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From YouTube: Putting Into Practice the Skills You've Learned Contributing to Kubernetes - Kiran Oliver, Camunda
Description
Don’t miss out! Join us at our next event: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2022 in Valencia, Spain from May 17-20. Learn more at https://kubecon.io The conference features presentations from developers and end users of Kubernetes, Prometheus, Envoy, and all of the other CNCF-hosted projects.
Putting Into Practice the Skills You've Learned Contributing to Kubernetes - Kiran Oliver, Camunda
Contributing to Kubernetes, learning how the community functions, and understanding the key pillars that make this large open source project, and its surrounding community a success may seem like a mystery. The secret is actually no secret at all: It’s about the people behind the project, working tirelessly and making things happen day in, and day out. It is a recurring challenge for many new open source developers to apply the skills they’ve learned when contributing to Kubernetes to the real world, particularly if they are new to the industry, changing careers, or are skilling up in their current role. This talk helps to bring clarity to the questions, “How can I truly use what I’ve learned contributing to Kubernetes to improve my career outlook long-term?” and “How can I use these skills to improve the communities, ecosystems, and other open source projects I’m a part of?”
A
Thank
you,
everyone,
so
much
it's
great
to
be
here
back
in
person
at
kubecon
and
cloudnaycon.
I
see
so
many
people
that
I
know
and
it's
wonderful
to
see
all
of
your
fantastic
faces
for
those
of
you.
That
don't
know
me,
however,
which
I'm
sure
is
quite
a
few
of
you.
My
name
is
ren
oliver
and
I
am
a
technical
community
builder
at
community.
A
A
So
you're
an
open
source
contributor.
Now
what
how
will
you
level
up
those
skills?
How
are
you
going
to
use
those
in
real
life
to
actually
get
a
job?
Many
people
see
open
source
as
a
way
to
start
a
career
kick
off
a
new
one
change
careers
entirely
like
I
did,
or,
for
example,
just
level
up
their
skill
set
in
some
way,
but
it
can
be
hard
to
figure
out
how
to
put
that
into
practice
to
make
a
meaningful
impactful
change
in
your
life.
Fortunately,
open
source
has
your
back
no
worries.
A
A
A
A
You
can,
however,
use
technology
to
your
advantage
and
you
can
use
your
skill
set
to
your
advantage
and
you
are
worth
all
of
the
good
things
that
happen
to
you
in
your
life
and
more
and
with
contributing
to
open
source.
You
can
bring
in
not
only
a
wonderful
community
into
your
life,
but
wonderful
experiences
that
you
can
take
with
you
to
create
wonderful,
amazing
things,
particularly
in
this
open
source
ecosystem.
There's
amazing
opportunities
out
here
and
what
you
can
do,
the
sky's.
The
limit.
A
A
Don't
worry,
open
source
contributions
can
really
help
you
shine
and
soak
in
the
community,
and
that's
really
what
this
landscape
is
all
about.
Is
helping
people
connecting
them
and
making
sure
that
you
have
the
tools
to
build
up
your
career
and
build
up
your
community
in
the
best
way
possible
to
build
the
best
version
of
you.
A
So
create
that
greatness.
How
can
we
do
that?
Everyone
has
greatness
and
you
can
do
that
in
a
lot
of
ways.
Collaboration
and
community
are
two
of
those
pillars
that
will
help
you
bring
that
to
life.
So
if
you're,
not
in
the
kubernetes
slack
you're
going
to
want
to
join
that,
that's
where
all
the
fun
is.
A
A
For
example,
contributor
experience,
we're
a
wonderful
group.
Please
join
the
contributor
experience,
sig
we're
fun.
I
promise
you
can
also
do
things
like
review,
pull
requests
and,
if
you're,
not
a
member
of
kubernetes.
Yet
if
you
find
some
pr's
that
you
make
and
you
get
a
member
to
sponsor
you,
congrats
you'll
be
a
member
of
kubernetes.
A
If
you
find
two
sponsors
and
we
will
be
happy
to
help
you
do
so
so
if
you
make
your
five
pr's
and
you
want
to
become
a
member-
and
you
want
to
go
along
that
contributor
path
to
becoming
a
reviewer,
you
can
do
that
by
reviewing
other
people's
pr's
and
then
it
gets
even
better.
