It’s been awhile, but we’re finally back, and special guest Katherine Daniels (aka @beerops) is with us to talk over career development in a DevOps context! We discuss All The Things related to leveling up your career, including specialization vs. generalists, training and learning (especially if you don’t have a degree in computer sciency things), and some techniques you can employ to make sure your career doesn’t stagnate! Join us as we delve into:
Join J. Paul Reed, aka @SoberBuildEng,
EJ Ciramella, aka @eciramella, Sascha Bates, aka @sascha_d, J. Michael McGarr, aka @SonOfGarr, and Katherine Daniels, aka @beerops for the discussion, plus the month in News & Views and a brand new Tool Tip!
Or, download Episode 53, or any of our previous shows!
Show Links/Notes
- @beerops’ On Disconnecting
- 3:24 – News & Views
- Development from DockerCon!
- Top intern salaries: really that crazy?
- Dave Farley’s often-forgotten strategies for effective acceptance testing
- Martin Fowler on The Test Pyramid
- Adventures in building Vim from 1993
- 15:20 – Main Segment: Developing CareerOps
- Nathen Harvey’s Quit Your Job (video)
- Silicon Valley’s Dirty Little Secret: “The Hotel 22“
- CoffeeOps, all over the place!
- 50:14 – ToolTip
Tool Tip
Paul introduces us to Scott Muc and Subhas Dandapani’s DevOpsBookmarks.com; some hilarity ensues.
(See also: O’Reilly’s similar developer field guide.)
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Jun 14
Extinguishing Burnout
As tech companies implement all sorts of ways to increase their output, the often-undiscussed tradeoff is how it impacts employees. Most tech workers have struggled with burnout in a role, at a company, or even in the area of tech they’ve focused their career; some of us have even suffered through burnout without noticing it: we only became aware when friends and family intervened to let us know how off-the-rails our work/life balance had become. In episode 43, we take a look at the signs, symptoms, causes, and strategies for:
Join J. Paul Reed, aka @SoberBuildEng, Youssuf El-Kalay, aka @buildscientist, Sascha Bates, aka @sascha_d and Pete Chesslock, aka @petecheslock for the panel discussion, plus a the last couple of weeks in News & Views and some opinionated thoughts and feels!
Or, download Episode 43, or any of our previous shows!
Show Links/Notes
The Comment Block
Paul ponders whether or not build systems are a good proxy for determining code quality.
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Has burnout become an easier issue to wrestle with as your career has progressed?
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