About the guest: Ivan Nepomuceno is currently working as a DevOps Engineer for Samsung Research Philippines. He also has previous experience as a release manager in Asurion, and as a system engineer in Azeus. He has a bachelor's degree in ECE from UP Diliman, where he specialized in wireless communications engineering.

In the first half of this episode we talked about:

Why he entered the IT industry after graduating from college

What products/services he was involved in at Azeus

How he taught himself DevOps engineering

His work as a release manager in Asurion

The day-to-day activities of a DevOps engineer

Why we would want to put codes into containers

How they automate the deployment of applications

Differences between developers, operations, and DevOps

The challenging and rewarding aspects about the work of a DevOps engineer

How someone can advance to DevOps position

In the second half of this episode we talked about:

How DevOps developed, and why it's crucial for our software systems today

The future of IT and DevOps

What businesses need a DevOps engineer

The minimum background/knowledge you need to get into DevOps engineering

What it takes to be well-versed in the work of DevOps

What makes a successful DevOps engineer

Best way to start learning DevOps engineering

Why DevOps is very in demand right now