You
can
become
a
approver
and
all
of
those
other
pathways
that
lead
through
the
contributor
experience
ladder,
which
is
a
wonderful
thing
that
outlines
your
journey
in
kubernetes
and
the
best
part
is.
A
Other
things
you
can
do
are
issue
triage
and
a
lot
of
issue.
Treehouse
has
actually
been
automated
in
a
lot
of
ways
by
the
wonderful
lori
apple
and,
if
you
don't
know
lori,
you
really
should
and
the
ways
the
issue
triage
has
been
revolutionized
over
the
last
couple
years,
since
we
were
last
together
in
san
diego.
A
Another
thing
you
can
do
if
you
really
want
to
start
small,
is
you
can
attend
and
organize
meetups
that
can
be
just
your
local
community.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
going
straight
to
kubernetes
the
main
org
you're,
not
super
overwhelmed
with
a
ton
of
new
people.
You
can
start
your
actual
community
in
your
hometown
in
your
city,
you
can
attend
meetups,
you
can
start
a
meetup
and
there's
ways
to
do
so
and
there's
a
lot
of
resources
to
help
you
so
for
the
community.
In
terms
of
that,
this
kubernete
this
kubernetes
community
is
amazing.
A
You
can
put
yourself
out
there
if
you're
comfortable
doing
so.
You
can
do
things
like
podcasts.
You
can
write
articles,
you
can
even
just
get
on
twitter
and
talk
about
your
experience.
What
you've
learned
today
contributing
to
kubernetes
what
you've
learned
about
the
ecosystem,
cool
projects
you've
checked
out.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
one
thing
it
can
be.
A
Anything
people
will
want
to
hear
about
your
experience,
because
you're,
the
only
one
that
has
that
experience
and
you
have
knowledge
that
matters
and
that
content,
it's
important,
that
you
create
it
in
your
own
voice
because,
as
I
said
before,
you're
the
only
one
that
can
tell
your
story
and
this
stuff
that
you've
learned
and
the
things
that
you
are
an
expert
on.
You
have
that
knowledge
that
you
can
share
with
others.
So
that's
very
important
that
you
tell
your
own
unique
story
about
this
landscape,
because
there
are
people
that
want
to
hear
it.
A
A
You
can
also
unify
this
community,
you
can
teach
people
in
this
community
and
you
can
inspire
the
community
as
a
whole
and
these
ecosystems
allow
you
to
share
your
expertise
and
you
can
connect
with
others.
As
I
said
before,
you
can
connect
with
not
only
your
local
community
but
the
broader
community.
You
can
also
make
progress
towards
a
common
goal
by
joining
the
ecosystem
of
the
broader
cloud
native
landscape
and
remembering
that
we're
all
in
this
together
when
one
of
us
wins,
we
all
win.
A
A
Communication
is
huge
as
well
and
you've
got
to
remember
that
not
everyone
communicates
in
the
same
way.
You
do
some
people
like
to
talk.
Some
people
prefer
learning
by
reading
some
people
prefer
learning
by
getting
hands-on,
really
deep
into
code
judges
reading
those
get
logs
and
really
figured
out.
What's
behind
the
scenes,
others
they're
just
happy
to
do
review
in
a
google
doc
so
figuring
out
how
everyone
on
your
team
and
in
your
community
communicates
best
means
that
that
community
will
thrive
in
the
long
run.
A
A
Another
thing
is,
of
course
success.
Everybody
wants
success,
but
how
do
you
get
it?
You
can
ask
first
of
all
what
does
that
mean
for
you?
What
does
it
mean
for
me?
That's
important!
Defining
what
success
means
to
you
on
an
individual
level
is
key
to
putting
those
contributions
to
kubernetes
into
practice,
because
without
a
clear
path
to
success,
you
won't
really
see
that,
so
you
have
to
define
what
that
actually
means.
Where
do
you
want
those
contributions
to
take
you?
A
What
is
your
end
goal
when
you
have
that
goal
in
mind
and
that
clear
vision
towards
the
future,
you
can
put
those
contributions
and
focus
your
efforts
so
that
you'll
ultimately
achieve
your
goal
of
success
and
then
another
thing
too
is
don't
compare
yourself
to
others.
