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DevOps Engineer
Bridges development and operations — automates deployment, scaling, and monitoring of software.
Did you know?
The word 'DevOps' took off after Belgian IT consultant Patrick Debois organised the first DevOpsDays conference in Ghent in 2009.
How subjects help
- Computer Science: Write scripts that test and release new code automatically and warn the team if servers slow down.
A famous name
Patrick Debois: Belgian IT consultant who started the first DevOpsDays conference in 2009, giving DevOps its name.
Try it yourself: Debug a sandwich robot
- Write step-by-step instructions for making a pretend sandwich, using two books as the bread.
- Your robot must do exactly what the words say, nothing more. "Put jam on bread" might mean the jar goes on the bread!
- Every time something goes wrong, that is a bug. Fix that line and run it again.
- How many fixes did it take until the robot got it right first time?
Computers follow instructions literally, so writing clear steps and fixing bugs is a big part of a programmer's work.
Also try: Build a strong password from three random words.
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