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The DevOps Career Handbook

By : John Knight, Nate Swenson
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The DevOps Career Handbook

By: John Knight, 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.

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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Section 1: A Career in DevOps
Section 1: A Career in DevOps
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Chapter 1: Career Paths
Chapter 1: Career Paths
Earning potential
Overview of DevOps history
DevOps culture
DevOps career paths
Summary
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Chapter 2: Essential Skills for a DevOps Practitioner
Chapter 2: Essential Skills for a DevOps Practitioner
Scripting, coding, and programming
Source code management
Infrastructure management
CI/CD concepts
Cloud-native frameworks
Beginner DevOps certifications
Summary
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Chapter 3: Specialized Skills for Advanced DevOps Practitioners
Chapter 3: Specialized Skills for Advanced DevOps Practitioners
CI/CD pipeline DevOps engineer
Infrastructure as code
Cloud and application modernization
Containers and container management
Security
Environment and data security
Advanced DevOps certifications
Competency matrix
Summary
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Section 2: The Application Process
Section 2: The Application Process
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Chapter 4: Rebranding Yourself
Chapter 4: Rebranding Yourself
Ways of improving your LinkedIn profile
Updating your resume to match the career you are after
Updating and or creating your personal web page
Leveraging Twitter and other social profiles
Summary
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Chapter 5: Building Your Network
Chapter 5: Building Your Network
LinkedIn the right way
Building lasting connections, online and offline
Quality over quantity
Networking and conversation starters
Summary
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Chapter 6: Mentorship
Chapter 6: Mentorship
The importance of mentorship
The mentor-mentee relationship dynamics
Choosing the correct mentor
Mentors as a reference
Summary
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Chapter 7: Working with Recruiters
Chapter 7: Working with Recruiters
Different types of recruiters
Where to find them and how they can find you
How to present yourself
How to negotiate
Following up, but when?
Summary
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Section 3: Interview Process
Section 3: Interview Process
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Chapter 8: Preparing for Your Interview
Chapter 8: Preparing for Your Interview
Phases of the interview process
Best ways to prepare
What to expect
Tricks of the trade
Summary
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Chapter 9: Interviews Step by Step
Chapter 9: Interviews Step by Step
Typical interview walk-through
Non-typical interview walk-through
Summary
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Section 4: Tips, Tricks, and Interviews
Section 4: Tips, Tricks, and Interviews
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Chapter 10: DevOps Career: Tips and Tricks
Chapter 10: DevOps Career: Tips and Tricks
Tips for transitioning to a career in DevOps
Things to avoid during the interview process
Things to do during the interview process
Summary
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Chapter 11: Interviews with DevOps Practitioners
Chapter 11: Interviews with DevOps Practitioners
Interview with a senior DevOps manager
Interview with a senior DevOps engineer
Interview with a DevOps architect consultant
Interview with a tech executive passionate about neurodiversity and inclusion
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Tips for transitioning to a career in DevOps

This section revolves around my DevOps journey. I will start laying the groundwork by telling the story, followed by tips that can be extracted from it.

Personal DevOps journey

In 2005, the decision to attend college for mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota was made. In college, I needed to take a C++ computer science class. This class was the extent of a software-related course that could be taken in college; however, the course got me inspired to continue exploring programming and what could be done with it. This fascination led to me purchasing a microcontroller board, similar to what is known as an Arduino. I ended up creating a hosted web page on a web server, which lead to a dorm room that could be monitored from a computer.

I took a lab that focused on automation and robotics in my senior year in college, which inspired my interest in automation. The professor for my course also spurred my interest in automation...

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