Charting Your Own Course Through the Cloud Native Landscape

A presentation at DeveloperWeek Cloud 2022 in September 2022 in Austin, TX, USA by Matt Stratton

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Charting your own course through the whatever what not landscape

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Draw a concept while learning it! Color Code Watch lightboard videos Take your time!

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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!

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It’s not just reading - write as we ! B k clubs are fun! Join one. Reframe in your own words ll oo Use flashcards

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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

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“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”

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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”

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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

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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