ChefConf 2019: Bridging the Great Divide: Using Chef as a Spark for DevOps

Historically, dev teams and ops teams have set on separate sides of the fence. DevOps has been sold as the answer. Bring your teams together and work will be more efficient and harmonious. What happens if you work in a slower moving industry or for a company that is just getting started in this movement? How can you ignite change? Many tools we work with today have been developed with DevOps principles in mind — Chef being one of them. In this talk, I'll highlight how you can use Chef to spark change in your org and get on a path to a more collaborative future. I'll also talk about how using Chef can lead a person on a personal DevOps journey by highlighting my path to Chef enlightenment.