DevOps is more than just a buzzword; it is a fundamental cultural shift where development and operations teams merge to automate and accelerate the entire application lifecycle.
AWS defines this as the end of siloed departments, advocating for collaboration from development through deployment. For newcomers, the focus should be on mindset over specific tooling, as the technology stack is constantly in flux.
Essential Reading: To truly understand the philosophy, start with The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project, which provide a narrative foundation for DevOps culture. For technical implementation, The DevOps Handbook and Google’s Site Reliability Engineering books are indispensable.
What to Learn: Prioritize understanding Infrastructure as Code (IaC). While roadmaps like Roadmap.sh and GitHub’s 2019 guide offer useful direction for tools like Docker or Kubernetes, remember that problem-solving is the core skill. As the community advises, certificates matter less than your ability to collaborate and automate.
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