In this conversation, Raminder Rathore, a senior DevOps specialist,  shares her experience and perspectives on

• How her getting into IT was destined, based on her father’s foresight
• If you learn something, it is always good to share it with others [and teaching is a good option]
• Her first career transition from a teacher to a developer
• Taking on other roles such as a tester and business analyst
• Getting a break to be a consultant - a problem solver and liking it
• Becoming a tools consultant and discovering the importance of processes that go with the tools
• The significance of parents sharing their vision for their kids, with the children
• About the many options that kids of today have ahead of them
• Her exposure and experience with different locations / regions / countries
• Her personal philosophy of empathy and emphasis on listening
• The art of saying No
• The importance of training in personal development
• Certifications, sharing and learning, using case studies as an approach for learning
• The importance of communication - particularly when the teams are mostly remote and distributed
• Her concept of one team that she promotes, particularly with organizations on a DevOps adoption journey
• DevOps is more than automated CI/CD
• The answer to one questions that was waiting for fourteen years to be asked
• Her advice to people considering a career in IT as well as those who would like to switch to DevOps roles after some years of experience

Raminder Rathore is a DevOps practitioner; currently employed with HCL Technologies for 14 + years and in the IT industry for about 20 years. 

She started her career as a trainer then progressed to become a developer and then gradually moved across different product lifecycle phases; first becoming a tools consultant and then graduated to become a DevOps practitioner. 

She leads the DevOps COE at HCL that works with different customers across the globe on people, process and tools areas.