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The DevOps Career Handbook

You're reading from   The DevOps Career Handbook The ultimate guide to pursuing a successful career in DevOps

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803230948
Length 234 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Nate Swenson Nate Swenson
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John Knight John Knight
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: A Career in DevOps
2. Chapter 1: Career Paths FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Essential Skills for a DevOps Practitioner 4. Chapter 3: Specialized Skills for Advanced DevOps Practitioners 5. Section 2: The Application Process
6. Chapter 4: Rebranding Yourself 7. Chapter 5: Building Your Network 8. Chapter 6: Mentorship 9. Chapter 7: Working with Recruiters 10. Section 3: Interview Process
11. Chapter 8: Preparing for Your Interview 12. Chapter 9: Interviews Step by Step 13. Section 4: Tips, Tricks, and Interviews
14. Chapter 10: DevOps Career: Tips and Tricks 15. Chapter 11: Interviews with DevOps Practitioners 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, we discussed several ways of networking, both virtually and IRL. We first discussed the best strategies for building relationships on LinkedIn. This included ways to increase the probability of you being noticed by others. In this section, you also learned ways to utilize your second- and third-degree connections to build relationships. The six traits that will improve the likelihood of successful conversations, virtually and IRL, were discussed. These consisted of being helpful, authentic, personal, consistent, engaged, and professional. We discovered that having connections that you interact with is more valuable than having many connections that you have no personal relationship with. Events that can help facilitate better conversation, such as lightning talks and Lean Coffee, were discussed next. Finally, we covered four methods that will drastically improve your ability to have meaningful conversations and build relationships at networking events. These...

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