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The DevOps Career Handbook

The DevOps Career Handbook

By : John Knight, Knight, Swenson, Nate Swenson
4.8 (13)
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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
13
Section 4: Tips, Tricks, and Interviews

Networking and conversation starters

There will be a few reading this book who, like me, really got the short straw when it came to being good at small talk. There will also be those who would prefer to skip the small talk altogether and get to some deeper, more relevant discussions. In this section, you will learn a few useful techniques for facilitating a networking event, as well as conversation starters and redirects that can be used when you find yourself at a loss for words or feel it is time for another topic. Let's start with one that can be used to facilitate agenda-less meetings, Lean Coffee.

Lean Coffee

Lean Coffee is a way to structure a meeting/event in a way that allows participants to vote on topics they would like to discuss. I have used this in book club discussions I have hosted as well to make a meeting with an over-stacked agenda much more productive.

The following figure is a visual depiction of the essential items needed to facilitate a Lean Coffee...

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