Career Advice —37 min listen
Adventures In DevOps 091: How to Get Started with DevOps

Will and Jonathan discuss how to get started with a career in DevOps and how companies can get things started at your company with DevOps.

Career Advice —2 min read
Reader question: What kind of role should I look for when starting a career in DevOps?

“Is it a good idea to look for specifically DevOps roles, or other positions like sys admin, engineer, etc?”

Career Advice —1 min read
DevOps Careers Q&A Replay

“How do we cope with the expectation that we need to be learning new DevOps technologies all the time?” and other Q&A

Continuous Improvement —2 min read
Knowledge options

Normally when we think of up-skilling, we think of taking a class. But what if you never use that knowledge? A knowledge option is a tool to reduce this risk.

Career Advice —7 min read
How to learn DevOps

In this article, my goal is to clear up some confusion about “DevOps”, and provide some pointers for those who want to learn more.

Career Advice —2 min read
The craziest interview ever

"What is the RGB color code for yellow?" and other actual questions I actually got during the worst SRE interview of my life.

Career Advice —2 min read
Are you above average?

If you have less than 5 years experience, you're in good company. If you have more than 5 years experience, with great power comes great responsibility.

Career Advice —2 min read
How long should your résumé be?

What I think is more important than a résumé's length is that the first half of the first page tells me: What role are you looking for, and what level of experience do you have?

Career Advice —30 min episode
Tiny DevOps episode #10 Erik Dietrich — Avoiding the Trap of Expert Beginnerism

Erik Dietrich is the author of "The Expert Beginner", which expands on the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition with the addition of the "Expert Beginner", one who stops learning, incorrectly believing they have achieved expert level.

Teams & Culture —1 min read
Don't be a rock star

The existence of a "rock star" engineer is a strong indicator of organizational dysfunction.

Career Advice —3 min read
From the message queue: What is the best company to work for as a beginner?

What job should you choose out of school? Choose a one based on which will help you achieve your personal career goals.