2020 DevOps Roadmap and Essential Reading for Aspiring DevOps Engineers

DevOps has become extremely popular, and many friends, colleagues, and senior developers are striving to become DevOps engineers.

Readers often ask how to become a DevOps engineer, which tools to learn (Maven, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes), and which practices to follow.

The article introduces the "2020 DevOps RoadMap" as a valuable resource for guiding aspiring engineers.

It emphasizes that theoretical knowledge is essential and recommends several must‑read books, notably The Phoenix Project for junior team members and Continuous Delivery for understanding the philosophy and principles behind development and delivery processes.

Practical experience is highlighted as the way to validate theory, requiring extensive hands‑on work.

While the roadmap lists what to learn, it does not explain how or where to learn; therefore, the author shares a collection of free and paid online courses to improve the required tools and domains.

For those just starting, the author suggests learning Jenkins pipelines and CI/CD as the best entry point into DevOps.

Finally, readers are invited to join a community group chat to share ideas and challenges while learning and practicing DevOps.