History shows us that we may not understand the significance of events until much later. Throughout my life, I learned the principles of DevOps; I just didn't know it yet. I will reflect on how oil changes, sausage making, and carpentry gave me a solid foundation for DevOps.

Residing in the Pacific Northwest, Joe has worn various hats in his tech career: helpdesk at a university computer lab, system administrator, kernel performance engineer, build engineering,