DevOps engineer is shorthand. It signals that a company is looking for an engineer who understands DevOps practices, such as continuous delivery and configuration management. It says that the company is looking for someone who has knowledge about development and operations. The company is looking for someone who can bring the two sides together. It’s […]

What is a grit, anyways? – Vinny, My Cousin Vinny More and more there are job posting that are looking for a DevOps engineer. In response to this a series of blog posts have appeared bemoaning the fact that there should be no such thing as a DevOps engineer because DevOps is a cultural movement. It’s […]

I’ve begun rereading The Pragmatic Programmer. It was originally recommended to me by someone at my first job out of college, which was six years ago. Now I’m in a position where I’m the more experienced programmer working with younger programmers. It’s good time to pick up the book again and see if what lessons […]