The Platform Engineer
summary
Career advice grounded in concrete engineering moves: learns Bash then Go, builds a CLI called zap tool to mass-delete ISOs, wires Jira to Puppet to create an automated Jira→Puppet pipeline that runs deployments and posts logs, adopts Docker and Kubernetes as schedulers, measures waste from one-click deployments and optimizes bin‑packing, and claims early retirement at 42 after focusing on reputation and repeatable automation rather than chasing trendy tools.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:10System admin to platform engineer
- 7:52Bash and automation basics
- 12:44Creating commands and tools
- 14:03Working with people
- 16:56Consensus in DevOps
- 18:43Tech reputation and job applications
- 20:07Avoiding tool proliferation
- 21:51Explaining platform concepts
- 23:15One-click deployments reality
- 24:59Summary
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