Aaand we are starting the Ignite session at #VelocityConf MC’d by @nicolefv ! Given the rapid fire talks, going to keep this to a single thread...
Talk on good practices for distributed teams:
1 It’s not about cutting costs
2 Provide autonomy
3 Invest in communications
4 Hybrid teams are ok
5 Don’t lower the bar for off-shore teams
6 You can attract talent from all over
Now eventual consistency with @vllry including CAP theorem, eventual consistency, and more! #VelocityConf
How early warnings can save the farm with Nishan.
1 Relationships of microservices are important
2 Alert correlation - monitor entire stack and alert in real time
3 Keep platform onboarding for platforms easy
4 Optimize your ops data ingestion
Gabe talking about Nuclear Waste Disposal and How it’s Similar to Software Dev
1 Nuclear waste Engineering is highly robust
2 Containers are designed to resist failure... and last a while
Scott Silvi on moving on from lost causes
1 It’s better to stop 6mo early than 6mo late
2 Don’t consume multiple bottles of sake after a 90hr code session
3 We prioritize loss over gains
4 Align what you do with what you care about
@snowboardvstree on Building Culture and Eliminating Waste
1 Build trust
2 No toxic people
3 Move faster - set direction not dictating action
4 Be a teacher and student
5 Outlearn your competition
6 You aren’t your job title
7 Deliver small & often
@austinlparker on We have met the enemy and it is us
1 We paid for compilers and version control
2 Free software is great but we pay by a loss of control to the commons (& VCs & benevolent corporate entities)
3 Distribute, decentralize, federate could be an option
For this community mentorship isn't just about the technical knowledge (which is important) but there are some specialized needs for career growth. Additionally, imposter syndrome (a big issue in tech) can weigh heavy for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Some useful tips for Technical Education regardless of a mentee's background.
"Don't disparage the mentee's educational path" is a big one IMO - more and more folks are entering tech from non-traditional backgrounds which is *awesome*
Had issues joining via web so I'm going mobile. In to the panel just in time for intros whew! Moira Bohannon, Mercedes Hall and Patreece Spence are all speakers with Beth Dickerson hosting. All from Elsevier.
Definitely appreciate the intros including pronouns #vGHC#GHC20
Workshops at #vGHC#GHC20 are the more 'interactive' version of virtual events this year. We're getting started with some audience polls to better understand demographics.
Lots of folks coming from SWE and a broad distro of folks across their career stage.
Next session at #vGHC20 for me is pretty pertinent: Male Allies: The One "DEI" Thing a Male Ally Can Do Today - a panel including Glenn Block, David Graham, Jason Thompson, and Jeremiah Chan.
Sobering stat: study by the patent office 12.8% of patent inventors are women. The percentage growth in this area is actually slowing down.. only 2% growth in 15+ years.
This isn't just about recognition for patent creation there's a financial impact as well.
Another stat: 9 of 10 venture capital dollars goes to while males according to our moderator Ha Nguyen. Through Spero Ventures she's working to help make those numbers more diverse.
I'm *really* excited about the next session on my list: Applying Accessibility and Gender Sensitive Design Strategy to API Design with Anwesha Bhattacharjee.
I tend to think of Accessibility == UX so it will be great to see a take on service build out.
This session is geared towards folks in B2B, a product manager/designer role familiar with Design Thinking or are building out a public facing API catalog.
My take: probably pretty important for internal API creation too!
Ethics in software development can be tricky - data may be used in unintended ways. As software devs it’s not always easy to think of these possibilities when we are so focused on delivering “the service.” #devopsdaysphilly
There’s a double edged sword at play - we may not know the usefulness of data points until we have them. But from a privacy perspective we should only be grabbing data that’s relevant to providing the service #devopsdaysphilly