"Discover how surprisingly similar it is to do Kung Fu and DevOps. How practice can help you achieve mind over alert, focus your grep fu and most important, the art of the intercepting gist."

1. THE SURPRISING SIMILARITIES
OF KUNG FU AND DEVOPS
BY ERIK ZAADI | DEC 12, 2016

2. TEAM LEADER AND COMMUNITY GUY
ERIKZAADI

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DEVOPS FU - ORIGINS
MOAR ABOUT ME
• Been training various Martial Arts since I started
hacking on Commodore 64.
• Been training Wu Wei Gung Fu since 2008

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DISCLAIMER
SRZLY, THIS DUDE?
I’m officially LAME!
In Kung Fu, like in production, shit happens.
Instead of data loss, I got a teared calf muscle (yay!).
sudo rm -rf /leg

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{K,G}UNG FU
WHAT IS KUNG FU?
• Being your best at something
through hard work and practice

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A TALE OF A DEVOPS / KUNG FU PADAWAN
THE RISING
• Everything is hard and frustrating
• You keep on getting bruises
• You barely walk after each encounter

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HURT IS FUN
THEN IT IMPROVES
• Muscle memory
• Things are less hard
• Discover helpful tools
• No longer the youngest junior
• Not as intimidated

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ZOMG I KNOW ALL THE MOVES
“YOU KNOW IT ALL”
• Get cocky => Get sloppy

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ZOMG I REALLY DON’T KNOW ALL THE MOVES
YOU GET WHOPPED, BADLY

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HUMBLE IN DEFEAT
HURT BUT STILL BREATHING
• You get up
• Start learning again
• Get better

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GAIN XP
LETHAL TOOLS
• Knives / Bash
• Sticks / Tmux
• Nunchucks / Ansible
• God Mode / Google

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POUR IT ON
DEALING WITH IT
• Extreme situations

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FALSE GOD SYNDROME AGAIN
WHOPPED AGAIN
• Senior Narrow Vision
• Youngster with fresh eyes

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SLOWLY YOU GATHER ACHIEVEMENTS
GAIN LEVELS

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GIVING BACK
CONTRIBUTING FTW
• Community
• Open source
• Training

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AFTER YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
ZEN ARRIVES
• Can never know everything
• Must always learn and keep up
• Sharing knowledge is the best way of learning
• You never never never E - V - E - R z
lose passion for what you do

17. HERE'S A PICTURE OF ABSOLUTE ZEN
TO SUMMARIZE: