Summer Replay - Innovations and the Changing DevOps Tides of Tech with Nigel Kersten

Screaming in the Cloud

In this Screaming in the Cloud Summer Replay, we revisit our discussion with Nigel Kersten. When we spoke to him in 2021, he was the Field CTO at Puppet. Today, he works as the Chief Product Officer for Platform.sh. In this trip down memory, Nigel joins Corey to reflect on his time spent as a traveling contract trainer for Puppet, dive into the changes in DevOps since, and look back at how Docker handed over the keys and some of the attachments we have to a techno-social system. Nigel speaks on the innovations that have changed along the way and the impact they’ve had in the industry. Especially those who have a tendency to cling to “legacy.”

Show Highlights:

• (0:00) Intro
• (1:18) Duckbill Group sponsor read
• (1:52) Corey's Puppet experience
• (3:49) What is Puppet?
• (5:04) Puppet’s role in DevOps
• (8:12) Challenges in technology adoption
• (12:36) Issues with legacy in tech
• (18:26) The misconception of “limited” skilled workers
• (23:16) Duckbill Group sponsor read
• (24:00) Corporate communication breakdowns
• (25:22) State of DevOps Report
• (32:02) Cloud adoption and missteps
• (37:46) More from the report and Nigel

About Nigel Kersten:

Nigel is a technical leader with 13 years of experience building teams and growing B2B startups as a CTO, VP of Engineering, and Head of Product, with substantial experience working with enterprise customers. Prior to that, he was recruited into the Google SRE org to develop an industry-leading infrastructure-as-code system.

Links:

• Puppet: https://puppet.com
• 2020 State of DevOps Report: https://puppet.com/resources/report/2020-state-of-devops-report/

Original Episode:

https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/innovations-and-the-changing-devops-tides-of-tech-with-nigel-kersten/

Sponsor:

The Duckbill Group: https://www.duckbillgroup.com/