The speaker discusses their journey into software engineering and devops, including their transition from marketing and the challenges they faced. They also discuss the benefits and drawbacks of university education versus self-teaching, and provide advice for those starting out in the field. The speaker also predicts the future of devops and the standardization of processes and tools. The video was made in collaboration with Honeypot, a tech job platform.
1. The speaker recently worked with Honeypot to tell their personal journey.
2. Honeypot is a tech job platform in the Netherlands and Barcelona.
3. The speaker talks about their personal journey into software engineering and devops and gives advice to those starting out in software development.
4. The speaker is currently a devops engineer and creates content for other devops engineers or those interested in becoming devops engineers.
5. The speaker transitioned from marketing to IT because it was highly demanded and interesting to them.
6. The speaker realized that they learned more from online resources and work experience than from college or university.
7. Devops is a relatively young field involving automating and streamlining the work of developers and operations to release applications to end users.
8. The speaker had imposter syndrome in a project with expert-level developers, but used it as motivation to learn and become the expert in kubernetes management.
9. The speaker predicts that devops will become more standardized in the future.
10. Honeypot is a platform for developers to find jobs across Europe.