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SUMMARY:From Practice to Profession: DevOps in the AI-Native Era - Marc Ho
 rnbeek
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DESCRIPTION:DevOps did not begin as a profession. It began as a response 
 — a grassroots reaction to the friction between development and operatio
 ns\, to slow delivery cycles\, brittle releases\, and organizational silos
  that separated software creation from software operation. Early practitio
 ners were not building a discipline\; they were solving urgent\, real-worl
 d problems. Yet from those experiments and shared learnings\, something re
 markable emerged: a movement grounded in outcomes rather than prescription
 s.\nThis talk traces the arc of that transformation — from scattered\, i
 ndividual practice to an enterprise-scale professional capability. It exam
 ines how DevOps crossed critical thresholds: the adoption of shared langua
 ge (value streams\, deployment frequency\, SLOs)\, the emergence of guidin
 g frameworks like the Nine Pillars of DevOps\, and the formalization of le
 arning paths and certifications that allow practitioners to grow not just 
 as technicians\, but as strategic contributors.\nCentral to this evolution
  is a tension every maturing discipline must navigate: how do you establis
 h standards without imposing rigidity? DevOps has always thrived on adapta
 bility. A financial services firm\, a healthcare provider\, and a technolo
 gy startup each implement DevOps differently — and they should. The prof
 ession must accommodate that diversity while maintaining coherence at its 
 core. This session explores how that balance is being struck today.\nAtten
 dees will leave with a clearer picture of where DevOps stands as a profess
 ion\, what the road ahead looks like as AI and platform engineering reshap
 e the landscape\, and — most practically — how to position themselves 
 and their organizations to grow with it. Whether you are a seasoned practi
 tioner\, an engineering leader\, or someone just beginning this journey\, 
 this talk offers a grounding perspective on what DevOps is becoming and wh
 y it matters.
LOCATION:Main Stage
URL:https://talks.devopsdays.org/dodroxrox26/talk/3CDUSJ/
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