DevOps Bootcamp Introduction¶
OSU OSL & OSU LUG
http://devopsbootcamp.osuosl.org
What’s BootCamp?¶
New this year
New this year
- Free education program
- Mentorship
- Apprenticeship
- Hands-on training
- NOT:
- OSU class for credit
- student job
Why are we doing this?¶
- OSL’s move to EECS
- Bridge the “Skills Gap”
- Demand from companies for students
- Build community
What you’ll do:¶
- Learn:
- Linux systems
- Networking
- Software development
- ...and the other skills you’ll need
- Build:
Duplicate internet infrastructure
- Graduate to helping with OSL tasks
- work with real open source projects
- solve real problems
Can you do it?¶
Probably!
No background knowledge needed
- Time commitment
- Attend lectures
- Play with what we teach you
- You get out what you put in
If in doubt… try anyway!
Career Paths:¶
- Hands-on learning & OSL reputation:
- Internships
- Industry connections
- Start career with mid-level/high-level experience
- Justin
community experience builds skills, professional relationships
- Linux skills helped in grad school
- skills learned there helped land first sysadmin job
having your own ‘playground’ to experiment with
OSL Hiring:¶
- Students need basic skills to join
- Systems engineers
- Developers
- Media
Typically 2-3 years employment
- Alumni
- Google, Rackspace, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla, Facebook
What next?¶
Find our site (http://devopsbootcamp.osuosl.org)
Fill out registration with times available
Join mailing list
- Tell us about yourself
- Who are you
- What do you want to learn here
- Any background in devops?