This website is a living document is designed for aspiring and current professionals alike, offering a clear, structured path toward real-world competency. Whether you’re entering IT for the first time or trying to solidify your knowledge across core areas.
This website is a living collection of documents intended offers a self-directed learning path toward building real-world capability across core areas of IT and Cybersecurity.
Whether you’re entering IT for the first time or trying to solidify your knowledge across multiple domains— The goal is the same:
Master the fundamentals to become exceptional.
What are the Fundamentals?
The Building blocks for the knowledge of each topic.
They live somewhere between “just getting started” and “fully proficient.” They’re not the finish line, but they give you the footing to keep running.
For example, you don’t need to specialize in networking, but you should understand:
- Subnetting
- Routing
- Inter-networking concepts
- The OSI model
- How to perform and interpret a packet capture
- DNS fundamentals and basic analysis
The same applies across every functional pillar—from operating systems and scripting to cloud, security, and beyond.
A lack of fundamentals in any one pillar can quickly render a team member ineffective during dynamic and rapidly evolving situations. Conversely, no one person on the team should be, or can be, a cyber unicorn
Ideally, everyone will have a specialty they excel at in addition to a solid baseline in the fundamentals.
It should not be expected that every one completely master each pillar. The intent is to have a good understanding of them.
2. Information Technology 3. System Administration 4. Networking 5. Cybersecurity 7. Cloud Engineering 7. System Design 8. Site Reliability Engineering
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1. How to Use this Resource
How to Use This Resource
Emphasize taking your time, Be deliberate in your actions and delve deeper as needed.
This isn’t a bootcamp. It’s not about grinding certifications or speed-running content.
It’s about deliberate, layered understanding.
- Be curious
- Take your time
- Revisit concepts as you go
- Build a strong foundation before diving deep
Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.
This material is meant to supplement, not replace, existing frameworks. It exists to give structure to your self-directed study.
These are only the beginning, and the bare minimum you should expect to know as a junior level engineer. While demand for operations engineers continues to grow at a fast pace, you will still find there is competition for positions. The more you know, the stronger your chances of finding a job.
Simply reading the 101 sections of Ops School is not sufficient, you must understand it. As an example: The DNS section explains there are 13 root name servers. In addition to knowing this fact, you have to understand why there are 13 root name servers and be able to explain it confidently to others.
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You WILL NOT be able to learn it all over night. Be Curious, Be Patient, Take it slow and Have Fun.
This all takes a lot of dedication - Maintaining a healthy balance is key.
Make sure your family and friends get time with you, or that you make time to do the hobbies you love.
This is actively in development and will change frequently. Written in Obsidian , published via Quartz