.Net Foundation Interviews for the 2021 .NET Foundation Board Elections, 1 Sep 2021

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From YouTube: Interview with Mattias Karlsson

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Mattias Karlsson is a candidate running for the .NET Foundation Board.
Follow him on Twitter @devlead

A

Hey all I'm nicole, I recently joined the dot-net foundation as a community manager. I'm excited to get started in the role and I'm going to bring you the interviews that we're doing for the nominations for the board of directors.

A

Today we have matias carlson and I'm going to let him introduce himself.

B

Yeah so hi, my name is kossel, I'm from gothenburg, sweden. So um it's midnight here now so I'm way past my bedtime.

A

We're going to ask all the candidates the same five questions. These questions have come from a survey sent out via slack by the nomination committee. If you have any questions for the candidates, please tweet them to the official.net foundation. Twitter handle okay, let's get started! What excites you about the future of the net ecosystem.

B

Well as technologists, what excites me actually with the whole with.net section what's coming, is that we see unification in in some ways, but also it will become more diverse and when unification I mean the tooling project formats and things that and documentation is starting to become the same, but also see that there's a lot more room for innovation when we see things standardized and templates and when we have the same cli or things to build against, uh and I think I really like that.

B

So I think, like the diversity of platforms too, like we will see now for everything everything from the small microcontroller to webassembly to uh mac applications like, I think that's where the excitement is because we have partially have that before with things like mono and things, but have been a small divide in how you do it or how you build it.

B

But now I think this we will see a lot of innovation because we have will have the same tooling and same and also not like always the same tooling, but also like japan's rider will be more better ide because will has like a more common project format.

B

I think I think there will have more diverse and also like common ground, so we'll run everywhere and that's what we've been promised all along and I think now we're finally ending up there in a way.

A

What role do you think the.net foundation can play to inspire more confidence, in.net.

B

Well, in a way, I think the role should be to have continuous conversations with both the individuals, members companies, but also prospect of those like who can we get to be part of economic ecosystem that isn't now and and there I think, to be more like listening uh to what are the current fashions or at the competition, but also like what are the current statements from us? I think uh like to inspire. I think we need to listen and see what what are the frictional people need to be inspired in.

B

uh I think that's more important to you, so I think that's the biggest role like see. What are the contentions in the community and how can we alleviate that.

A

So how can the.net foundation help open source projects be more successful and gain credibility.

B

Yeah as as a maintainer like, I think, I'm key folks that will like listen to what are the project's pain points in my way to see how can we reduce friction and projects? What are what are the issues you are seeing and also like with people that are adopting open source like what are their their pain points and also like? How can we assist projects with that?

B

So, in a way, how can we make projects more like have bigger appeal or what a bigger attraction to that, but also like provide uh a stage to shine light on the existing projects like what are the projects in foundation now and and things like blog posts, uh tweets, podcasts streams and things that I think so you can uh not only adopt but also foster and keep the things you have, because it's not just a sales pitch, but you need to like once you have the members in foundation or project inflation. What happens, then?

B

I think there's also something to build confidence around.

A

What can the net foundation do around education and adoption of.net.

B

Well, the biggest area like find ways to raise awareness, because I think there's so many that have the like the old views of the net or things that and but also much more, like listen, take feedback like what do people like first before you tell them. Well, it's not like this anymore, it's not the old.net. Well, why do I think it's old.net like? Where did they get the information I listen to them, but also see where, where are the frictions in the community?

B

Can we reduce that can alleviate it in some way and also see how can we find presence outside the community like what are the events where are like if we want more dimensional diversity? What are the appeal? Where are the people we want to find, or how can we make them more welcome and but also something like don't forget, to keep a dialogue with the people that are in the foundation like uh keep? What are their experiences?

B

um What like yeah yeah, so it's not like the it's, not the sales piece and a close deal, and now you're in a version of react you but yeah. I think the conversation and then reads and repeats in a way like how can we find new and expand. uh So I think that's uh the whole education thing I think like, because, if we're gonna change, people need to hear them out.

B

A

Finally, what are some things you would do right away if you joined the dot net foundation board.

B

Well, if I on board, I will actually like my keyword, will be to listen because in the area I think there's so many people that aren't sure actually what the board does, and so I will actually try to hear out the board first. What or what are they trying to do and what means and digest that and provide feedback for like what I think they should be doing but also see. Could I adapt my message to you with a new knowledge?

B

I've listened and learned, and essentially repeat that, because I think change will come in small parts like you need to continue. You need to have a constant. You have to change a little each day better than to have a big change that you can't follow through.

B

So I would love to both uh listen to the members and the board and previous, like stakeholders, because I think that's key to see like we need to find where the friction is and alleviate that and reduce it.

A

How can people find you if they have more questions.

B

So I think the best way would probably be on twitter uh and then I'm devlide and I'm dead with most other places to you and github and linkedin and everything. But I think you can find my blog and everything on twitter and I'm pretty active on twitter so and my dms are open, so feel free to shoot a message. If there's anything.

A

Great thank you for joining me today.

B