Life of a Goat: Bridging the Dev and Ops Gap

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1. @davejlong BRIDGING THE DEV AND OPS GAP LIFE OF A GOAT
2. @davejlong GOATS ARE THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
3. @davejlong WHO AM I? DAVE LONG • Director of Dev, Cage Data • Co-Founder, DevOps CT • Organizer, DevOpsDays Htfd • Husband & Father • Missionary to Uganda • @davejlong on Twitter / GitHub / Keybase • davejlong.com on Web
4. @davejlong LET’S TALK ABOUT GOATS
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7. @davejlong THE GOAT IS CURIOUS • Primary directives: food & fun • Goats aren’t satisfied • Can’t be contained in standard pens • They climb f*@#ing trees
8. @davejlong THE GOAT IS LOYAL • Domesticated like dogs, cats and horses • Goats don’t run away • Goats get lost
9. @davejlong THE GOAT IS FRIENDLY & HELPFUL • Goats are social • Goats react to human behavior • Goats are a little rebellious • Goats provide a source of milk, cheese, wool, and labor
10. @davejlong OTHER FUN GOAT FACTS • Legend has it goats discovered coffee • A group of goats is not actually a herd. It’s a tribe • Different tribes of goats have different accents • Goats are very clean and will not eat food that is soiled • Goat’s pupils are rectangular • Race horses are often given a 'goat friend' so they will not be lonely in the stall
11. @davejlong — Jon Katz MY GOATS ARE THE GREEK CHORUS OF MY FARM, SOMETIMES OF MY LIFE. THEY WATCH ME CLOSELY AND REMIND ME THAT I AM FOOLISH. ” “
12. @davejlong MY START IN TECH
13. @davejlong DEVELOPER OR OPERATOR?
14. @davejlong FREELANC- ING
15. @davejlong MY FIRST STARTUP • Employee number 3 • Hired as a developer • Helped out with operations
16. @davejlong THEY SAID I WAS A DEVELOPER
17. @davejlong I WAS NOT
18. @davejlong I AM A GOAT ENGINEER
19. @davejlong WHAT IS A GOAT ENGINEER?
20. @davejlong A GOAT ENGINEER EXPERIMENTS • Seek continuous improvement • Driven by the solution • Tries new things and fails sometimes
21. @davejlong FIND THE EXPERIMENTER
22. @davejlong A GOAT ENGINEER CAN’T JUST STOP • Not satisfied when code is pushed and tests pass • Not satisfied just being handed an artifact
23. @davejlong FIND THE PERSON WHO CAN’T STOP
24. @davejlong A GOAT ENGINEER IMPROVES THE ENVIRONMENT • Looks beyond tests and pull requests • Focused on the customers interactions with the product • Improves the ability for coworkers to work
25. @davejlong FIND THE STRATEGIST
26. @davejlong HOW ARE ENGINEERS LIKE GOATS? SO…
27. @davejlong WHAT IS A GOAT ENGINEER NOT?
28. @davejlong GOAT ENGINEERS AREN’T HEROES.
29. @davejlong GOAT ENGINEERS AREN’T AFRAID TO BUTT HEADS
30. @davejlong GOAT ENGINEERS AREN’T ALWAYS SOCIAL
31. @davejlong A GOAT IS… • Curious • Loyal • Friendly • Helpful • Constantly experiments • Can’t just stop • Improves the environment • Focuses on the team A GOAT ENGINEER…
32. @davejlong EVERYONE CAN BE A GOAT
33. @davejlong A GOAT IS… • Curious • Loyal • Friendly • Helpful • Constantly experiments • Can’t just stop • Improves the environment • Focuses on the team A GOAT ENGINEER…
34. @davejlong GOAT ≠ GENERALIST
35. @davejlong TRUST YOUR EMPATHY
36. @davejlong ARE YOU KEEPING OPS AWAKE? AS A DEVELOPER…
37. @davejlong ARE YOU HOLDING UP RELEASES? AS AN OPERATOR…
38. @davejlong DO YOU KNOW HOW YOUR CODE IS RELEASED? AS A DEVELOPER…
39. @davejlong ARE YOU PART OF SPRINT PLANNING? AS AN OPERATOR…
40. @davejlong DO YOU KNOW THE METRICS OF SUCCESS? AS A TEAM MEMBER…
41. @davejlong HAVE YOU BUILT YOUR OWN SILO? AS A TEAM MEMBER…
42. @davejlong HAVE YOU EVER FAILED? AS A TEAM MEMBER
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44. @davejlong BRING DEVELOPMENT TO OPERATIONS
45. @davejlong BRING OPERATIONS TO DEVELOPMENT
46. @davejlong BRING BUSINESS TO TECH
47. @davejlong BRING TECH TO BUSINESS
48. @davejlong WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL
49. @davejlong WE JUST WANT TO SEE GOATS SUCCESS
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51. @davejlong YES. THIS IS DEVOPS.
52. @davejlong AND THAT’S OKAY.
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54. @davejlong QUESTIONS?
55. @davejlong NEED HELP WITH YOUR INTERNAL TOOLING? DLONG@CAGEDATA.COM
56. @davejlong THANKS GOATPARKOUR.REDDIT.COM