The latest articles on DEV Community by Zak Hargreaves (@zakhargz). https://dev.to/zakhargz https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F607972%2F33e68c2c-17ae-4fc0-a1bb-af37d9764fb1.jpeg https://dev.to/zakhargz en Zak Hargreaves Thu, 29 Apr 2021 16:01:29 +0000 https://dev.to/zakhargz/welcome-into-the-world-of-my-brain-blog-oj4 https://dev.to/zakhargz/welcome-into-the-world-of-my-brain-blog-oj4 <p>I’m not really sure how I start this first blog, or the given title for my first blog into the technical world - I didn’t want this to be called ‘my first blog’ but here we are...</p> <h2> How I started my technology journey </h2> <p>This is a strange one, I started my technical journey back in 2008 when I left high school, I have to admit, I didn’t perform the best, but my story gets better! I decided to start my career with an apprenticeship in IT, the fact of I didn’t want to be stuck in a classroom for the next couple of years of my life didn’t appeal to me; I took this opportunity at a local secondary school where I learned the basics of client needs and business goals.</p> <p>Skip forward 10 years and I’m now working as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Flutter Entertainment (originally Pokerstars, but now within the International Sports Division) where I’m placed within a software team on a greenfield project, I started with a Platform Team but soon exhausted my boundaries with that team. I cannot believe how fast I have matured, learned, failed, and matured over the past years to get into this position - I finally feel like it’s my time to share my stories, struggles, hints and tips, guides, Dev &amp; Ops challenges along with other tech related things. I’m hoping I can share real-world examples to technology rather than those ‘here is a basic setup + example config’ guides you see scattered around the web - Still, watch this space! </p>