You
are
the
only
you.
There
is
no
one
else
like
you
in
this
world
and
you
and
your
experience
matter.
A
A
Please
remember
to
negotiate
job
titles
matter
and
you
can
play
hardball
because
you
deserve
it,
get
the
title
you
deserve
and
if
you
don't
know
how
to
fight
for
it,
there
are
many
people
out
there
that
will
help
you
do
so,
I'm
one
of
them.
So
if
you
need
help,
ask
because
your
job
title
matters
and
it
will
dictate
how
far
you
go
in
the
future.
A
A
And
another
thing
to
keep
in
mind
is
progress
as
much
as
we'd
love
it
to
be
is
not
linear.
It
is
not
a
straight
line
and
I
am
going
to
go
for
the
zelda
reference.
This
is
not
your
traditional
zelda
dungeon.
It
is
not
a
linear.
You
will
go
here
and
do
this,
and
this,
and
this
in
this
particular
order
we're
talking
breath
of
the
wild.
The
world
is
open.
A
You
can
do
anything,
you
want
to
climb
them
out
and
you
can
do
it,
but
the
problem
is,
then,
what
what
do
you
do
when
you
get
there?
So
in
2019
I
lost
my
job
and
that's
where
most
of
you
saw
me
in
san
diego.
It
was
dark
times
and
it
was
not
great,
don't
recommend
it
and
I
actually
paused
a
lot
of
my
kubernetes
open
source
work.
A
So
that
was
a
really
really
rough
period
of
time
for
me
and
I
stopped
doing
anything,
but
in
2020
I
actually
came
back
to
open
source
got
back
involved
in
the
kubernetes
community
and
I
actually
won
the
bake
off
that
they
had
for
the
contributors,
and
that
was
super
fun
and
it
really
reinvigorated
me
to
really
get
involved
in
this
community
is
the
fun
things
that
we
do
together.
We
do
things
like
the
contributor
summit.
A
We
do
things
like
the
bake
off
and
it's
a
time
where
we
get
to
all
come
together
and
say
we're
contributors
working
on
this
wonderful
amazing
project
known
as
kubernetes,
but
more
than
that,
it's
like
I
get
to
see
a
bunch
of
my
friends
at
least
once
a
year,
whether
it's
virtually
or
in
person,
and
that's
really
awesome
and
having
the
kubernetes
community
is
wonderful.
So
all
of
you
here
are
fantastic
and
it's
just
been
a
joy.
So
2020
was
great
got
back
into
things
2021.
A
A
But
the
key
thing
to
remember
is
that
you
don't
have
to
be
perfect.
You
just
have
to
keep
going
and
when
I
was
out
of
a
job,
I
thought
this
is
the
lowest
I'm
never
ever
going
to
get.
Nothing
is
going
to
get
better.
I
don't
know
how
to
come
back
from
this
and
I
put
in
200
applications.
300
applications.
A
A
You
just
have
to
keep
going
and
you
have
to
keep
believing
in
yourself
because
you're
worth
that
and
then
of
course
the
thing
is
2022
is
coming
up
already
and
I
would
love
to
know
how
you'll
take
what
you've
learned
here
today
and
use
it
to
make
this
community
better
use
it
to
make
yourselves
better
and
your
lives
and
to
inspire
one
another
and
come
together
to
contribute
to
kubernetes
and
build
this
community
and
make
it
better.
In
the
long
run.
A
You
and
all
of
us
here
have
built
amazing,
wonderful
things,
as
you
saw
this
morning
at
the
keynote
that
huge
landscape
that
almost
filled
that
entire
theater
screen.
We
all
did
that
all
of
us
here
did
that
and
that's
an
amazing
accomplishment.
We
should
all
be
very
proud
of
so
take
some
time.
Reflect
applause,
you're,
amazing,
whether
you've
written
docs,
you've
reviewed
code,
you're,
pushing
new
pr's
or
you're
participating
in
a
sig.
You
have
created
and
will
continue
to
create
wonderful
things
that
have
brought
this
community
together,
and
it
brought
us
all
here
today.