Conference:  KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023

Authors: Peter O'Neill

2023-04-18

Let's abstract the world of the CNCF and imagine it as an RPG board game. You will encounter level 99 developers, speakers, and content creators. Don't fear; these are not your enemies but rather a living example showing what it takes to reach the same level. Being level 1 at anything is hard, but you can quickly gain experience and level up with a simple shift in how you're already working. If you're already writing code to help you solve a problem, can you push it upstream? If you're teaching your friends the latest tech tips, can you expand your audience? If you're analyzing security trends on your internal systems, can you apply your learnings to an open-source project? With these small shifts, you are now ready to start leveling up. Not only can you level up your character, but you can level up projects. Looking at the project status will let you know the storyline difficulty. Kubernetes (main storyline mmorpg+irl) Graduated (standard) Incubating (hard) Sandbox (challenging) When you choose to work together, every XP you gain for the project earns double XP for the players in the party. So build your team, find your quests, smash some PRs, and level-up. Join me in this talk to learn how to get your player card and level up in the CNCF today!