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The DevOps Career Handbook

By : John Knight, Nate Swenson
Book Image

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.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Section 1: A Career in DevOps
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Section 2: The Application Process
10
Section 3: Interview Process
13
Section 4: Tips, Tricks, and Interviews

Updating and or creating your personal web page

Your personal web page should be an extension of your resume and LinkedIn profile, a place where you can expand on topics you are passionate about and projects you are interested in. The web page should allow you to discuss and divulge your personal interests and hobbies to humanize yourself to potential employers. If you already have a personal web page, you can skip the next how-to section on creating one using GitLab Pages.

GitLab Pages tutorial

Creating a static web page has become a simple task that costs no money, and not a whole lot of time. Both GitHub and GitLab offer free static site hosting. In this section, we will go through how to create a site using GitLab Pages.

Prerequisites: You need to be registered with a free account on GitLab.

  1. The first thing we are going to do is install hexo, a node-based website framework:
    npm install -g hexo
  2. Next, log in to GitLab (https://gitlab.com/) and navigate to https...