our paths crossed while we worked on an implementation for GitLab together:

Figure 11.3 – Chris Timberlake's bio

Reporter: Thanks, Chris, for agreeing to discuss your DevOps journey with me. Before we get started, can you introduce yourself and the experiences that have led you to where you are now?

Chris Timberlake: Thanks for having me, Nate! I started working with computers at a young age – before I was 10 years old. I started out working on GeoCities websites and booting tools for Yahoo Messenger, and then moved into programming video games based on the Half-Life Source Engine. These events were my introduction to programming. I have...

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