The Transition from Product to Infrastructure (Paul Stack, UK)

Over the past number of years, operations has become a very interesting part of IT. Traditionally, operations and developers have been completely separate. Developers thought SysAdmins worked in basements, eating pizza. But, the operations space has had a boom in new tools to make life a lot easier. The role of SysAdmin has become a very important part of the product delivery cycle. Paul has made the transition from being a product developer to an infrastructure developer. In this talk, he will be able to talk about why that was an interesting move and the types of problems he has to work on on a day-to-day basis. Paul will be able to talk about how this move has helped him be involved in much more successful project delivery and also how it has helped the companies he has worked with become more successful.