Part 1: Zero-to-One — Why DevOps Matters
Demystify the buzzword, understand the culture shift, and commit to owning the full build → deploy → observe lifecycle.
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"Is DevOps a Good Career?"
Reframe DevOps as high-leverage engineering that collapses the wall between builders and operators.
- Name the r/btechtards anxieties and counter them with the impact of owning production reliability.
- Explain the difference between the old throw-it-over-the-wall model and "you build it, you run it".
- List three business outcomes (speed, reliability, trust) that DevOps teams are accountable for.
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The "It Works On My Machine" Problem
Understand dependency hell and why reproducible environments birthed the DevOps movement.
- List three reasons your project runs locally but fails on a friend's laptop.
- Diagram how mismatched runtimes, libraries, and environment variables break deployments.
- Commit to shipping environments alongside code so teammates never chase ghost bugs again.
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Ship Project 0: The DevOps Portfolio Repo
Set up the single GitHub repo that will capture every script, Dockerfile, Terraform module, and postmortem.
- Create `my-devops-portfolio` with a README that defines DevOps in your own words.
- Outline every tier of this roadmap and commit to logging weekly learnings in the repo.
- Push your first commit (`git commit -m "Initial commit: My DevOps journey begins."`).