In a controversial debate, Gabriel de Biasi, an SRE with a master's degree, discusses: is a degree necessary for DevOps? Learning on TikTok, the life of an SRE in large companies vs startups, limits in pods, and much more.

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In a wave of stirring up controversies, our host interviews Gabriel de Biasi, an SRE with a master's degree in Computing, about the need or lack thereof for a university degree to work in DevOps; the pursuit of knowledge in the TikTok model; the life of an SRE in large companies vs startups; the need (or lack thereof) to set limits on pods; and to what extent devs should know about Kubernetes to build their applications.
The LINKS to the topics discussed in the show are below:
Kubicast #58 - College for what?
Kubicast #96 - Back to basic with Mateus Prado
Kubicast #93 - Inside Tsuru
Twitter thread about CPU LIMITS: https://twitter.com/todaywasawesome/status/1575131715604860929?s=46&t=O4rHamFW0FjKKMI0L9Z0qQ
The participants' RECOMMENDATIONS are below:
Google Site Reliability Engineering (book by Jennifer Petoff)
The History of Kubernetes
Part 1: https://youtu.be/BE77h7dmoQU
Part 2: https://youtu.be/318elIq37PE
Toc Toc (movie available on Netflix)
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