1. Sailing through your career
with
The Community
Neependra Khare, CloudYuga
@neependra

2. About
• Founder and Principal Consultant at CloudYuga
• Docker Captain
• Author of Docker Cookbook - 2015
• Author of Kubernetes course on Edx
• Author of Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure Technologies course on Edx
• Self Paced online courses at school.cloudyuga.guru
• Containers Fundamentals - Docker, runC & rkt, online self paced course (2017)
• Containers (Docker) for Dev and QA , online self paced course (2017)
• Running Docker Meetup Group in Bangalore for around 4 years now

3. I am just talking from my
experience

4. Change is the Permanent Thing

5. Is only IT industry susceptible
to change ?

7. VM -> Containers -> Serverless

8. https://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/116202/race-pipeline-atlassian-aint-playin-introducing-devops-marketplace/

9. Will there be a full stop ?

10. Business needs drive changes and
accordingly respective industry
gets adjusted

11. IT industry has been adjusted with
Open Source, as first strategy

12. And where does innovation
happens in Open Source ?

13. Community
Where like minded people share code, knowledge and opportunities …

14. Community
Consume

15. Community
Participate

16. Community
Contribute

17. What role communities played
in my career ?

18. What role a community can play in your career ?
• Satisfaction
• Get visibility
• Get the job you love
• Start something of you own

19. What stops us from being part of community ?
• Time commitment
• Company Culture
• Fear
• Don’t want to get out from comfort zone

20. A turtle only makes progress
when it sticks its neck out.
James Bryan Conant

21. How to get started ?
• Attend Meetups/Conferences
• Start fixing simple bugs
• Volunteer to do documentation
• Share more
• Blog
• Speak at meetups/conference

22. Build a brand for yourself

23. Things to keep in mind
• Look at the larger picture, before selecting a project
• Be Open
• Follow community guidelines
• Be willing to take responsibilities
• Things take time
• There is very thin line between community and commercial interests

24. Business and commercial benefits
are by-products of community
efforts

25. There are more good people to
help, than we think !!

26. Thank You !