Python for DevOps Acknowledgments
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To start off, the authors would like to thank the two main technical reviewers of the book:
Wes Novack is an architect and engineer specializing in public cloud systems and web-scale SaaS applications. He designs, builds, and manages complex systems that enable highly available infrastructure, continuous delivery pipelines, and rapid releases within large, polyglot microservice ecosystems hosted on AWS and GCP. Wes makes extensive use of languages, frameworks, and tools to define Infrastructure as Code, drive automation, and eliminate toil. He is vocal in the tech community by participating in mentorship, workshops, and conferences, and he is also a Pluralsight video course author. Wes is an advocate for the CALMS of DevOps; Culture, Automation, Lean, Measurement, and Sharing. You can find him on Twitter @WesleyTech or visit his personal blog.
Brad Andersen is a software engineer and architect. He has designed and developed software professionally for 30 years. He works as a catalyst for change and innovation; he has assumed leadership and development roles across a spectrum from enterprise organizations to startups. Brad is currently pursuing a master’s degree in data science at the University of California, Berkeley. You can find more information on Brad’s LinkedIn profile.
We would also like to thank Jeremy Yabrow and Colin B. Erdman for chipping in with many great ideas and bits of feedback.
Noah
I would like to thank the coauthors of the book: Grig, Kennedy, and Alfredo. It was incredible working with a team that was this effective.
Kennedy
Thanks to my coauthors, it has been a pleasure to work with you. And thanks for the patience and understanding of my family.
Alfredo
In 2010 — nine years ago as of this writing — I landed my first software engineering job. I was 31 years old with no college education and no previous engineering experience. That job meant accepting a reduced salary and no health insurance. I learned a lot, met amazing people, and gained expertise through relentless determination. Throughout those years, it would’ve been impossible to get here without people opening opportunities and pointing me in the right direction.
Thanks to Chris Benson, who saw that I was hungry for learning and kept finding opportunities to have me around.
Thanks to Alejandro Cadavid, who realized that I could fix things nobody else wanted to fix. You helped me get work when no one (including myself) thought I could be useful.
Carlos Coll got me into programming and didn’t let me quit even when I asked him to. Learning to program changed my life, and Carlos had the patience to push me to learn and land my first program in production.
To Joni Benton, for believing in me and helping me land my first full-time job.
Thanks to Jonathan LaCour, an inspiring boss who continues to help me get to a better place. Your advice has always been invaluable to me.
Noah, thanks for your friendship and guidance you are a tremendous source of motivation to me. I always enjoy working together, like that one time when we rebuilt infrastructure from scratch. Your patience and guidance when I had no idea about Python was life-changing.
Lastly, a tremendous thanks to my family. My wife Claudia, who never doubts my ability to learn and improve, and so generous and understanding of the time I spent working toward this book. My children, Efrain, Ignacio, and Alana: I love you all.
Grig
My thanks to all creators of open source software. Without them, our jobs would be so much more bleak and unfulfilling. Also thank you to all who blog and share your knowledge freely. Lastly, I also wish to thank the coauthors of this book. It’s been a really fun ride.