Look back at golden thread
+Vincent Batts
+ +CTO, Kinvolk
+ +devconf.us 2020
+$> finger $(whoami)
+Login: vbatts Name: Vincent Batts
+Directory: /home/vbatts Shell: /bin/bash
+Such mail.
+Plan:
+OHMAN
+$> id -Gn
+wheel devel kinvolk oci docker redhat fedora golang akamai slackware sweep
+
+
+
(♥The Oatmeal)
+
(♥The Oatmeal)
+#goals
+changed jobs
+during pandemic
+big company into a smol company
+#goals
+-
+
- have more food options than beans and rice +
- not miss rent or critical bills +
- make a meaningful contribution to an open source project +
- make a contribution to the kernel +
- travel out of the country for work +
- start a company as the CTO +
seeking out the experts
+(realizing and ensuring I am not the smartest person in the room)
+get comfortable with some vulnerability
+and then ...
+some one on IRC let me know a change I made fixed their issue
+now
+the community I'm indebted to,
+ +I have a responsibility to
+What you do
+ +(and how you do it)
+ +makes a difference
+(bonkers, I know)
+basement
+bank IT
+finish university
+then kids
+being denied
+wish to eat
+wish to eat
+partner
+#motivation
+periodic review of yourself
+(make decisions)
+((they're the worst))
+(((better make your decisions that someone else does)))
+Big jump from Alabama
+to NoVA/DC
+to slow down and be closer to the blue ridge mtns
+little company in Raleigh ...
+getting paid and working in FOSS
+literally couldn't even
+required more reflection
+and new hobbies
+
In Open Source,
+ +We are all Individual Contributors
+(it is your name out there)
+passion + surrounded-by-smarties
+ += awkward
+
radix trie and huffman trie
+your good ideas may get mixed into others' good ideas
+indebted responsibility
+comfortably vulnerable
+motivations
+hindsight can tell what has prepared you for this moment
+(being honest with yourself will help you bring others along)
+Vincent Batts
+ + +