From the course: Nail Your DevOps Interview
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Getting DevOps experience
From the course: Nail Your DevOps Interview
Getting DevOps experience
- Many job descriptions for DevOps roles will mention that a certain level of experience is needed. So, you might be wondering, if I'm not in a DevOps role now, how can I get the experience I need? Surprisingly, getting the experience you need is probably easier than you think. Here are a few suggestions. First off, start where you are. Look around and find ways to apply DevOps principles. If you're a developer, learn how to deploy applications to a cloud platform. I promise you, that skill alone will make you a viable candidate. Or if you're a systems administrator, learn how to use command line tools to automate the things that you normally do manually, and learning how to apply DevOps principles shouldn't cost you very much money. Many DevOps tools are open-source, and are available for free. Also, all of the major cloud providers provide Free Tiers, that give access to their resources for up to a year. Take…
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