The surprising similarities of Kung Fu and DevOps - DevOpsDays Tel Aviv 2016 Ignite

Comparison of a DevOps and Kung fu padawans progress

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1. THE SURPRISING SIMILARITIES OF KUNG FU AND DEVOPS BY ERIK ZAADI | DEC 12, 2016
2. TEAM LEADER AND COMMUNITY GUY ERIKZAADI
3. t 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
4. t 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
5. t {K,G}UNG FU WHAT IS KUNG FU? • Being your best at something
 through hard work and practice
6. t 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
7. t HURT IS FUN THEN IT IMPROVES • Muscle memory • Things are less hard • Discover helpful tools • No longer the youngest junior • Not as intimidated
8. t ZOMG I KNOW ALL THE MOVES “YOU KNOW IT ALL” • Get cocky => Get sloppy
9. t ZOMG I REALLY DON’T KNOW ALL THE MOVES YOU GET WHOPPED, BADLY
10. t HUMBLE IN DEFEAT HURT BUT STILL BREATHING • You get up • Start learning again • Get better
11. t GAIN XP LETHAL TOOLS • Knives / Bash • Sticks / Tmux • Nunchucks / Ansible • God Mode / Google
12. t POUR IT ON DEALING WITH IT • Extreme situations
13. t FALSE GOD SYNDROME AGAIN WHOPPED AGAIN • Senior Narrow Vision • Youngster with fresh eyes
14. t SLOWLY YOU GATHER ACHIEVEMENTS GAIN LEVELS
15. t GIVING BACK CONTRIBUTING FTW • Community • Open source • Training
16. t 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: