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Hi! I’m Jochen, the Monospace Mentor.
With decades of experience in web operations, software engineering and IT leadership, I’m here to help you improve your everyday work and take that next career step in DevOps/SRE.
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I help DevOps people grow. In courses, workshops and individual mentorship sessions, I enable software developers and system administrators to deliver results faster, better and more reliably. All my learning products are optimized for engineers who have little time to level up.
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On my blog, you’ll find lots of helpful articles that complement my DevOps/SRE online courses.
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Reading recommendations, week 35/2024
AI for sysadmins, a non-murderous design pattern, how to apply for SRE jobs and how to find focus doing them, and an interesting fish.
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Taking time off is part of the job
Are you getting PTO (Paid Time Off)? If you’re employed, you probably do. It means that even when you’re taking time off work (within limits), you won’t forgo any of your salary. Thanks to the people who fought this right out for us over the last century or so, it’s part of any proper employment…
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When is it recommended to adopt a new DevOps tool?
In this article, I discuss the pros and cons of checking out and maybe adopting new DevOps tools, even though the ones we have are still doing their job.