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# I'm leaving Octopus Deploy!
- URL: https://www.techielass.com/im-leaving-octopus-deploy/
- Published: 2022-10-07T16:01:29.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-07T16:01:28.000Z
- Description: Today is my last day as an Octopus Deploy employee.
- Author: Sarah Lean
- Tags: Career

After 354 days as an Octonaut, it's time to head for a new adventure!

Today, the 7th of October 2022, is my last day at Octopus Deploy. 

The past (nearly) year has been a great learning journey for me. I've stretched both myself technically and non-technically. 

When I joined Octopus Deploy, I had never used the tool before, so my first task was to ramp up on the tool. And I think I did that very convincingly; I delivered my [first webinar](https://youtu.be/LPfi1IiIgzc?ref=techielass.com) two months after starting. 

I then went on to deliver six talks to user groups and conferences across the world sharing my knowledge about Octopus and its power. 

While learning [Octopus Deploy](https://www.techielass.com/what-is-octopus-deploy/), I also expanded to learning more about [Azure DevOps](https://youtu.be/Ad7KQ0j%5FVXY?ref=techielass.com) and [GitHub Actions](https://www.techielass.com/tag/github-actions/). And I finally got round to learning [Azure Bicep](https://www.techielass.com/getting-started-with-azure-bicep/) and creating templates using that Infrastructure as Code language!

![never stop learning](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/96/08960c71-63a2-449b-91b1-8d4628166dd2/content/images/2022/09/More-You.png)

never stop learning

As well as expanding my technical knowledge I worked hard to develop the Community team and help grow it. I wrote a lot of different proposals to help shape how and why we were creating content for the audience, who our audience were, why subtitles on YouTube videos needed to be a default position, why a regular YouTube show was important to the brand of Octopus Deploy and sponsorship of some user groups. 

In July this year, I was promoted from Senior DevOps Advocate to Lead DevOps Advocate for the contributions I had made to the team. It's worth noting I wrote a 13 (A4) page document stating what I had done and why it was important in order to get that promotion, so never be frightened to voice your accomplishments!

I definitely learnt a lot of my time at Octopus and am thankful to the journey I've had. 

### What's next

My new role starts in November, so I am going to enjoy some down time between now and then. 😊