DevOps Bootcamp Introduction

OSU OSL & OSU LUG

http://devopsbootcamp.osuosl.org

What's DevOps?

Software Development + Operations Engineering

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?