Ship It Conversations: From Full-Stack to Cloud/DevOps, One Project at a Time (with Eric Paatey)

Episode notes

This is a guest conversation episode of Ship It Weekly (separate from the weekly news recaps). I sat down with Eric Paatey, a Cloud & DevOps Engineer who’s been transitioning from full-stack web development into cloud/devops, and building real skills through hands-on projects instead of just collecting tools and buzzwords. We talk about what that transition actually feels like, what’s helped most, and why you don’t need a rack of servers to learn DevOps. What we covered Eric’s path into DevOps How he moved from building web apps to caring about pipelines, infra, scalability, reliability, and automation. The “oh… code is only part of the job” moment that pushes a lot of people toward DevOps. The WHY behind DevOps Eric’s take: DevOps is mainly about breaking down silos and improving communication between dev, ops, security, and the business. We also hit the idea from The DevOps Handbook: small batches win. The bigger the release, the harder it is to recover when something breaks. Leveling up without drowning in tools DevOps has an endless tool list, so we talked about how to stay current without burning out. Eric’s recommendation: stay connected to the industry.

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