DevOps Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
2014-03-12
I was a college-student BOFH, an ISP sysadmin, and an academic IT manager. If I wanted a curmudgeonly sysadmin, I could just look in a mirror. Most developers were unlikely to be granted root on any systems whatsoever, and servers were carefully hand-whittled works of art. You know, The Way Things Were.
Moving to a role doing operations at a developer-centric startup was both a culture shock and a great learning experience. I’ll discuss what worked for me (and what was challenging!) in terms of my transition to a DevOps practice. Spoiler alert: change is scary, but awesome developers on the team make it much easier for an old-school sysadmin to be assimilated into the DevOps of Borg.
.@bridgetkromhout killing it at the DevOps meetup. "Impostor kitten" is a thing. pic.twitter.com/jtEAebmOv8
— Donnie Berkholz (@dberkholz) March 13, 2014
@bridgetkromhout talking about changing from saying no to saying yes MSP #devops #meetup pic.twitter.com/zJkkkXJ0MI
— Michael Goetz (@michaelpgoetz) March 13, 2014
@bridgetkromhout one of @GiTMSP kicking butt at her talk about DevOps! So proud of you!! pic.twitter.com/fXpWXweYYk
— GiT Twin Cities (@GiTMSP) March 13, 2014