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Jan 26 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
1/8: Alright, so you’ve seen that platform engineers can make 20% more than DevOps on average, and you want in.

But how do you actually become a platform engineer? A thread👇

#PlatformEngineering #DevOpsCommunity
2/8 First, what does a platform engineer (PE) actually do? Basically platform engineers provide an integrated product most often referred to as an “Internal Developer Platform” covering the operational necessities of the entire lifecycle of an application💻
3/8: Platform engineers are going to need to work hands-on with software and cloud-native infrastructure, we’re talking AWS, GCP, and Azure. And you want a strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and/or GitOps plus required tooling.
4/8: Understanding the tools is obv important & you’re def going to need to know the tech related to Kubernetes, containerization & infrastructure, knowledge of programming languages, familiarity with DevOps best practices & CI/CD tools, & exp with cloud providers etc etc etc
5/8: The thing is - in my opinion, understanding the mindset is going to be more important than the tools. If you’re in DevOps, the tech will likely all be familiar to you but with PE comes a different way of thinking about things.

(The meme is tongue in cheek, I promise😂)
6/8 You need to imagine yourself as part of a product team, not an Ops team. Except the product is your platform, & the "customers" are internal.

The idea “Platform as a Product” comes into play here.

For this check out this talk by @manupaisable👇
platformengineering.org/talks-library/…
7/8 That’s where the full power of an IDP and PE comes out.

It also means though that PE is a very hands-on, and fast-paced career. We’re all testing new 🌊 here so it’s a lot of thinking on your feet. You're def going to jump in & begin working alongside the team immediately.
8/8 So, if you’ve got the toolset down, you know the tech, & you can master that mindset - then you’re already a PE. You just need to start applying🤷‍♂️

If you want to look for roles, the PE website has some great resources & the Slack Community does too🔥
platformengineering.org/jobs
Extra tweet at the end with a resource dump😜

platformengineering.org

platformengin-b0m7058.slack.com

youtube.com/c/PlatformEngi…

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Jan 24
1/9 So wtf actually is “Platform Engineering” you ask, and why do I think it's such a big deal?

Enter the definitive thread on platform engineering👇

#PlatformEngineering #DevOps
2/9 🚀 So first, let’s do the what - basically, platform engineering (PE) is the discipline of designing and building toolchains and workflows that enable self-service capabilities for engineering organizations in the cloud-native era 🌩️
3/9 Platform engineers build an integrated product, often referred to as an “Internal Developer Platform” (IDP), covering the operational necessities of the entire lifecycle of an application💻
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Sep 22, 2022
If you're a fan of my threads on #PlatformEngineering, I have some really exciting news for you... 🧵
After a few months of combing through #PlatformCon talks for the best platform engineering insights, surveying the folks in our community, and digging deep into the best resources we could find...

It's finally here. 🥁🥁🥁
The first State of #PlatformEngineering Report is live! 🎉

We dove into the hottest topics, like:
✅The emergence of platform engineering
✅The platform tooling landscape
✅Platform engineering salary comparison
✅Community growth and opportunities

humanitec.com/whitepapers/st…
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Aug 31, 2022
If you're doing #DevOps, here are a few things you can do to make your setup better and life easier:

* Optimize for cognitive load
* Golden paths over golden cages
* Solve common problems
* Be glue friends

Let's discuss 🧵
1/ Optimize for cognitive load

I've covered the issue of cognitive (over)load arising from #DevOps done poorly more times than I can count.

Ultimately, your org has to figure out what your devs can (and want to!) handle.

If cognitive load is too high, your devs will either struggle to complete all of their tasks or resent the hell out of you (or both!).

So your setup really needs to keep the issue of cognitive load at the forefront.

reddit.com/r/devops/comme…
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Aug 29, 2022
Take a look at these poll results.

And imagine trying to force a one-size-fits-all approach onto you team.

It would be (and often is) a disaster 🧵 Image
BUT.

“This is the niche where platform engineering and internal developer platforms are striking: In an ideal '#DevOps done right' world the devs should be able to self-service themselves the resources they need without needing to learn that much on the operations side.”
Linking to the original comment on Reddit here because I hit the character limit 🥲: reddit.com/r/devops/comme…
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Aug 24, 2022
Devs… be real with me. Do y’all want to do Ops? 🧵
Poll inspired by this lovely article from @InfoWorld:

infoworld.com/article/366947…
And look. I think dev self-service is a good and *essential* aspect of a successful setup.

I appreciate how DevOps brings that concern to the forefront.

BUT (and this is BIG)

With the increasing complexity of the cloud-native world, DevOps can be too much pressure.
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Aug 16, 2022
If you're a platform engineer, there are some "trending" conversations you should be aware of:

* The cognitive (over)load resulting from true #DevOps
* Platform as a product
* Finding the right level of abstraction

Let's discuss 🧵
This thread is courtesy of this #PlatformCon recap from @aeraeris. If you missed the conference, definitely check this out:

thenewstack.io/what-we-learne…
The first convo is about cognitive (over)load. 🧠

I covered this a bit last week. If you haven't seen this thread yet, it's a pretty comprehensive overview:

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