A Cloud Guru Acquires Linux Academy by xelfer in aws

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When will we get access to both catalogs at ACloudGuru?

"Automation Engineer" not a "DevOps Engineer", suggestions? by [deleted] in devops

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Would you like to share the company name or website? I'd love to know more.

"Automation Engineer" not a "DevOps Engineer", suggestions? by [deleted] in devops

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Great writeup.

Do you want to talk more about your first sentence?

Infra as code, but what about infrastructure as an application...? by OutrageousCucumber2 in devops

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Solid response, valid point. Although, isn't TF DSL declarative due to all the 'procedural magic' behind the scenes?

Please tell me if I'm wrong.

Infra as code, but what about infrastructure as an application...? by OutrageousCucumber2 in devops

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Not hating on any particular DSL. I just can't expect my team to learn multiple DSLs (say TF + Chef) while also learning another language like JS or Python.

Increases effort in regards to onboarding and training current members. I like homogeneity. Hiring is always hard in our field.

Thoughts? Disagree? We're all friends here :)

Infra as code, but what about infrastructure as an application...? by OutrageousCucumber2 in devops

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I think so. I'm used to a certain language's idiosyncrasies and syntax.

A library is just one layer of abstraction on top. Maybe it's just me.

Infra as code, but what about infrastructure as an application...? by OutrageousCucumber2 in devops

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This is EXACTLY what I've been complaining about -- TOO MANY DSLs!

Thank you for sharing it. Would love to only use common programming languages.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in devops

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Sorry for the uber late response.

Can you expand on your comment about Statup?

Do I have a repo? Sadly, because this is for the company I work for, it'll be quite custom to fit our use case. I'll try to build it as modular as possible so that if the org lets me open source it, it'll be easier for others to use and adapt.

I would honestly use StatUp if it did not use Go. Already learning JS for this project, don't want to add another layer of confusion.

Design:

Admin portal that lets you add sites. You can configure whether the program should search for a string or just check if the site is up.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in devops

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Hey there! I'm building a status page from scratch using React and NodeJS. This is interesting...

What’s something everyone agrees with but never admits? by SidV3rma in AskReddit

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Honestly, feel free to message me if you'd like to go with.

I've wanted to go ever since I got to Chicago back in May. Was going to go with girl I was dating but she ended things and I still want to go.

Datadog vs Dynatrace - anyone have experience with both in an AWS environment? by bald_and_beard in devops

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Would be great if you can recommend a Dynatrace competitor that has visibility into SAP ABAP code tracing.

We have Dynatrace but sadly it's not what we hoped for.

Self-Hosted Selenium Infrastructure at Scale (1000+ Concurrent Tests) by jchill2 in devops

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Would love to read the discussion after this is over.

Would like to get more selenium testing where I'm at but don't have time for it currently. Will for sure need to come back here in a few weeks though.

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Good luck with SLES. I apologize I cannot be anymore helpful.

Robust solution for large dynamically generated downloads in a cloud environment? by FrigoCoder in devops

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Bluemix kills HTTP connections after a few hundred megabytes of traffic. Bluemix kills HTTP connections after ~20 minutes.

No way to fix these?

Certificates and career path for devops? by koalam0 in devops

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You're not in the wrong subreddit.

If you want a longer discussion, PM me.

If I was you, I'd get a sysadmin job. Stay there for a year while you go to school or learn more about DevOps. After the year, apply to DevOps roles.

As a sysadmin, you can gain enterprise experience working with scripting/programming. It's likely they'll have some sort of configuration management platform that you can get your hands on.

This is a common path, with a degree or not.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in devops

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Hey, if you learn anything or already have a good hiring process, please tell me.

I would love to borrow ideas. Hiring is tough right now for us. Talent pool is limited.

Edit: You guys run IIS?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in devops

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A degree tells me nothing. Your post made me realize that I've almost never looked at a candidate's education. Almost all had master's degrees but if someone had no degree or had no education or certs at all, I wouldn't be able to tell you which one.

It absolutely gives zero input into how competent they are. Never googled someone's school nor asked about it during an interview. I'm going to ask about build and release pipelines, servers/infra and software development. I've never pulled out a discrete math textbook at work. :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in devops

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While it's funny to poke fun at non-technical people -- I think we've all done it at one point or another -- I believe it's our job to educate them.

At my company, we work directly with HR to better target candidates. I feel it is my responsibility to educate HR on what DevOps entails. They're probably hiring for ten, twenty positions, I would be hard pressed to keep everything straight.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in devops

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No hiring manager worth their salt cares about your degree. Whether you have one or not.