Arrested DevOps

Links to Resources Mentioned 10+ Deploys Per Day: Dev and Ops Cooperation at Flickr *The DevOps Handbook The System Initiative Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard DevOps World is back for 2023, and you won’t want to miss out on this one-of-a-kind event! This year’s program is packed with exclusive insights, immersive workshops, and unparalleled networking opportunities taking place across multiple cities in the US, UK, and Asia. Elevate your DevOps game and register using the following links: NYC area, Chicago, Silicon Valley, Singapore, and London.

The Importance of Your Personal Brand Whether you’re working for a startup or a corporate giant like Visa, Target, or JP Morgan Chase, your personal brand helps to define your professional identity. This brand is not just about showcasing your GitHub contributions, but about telling your unique story. It’s about how you solved a particular problem or contributed to a project, not just about the technologies you used. Building Your Brand Story Building your personal brand starts with self-reflection. Here are three questions to ask yourself: Who are you professionally? Identify your top three technical specialties, professional specialties, and team contributions. Who are you personally? Identify three interests and hobbies, your most important beliefs and values, and aspects of your social, family, or community life that you want to connect with people over. How do you connect with people? Identify shared interests, the advice or information you’re seeking, and what you want to know about other people. Answering these questions gives you a wealth of material to draw from when telling your story and helps you identify your strengths and areas of expertise. Show, Don’t Tell When you’re creating your brand content, remember the old adage: show, don’t tell. Instead of proclaiming yourself a “thought leader,” demonstrate your expertise through your work. Share your accomplishments in a way that highlights how your work benefited others, not just yourself. This approach makes your story more engaging and relatable. Embrace Vulnerability Being open about what you don’t know can be a powerful part of your personal brand. It shows that you’re a lifelong learner, open to new ideas and willing to grow. Plus, asking for help or resources can lead to valuable connections and insights. Pay It Forward Sharing your knowledge and helping others is a powerful way to build your personal brand in tech. It demonstrates your expertise and your willingness to support your peers. This approach is not about trading favors but about creating a positive ripple effect in your community. In conclusion, building a personal brand in tech is about more than just showcasing your skills. It’s about telling your story, connecting with others, and contributing to your community. By being authentic, open, and generous, you can create a personal brand that truly stands out. Links to Resources Mentioned Keep a Brag Book KubeCampus: Free Kubernetes Training Purposeful Personal Branding - Nov 2018 Slides 13-15 have the 3 questions DevOps World is back for 2023, and you won’t want to miss out on this one-of-a-kind event! This year’s program is packed with exclusive insights, immersive workshops, and unparalleled networking opportunities taking place across multiple cities in the US, UK, and Asia. Elevate your DevOps game and register using the following links: NYC area, Chicago, Silicon Valley, Singapore, and London.

“Everything is a Product” - Matty’s talk “More Buzzwords Won’t Help” - Andrew Clay Shafer Telemetry Hub channel on YouTube DevOps World is back for 2023, and you won’t want to miss out on this one-of-a-kind event! This year’s program is packed with exclusive insights, immersive workshops, and unparalleled networking opportunities taking place across multiple cities in the US, UK, and Asia. Elevate your DevOps game and register using the following links: NYC area, Chicago, Silicon Valley, Singapore, and London.

Sysdig 2023 Cloud-Native Security and Usage Report Pushing Left With Tanya Janca (ADO epsiode) Shifting Left Securely (Matt’s talk) DevOps World is back for 2023, and you won’t want to miss out on this one-of-a-kind event! This year’s program is packed with exclusive insights, immersive workshops, and unparalleled networking opportunities taking place across multiple cities in the US, UK, and Asia. Elevate your DevOps game and register using the following links: NYC area, Chicago, Silicon Valley, Singapore, and London.

Pete’s Video Project Pete’s TikTok Want to join a future version of Pete’s videos? Platform Engineering With Daniel Bryant (ADO Episode)

Sonia Gupta and Corey Quinn - Embarrassingly Large Numbers: Salary Negotiation for Human Talking pay in the public square

Kafka Connect tool Metadata parser Francesco’s SOFT blog post

ADO Episode - Platforms with Kelsey Hightower and Andrew Clay Shafer Daniel’s Kubecon talk Daniel’s blog/tweet thread the kicked off his interest in Platform Eng Spotify golden paths Crossing the Chasm - Technology Adoption Lifecycle Backstage project Backstage as a service

VOID The Verica Open Incident Database (VOID) makes public software-related incident reports available to everyone, increasing understanding of software-based failures in order to make the internet a more resilient and safe place. After scrutinizing nearly 10,000 incidents, one thing is crystal clear: Resilience saves time. Taking the time to understand how to better respond when something green turns red—learning from the people, the processes, and the systems—will make your next incident smoother. 2022 VOID Report “Taylorism is a corporate disease that we haven’t developed a vaccine for yet” - Courtney

Jess and Roni talk about what continous feedback: where it came from, what it looks like in the context of a dev proces, and the benefits it can bring to engineers and developers. They also discuss Roni’s observability project, Digma.ai… and his other passion, complicated board games.