December 15, 2020
These are my notes from session on Inclusive Leadership at VMware
Diversity # visible traits and invisible traits/dimensions of our identity (eg. religion) URMs # minorities - black, latam, american indians, native alaskans, pacific islanders /hawaiaans URGs # groups Equity # distribution of resources to address systemic barriers and support equal outcomes vs. equality is everyone gets the same thing (eg. notebook + pen vs laptops for devs, etc) equal is not equitable (meat to a room that includes vegetarians) Inclusion # Cognizance bias is a achillles heel Humility - i am biased but want to improve Empathy - prespective taking Courage talking about imperfections takes risk taking Commitment staying the course is hard Curiosity Cultural Intelligence Collaboration In Groups # set the rules/norms in a culture often unaware of their privilege Out Groups # work hard to fit in less power Pschological Safety # Amy Edmonson Sense of confidence that the team will not embarass, reject or punish someone for speaking up Shared beleif that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking Notice when you’re contributing to in-group/out-group behaviours Create Pysch safety # encourage conversational turn-taking be empathetic and socially sensitve Micro aggressions # they are suble discrimination that reflects painful stereotypes, practices, policies and world views analogy of mosquito bites 1 bite is annoying constant biting over a long period of time is debilitating admit they exist ask difficult questions show peers that it is unacceptable - call them out microaffirmations can counter microaggessions recognize that microagressions reflect painful, deeply embedded stereotypes, practices, policies, and worldviews if bias is “what”; microaggressions are the “how” Covering # hiding a unfavored trait/identity to fit in appearance based affiliation based emotional tax - the state of being on guard intersectionality # no one is defined by a single category Privilege # system advantage or privileged isnt so much about what you have, but what you dont have to think about
November 12, 2020
These are my notes from a session on Diversity & Inclusion at LeadDev
What matters !! # Impact matters much more than intention
essentially not having ill intension is not sufficient one has to be accountable for the impact of one’s actions this is more significant in situations when one party has a position of privilege or authority In such cases
Acknowledge the mistake Make a committment to change Be accountable Simple definitions # Privilege = Access Underrepresented = It is a matter of #s Marginalized = Treatment Inclusion !
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November 7, 2020
The process # Study # Took Mumshad’s super popular CKAD preparation course. It introduced the relevant kubernetes concepts and the labs at the end of each section were great for reinforcing the material. At $20 the course was a steal 🔥🔥🔥. This was the only resource I used and I passed the exam 🎉.
Practice # From reading about the exam online and from the mock exams in Mumshad’s course, I realized that the exam is not hard but you have to be fast.
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October 28, 2020
I moved 🚀 to the US from Canada on a visa and these are some of my learnings.
What you should know 🤔 # Soon # Get your Social Security Number (SSN) card ASAP You’ll need it to open a bank account without hassle It will allow you to start building a credit history Get a credit card so you can build a US credit history.
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September 15, 2020
Sparse CKAD Notes # Node # Runs the containers deployed on K8s. It is the worker
Kubelet # Agent running on the node that monitors health of pods and running pods on the container runtime
Container Runtime # Engine that runs the containers
Master # Handles all requests and is the brains that orchestrates work on the workers
API Server # Receives all incoming API requests and is the frontend to K8s cluster
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May 25, 2020
These are a list of resources that addressing diversity and inclusion that were recommended to me and resources that I found helpful to increase my awareness.
TODO # Ijeoma recommends So You Want to Talk About Race The Bamboo ceiling (Asians in the tech sector) Anything by Michelle Alexander Dr Kindal Crenshaw on Intersectionality Race mediation workboooks Denise Yu recommends Tatiana Mac - Priviledge defines performance Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates # Book
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March 8, 2020
Getting Real # These were some notes from a session by Ijeoma organized at VMware
Alyship # is defined in the moment, not a badge that can be worn the stance taken in the moment by a person, as seen from the perspective of the person who is expected to benefit from it Referrals # average white person knows less than < 1 black person, this perpetuates the status quo and doesn’t allow for more diversity Responsibility # the system is broken, the onus to correct the system is on the leaders and folks in the position of priviledge it isn’t on the folks that are victimized, they may be struggling to just get by when asking someone who is under represented for knowledge/info, ask for permission first, recognize its a favor and not an obligation for the person to provide the info take responsibility for educating yourself, don’t expect others to educate you, it isn’t their job
February 25, 2020
Debugging # Monitor Sockets # ss
Get all outbound TCP connections to a HOST:PORT combination ss -it | grep SOME_PORT_NUMBER Monitor TCP Connections # netstat
Get all TCP connections on a host netstat -t
Observe the Send-Q and Recv-Q to see how many bytes are waiting to be read/written -o adds timer info and connection state Get Summary, good starting point to see if there are dropped packets netstat -s
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October 18, 2019
Drives, Volumes, Disks & Partitions # Drive # Physical storage device such as a hard disk, solid-state disk, removable USB flash drive etc. In Unix-like operating systems devices are represented by special file system objects called device nodes which are visible under the /dev directory
Partions # A physical storage device can be divided into multiple logical storage units known as partitions.
Volume # The term volume in Linux is related to the Logical Volume Manager (LVM), which can be used to manage mass storage devices.
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October 18, 2019
Forward Proxy # Forward proxy or proxy sits in front of a set of clients (eg. web broswers) and forwards requests to a server on the internet. Purpose is to filter content, block requests or protect identity of clients.
Reverse Proxy # A Reverse proxy sits in front of web servers and forward client (eg. web broswer) requests to the servers. Purpose is to increase security & performance of web service provided by the web servers.
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