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Transcript
Where Do We Go From Here? or, “Listen to Mike
Think Out Loud”
Mike Fiedler Operations Datadog.com Twitter: @mikefiedler GitHub: @miketheman OpsSchool.org Chef
Community Roller Derby Ref Skydiver ©Alex Erde
The best technology fades into the background, because people don’t
care about tech, they care about what it does. -Taylor Davidson, Jan 2012
Can You Name This?
ENIAC Wikimedia Commons
"At first I thought I would never be able to
understand the workings of the machine since this involved a knowledge of electronics that I did not have at all." -Adele Goldstine
Time passes... we use computers more
More computers used
Administer ad·min·is·ter |ədˈminəstər| verb [ with obj. ] - manage
and be responsible for the running of (a business, organization, etc.) - be responsible for the implementation or use of (law or resources)
Find the SysAdmin!
Some Job Titles • IT Technician • System Administrator •
Database Administrator • Network Engineer • Security Engineer • Storage Engineer • Systems Engineer • Operations Engineer • Site Reliability Engineer • IT Manager/Director • Operations Manager • CTO/CIO
We’re the devil.
Role models?
But we’re dedicated xkcd 705
Regular Day on the Job
How did YOU get here? Wikimedia Commons
Us. Flickr: JJSchad
Not exactly...
or gal
What is it we do? Science? Profession? Trade, Craft?
Will we fade away? Flickr: laffy4k
Mike’s 5 Steps to Self- Preservation Or, Things that start
with ‘Learn’
Learn Code
Learn Communication
Learn Business
Learn From Others
Learn To Learn More
5 Steps to Self- preservation • Learn code • Learn
communication • Learn business • Learn from others • Learn to learn more • Learn about off-by-one errors
Giving Back • Raise awareness • Mentor others • Contribute
to OpsSchool • Be excellent to each other
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -Sir Arthur
C. Clarke,1973 Clarke’s Third Law
Questions, anyone?
Speak to me about: Computers Skydiving Roller Derby OpsSchool.org Monitoring
Automation DevOps #HugOps ©Sean Hale