DevOps has become the de facto standard of our industry. But what does it mean to do it? What does it mean for you as a developer, as a team leader, as a product owner? In the past 4 years, I have been leading the DevOps transformation across many teams. I have modeled processes, built tools, led discussions, sessions, and workshops. I have pushed and been pushed in different directions. I have seen it all. I want to share that experience with you. I want to share the biggest challenges we’ve faced, what personas I encountered in the process, and how I dealt with them. I want to show you that it’s not all sweets and roses, but it’s also definitely not suicide or a dead end. I will try to summarize my list of things you need to keep in mind in order to be successful in that journey. I will share what we did wrong and what we did right, where it hurts and where it shines. DevOps is cool and cruel at the same time. This is what makes it so fun and also, what makes it work.