Charting Your Own Course Through the Cloud Native Landscape
A presentation at DeveloperWeek Cloud 2022 in in Austin, TX, USA by Matt Stratton
Charting your own course through the whatever what not landscape
Draw a concept while learning it! Color Code Watch lightboard videos Take your time!
Study bu ies! Watch guest speakers at m tups or conferences Audiob ks! Podcasts! Interviews! ee dd oo Use your own voice - talk to yourself!
It’s not just reading - write as we ! B k clubs are fun! Join one. Reframe in your own words ll oo Use flashcards
Write code while you’re learning (if a licable) Learning can be a game! Don’t forget your pace pp oo L k for hands-on resources/playgrounds online
“you h into nodes but kubectl exec into pods - this ki ed me” Unhelpful advice I received: “jUsT go cOntRibUte!” ll ll rr ll ss “Everyone insisted it was rea y, rea y hard, and mostly just refe ing to their inability to explain it”
Unhelpful advice I received: “Oh, this is always hard to learn” ll tt “No one is an expert in every one of the many moving pieces that make up Kubernetes” Hardest thing about learning K8s: “Networking. Frankly, I’m sti pre y convinced that networking is magic”
Take time to find resources that work for you Build sustainable habits Be kind to yourself Find a mentor ee tt There is no ge ing around it, d p learning takes time
mm cc mm tt Obsidian https://obsidian.md/ Notion https://www.notion.so/ Anki https://apps.ankiweb.net/ 4 Types of Learning Styles: How to A o odate a Diverse Group of Students https://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/education/blog/types-of-learning-styles/ Ϟ Enlightning “How Do You Structure Learning For Technical Concepts?” https://via.vmw.com/Ehup Twi er thread on advice from co unity https://twitter.com/mattstratton/status/1521954012370817025
The cloud native landscape is notoriously vast, and there is no hope of one human ever understanding every piece of it. Perhaps you should just quit now! Or instead, join Matty and Whitney on a journey with three fictional learners who are all trying to level up their Kubernetes knowledge, but with different backgrounds, goals, and learning styles. They will share resources and learning strategies that are beneficial to each. Anecdotal stories about how some real-life, well-known Kubernetes community members got their start will be sprinkled in along the way! The goal is not to give a comprehensive view of the Kubernetes learning landscape but instead to leave you feeling empowered to define your own personal learning strategies and goals, and then to seek out the resources that will best help you!
Resources
The following resources were mentioned during the presentation or are useful additional information.
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Obsidian
Note taking app
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Notion
Notes/information collection/organization app/website
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Anki
Flash card website/OSS project
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Ϟ Enlightning “How Do You Structure Learning For Technical Concepts?”
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4 Types of Learning Styles: How to Accommodate a Diverse Group of Students
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Twitter thread on advice from community
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The Seinfeld Strategy
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Ϟ Enlightning
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Mutual Benefit
The band Whitney toured with
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Zone of Proximal Development
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