Key DevOps Skills for Improving Your Expertise
Download MP3Bret is joined by Brian Christner, a Docker Captain and Chief Online Gaming executive for Grand Casino Baden (jackpots.ch), who returns to the show to discuss his top recommended skills for improving your DevOps expertise.
-------------------------------------
★ Enroll now for my next Live course, GitHub Actions + Argo CD, scheduled for July 10-21. Go to bret.courses/autodeploy to sign up. ★
------------------------------------
★ Enroll now for my next Live course, GitHub Actions + Argo CD, scheduled for July 10-21. Go to bret.courses/autodeploy to sign up. ★
------------------------------------
Bret is joined by Brian Christner, a Docker Captain and Chief, Online Gaming for Grand Casino Baden (jackpots.ch), who returns to the show to discuss his top recommended skills for improving your DevOps expertise.
Both Bret and Brian have been consultants on and off throughout their careers and also in positions where they needed to hire other engineers - often other DevOps engineers. They share their perspectives on the different types of DevOps roles and the various jobs they need to fill.
In this episode, we thought it would be helpful to bring our experience on DevOps jobs and look at the most essential and in-demand skills throughout the industry.
Streamed live on YouTube on October 6, 2022.
Unedited live recording of this show on YouTube (Ep #187)
★Topics★
DevOps Foundations Course
Engineering Management Training from Laura Tacho
Awesome Docker resources
Awesome Everything Lists on GitHub
Kubernetes This Month with Nigel Poulton
AWS Cloud Training
Container Automation Examples by Bret
Docker Observability by Brain
★Brian Christner★
Brian on Twitter
Brian on LinkedIn
Brian's Courses Promo Code TRAEFIK50 for 50% off
Brian's GitHub
Brian's Blog
★Join my Community★
Best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses
Chat with us and fellow students on our Discord Server DevOps Fans
Both Bret and Brian have been consultants on and off throughout their careers and also in positions where they needed to hire other engineers - often other DevOps engineers. They share their perspectives on the different types of DevOps roles and the various jobs they need to fill.
In this episode, we thought it would be helpful to bring our experience on DevOps jobs and look at the most essential and in-demand skills throughout the industry.
Streamed live on YouTube on October 6, 2022.
Unedited live recording of this show on YouTube (Ep #187)
★Topics★
DevOps Foundations Course
Engineering Management Training from Laura Tacho
Awesome Docker resources
Awesome Everything Lists on GitHub
Kubernetes This Month with Nigel Poulton
AWS Cloud Training
Container Automation Examples by Bret
Docker Observability by Brain
★Brian Christner★
Brian on Twitter
Brian on LinkedIn
Brian's Courses Promo Code TRAEFIK50 for 50% off
Brian's GitHub
Brian's Blog
★Join my Community★
Best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses
Chat with us and fellow students on our Discord Server DevOps Fans
Homepage bretfisher.com
- (00:00) - DDT MAIN
- (00:04) - Intro
- (00:53) - Intro 2
- (03:41) - Main show
- (03:47) - Welcome
- (04:55) - Brian's corner of the internet
- (07:31) - Impact of certifications in the hiring process
- (07:55) - What's your pet project?
- (08:52) - What lights you up?
- (10:21) - Sharers rather than Knowers
- (11:45) - About clouds
- (18:29) - DevOps are enablers
- (19:43) - Be replaceable
- (21:52) - Soft Skills
- (22:14) - The many hats of Senior DevOps
- (22:17) - Encouragers
- (22:30) - Protectors
- (22:38) - Realistic
- (22:55) - Protect your team
- (23:21) - Say no
- (23:49) - Problem solvers
- (23:52) - Listeners
- (25:43) - Question
- (26:42) - Awesome Docker List
- (29:40) - DevOps is vast and wide
- (31:51) - Observability
- (33:42) - Choose what to measure
- (34:44) - Junior and Senior DevOps Skillsets
- (36:47) - Being proactive in measuring
- (38:57) - Question
- (40:01) - Use the built-in tools first
- (43:35) - Quick way to get your hands dirty
- (49:38) - Security
- (52:44) - Infrastructure-as-Code
- (56:45) - Being a generalist or a specialist
- (58:26) - Enable others to work without needing you
- (01:00:07) - Question
- (01:00:10) - Getting started with a cloud
- (01:03:05) - Nigel Poulton
- (01:03:52) - You can't be responsible for everything
- (01:05:47) - Are certifications mandatory?
- (01:08:28) - Deployment checklist question
- (01:09:16) - Question
- (01:14:08) - Question
- (01:14:54) - Announcements
- (01:17:06) - Outro
Support this show and get exclusive benefits on Patreon, YouTube, or bretfisher.com!
★Join my Community★
New live course on CI automation and gitops deployments
Best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses
Chat with us and fellow students on our Discord Server DevOps Fans
Grab some merch at Bret's Loot Box
★Join my Community★
New live course on CI automation and gitops deployments
Best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses
Chat with us and fellow students on our Discord Server DevOps Fans
Grab some merch at Bret's Loot Box
Homepage bretfisher.com
Creators and Guests
Host
Bret Fisher
Cloud native DevOps Dude. Course creator, YouTuber, Podcaster. People person who spends way to much time in front of a computer.
Producer
Beth Fisher
Producer of DevOps and Docker Talk podcast since 2019. Assistant producer on Bret Fisher Live show on YouTube. Business and proposal writer by trade.
