Rootconf 2015

DevOps and scaling infrastructure

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Accepting submissions till 02 Jul 2019, 02:31 AM

MLR Convention Centre, J P Nagar

In today’s technology world, operational efficiency is pivotal. It is time to focus on measuring, learning and improving different aspects of infrastructure scaling and development cycles. Not to forget the the culture of DevOps and team dynamics.

Rootconf 2015 focuses on four key aspects of DevOps and scaling infrastructure: virtualization, managing infrastructure at scale, new technologies, and team management.

Target audience:

  1. Rootconf is aimed at DevOps, CTOs, and teams and companies.
  2. Organizations developing a Continuous Integration and Continous Deployment strategy. You will get a headstart by attending Rootconf.

Conference and workshop topics:

  1. Virtualization.
  2. Managing infrastructure at scale:
    • Scaling processes for enterprises – log monitoring, security, data management.
    • Scaling tools for enterprises – such as using Graphite, logstash and other tools at scale.
  3. Upcoming technologies such as Salt.
  4. Team management / DevOps as culture.

Format:

This year’s edition spans two days of hands-on and conference. We are inviting proposals for:

  • Full-length 40 minute talks.
  • Crisp 15-minute talks.
  • Sponsored sessions, 40 minute duration.
  • Hands-on Workshop sessions, 3 hour duration

Selection Process:

Proposals will be filtered and shortlisted by an Editorial Panel. We urge you to add links to videos / slide decks when submitting proposals. This will help us understand your past speaking experience. Blurbs or blog posts covering the relevance of a particular problem statement and how it is tackled will help the Editorial Panel better judge your proposals.

Proposers must submit presentation drafts as part of the selection process to ensure that the talk is in line with the theme of the conference, and to help the editorial panel build a strong line-up for the event.

We will notify you about the status of your proposal within two weeks of submission.

There is only one speaker per session. Entry is free for selected speakers. As our budget is limited, we will prefer speakers from locations closer home, but will do our best to cover for anyone exceptional. HasGeek will provide a bursary to cover part of your travel and accommodation in Bangalore. Bursaries are limited and made available to speakers delivering full sessions (40 minutes or longer).

Commitment to Open Source:

HasGeek believes in open source as the binding force of our community. If you are describing a codebase for developers to work with, we’d like it to be available under a permissive open source license. If your software is commercially licensed or available under a combination of commercial and restrictive open source licenses (such as the various forms of the GPL), please consider picking up a sponsorship. We recognize that there are valid reasons for commercial licensing, but ask that you support us in return for giving you an audience. Your session will be marked on the schedule as a sponsored session.

Important dates:

Last date for submitting proposals: 15th April

Shortlisting process: 31st March onwards

Pre-conference workshops: 13th and 14th May

Conference dates: 15th and 16th May

##Venue:
Rootconf will be held in the MLR Convention Centre, J P Nagar.

##Contact:
For more information about speaking proposals, tickets and sponsorships, contact info@hasgeek.com or call +91-7676332020.

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Rootconf is a community-funded platform for activities and discussions on the following topics: Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). Infrastructure costs, including Cloud Costs - and optimization. Security - including Cloud Security. more

Gaurav Chaturvedi

@tazz

Coping with burnout

Submitted Mar 23, 2015

The objective of this talk would be to help identify the symptoms and few tips on coping with burnout.

Outline

Burnout is a widespread problem in our profession. Specially in the startup ecosystem.
I’d like to highlight the symptoms by giving a personal account of what I felt while going through different phases of burnout.
Hence also provide remediation tips, on how to handle this situation.
[Edit :- 17/04/2015] I cant see an option to select “BOF” so I am opting for “Crisp Talk”

Since we are planning to make this a BOF topic, I have modifed the structure of this topic a bit.
Now I am trying to strcuture it in such a way so to get more interaction out of others.
I am trying to keep slides to a minimum and get people to share their experiences with the sysmptoms as well as how they managed to cope with these symptoms (if at all).

Burnout and Recovery

What are we going to talk about?
What is a burnout?
How can you recognize it?
How can you address burnout?

What is a Burnout?

Wikipedia says:
a psychological term that refers to long-term exhaustion and diminished interest in work

S. Tracy says:
a general wearing out or alienation from the pressures of work

Why do people Burnout?

  • Taking on too much
  • Deriving too much validation from our work
  • Feeling like we are the only one who can do $THING
  • Living the bus factor
  • Caring about our work and community

Common Symptoms of Burnout:

  • Dreading work they once loved
  • Arguing over points that are insignificant
  • Over Amplifying simple disagreements
  • Being unwilling to delegate
  • Being the only one who ever volunteers

Addressing Burnout

  • Talk about your situation with the right folks (good friends, people who have been there)
  • Ask for help with your tasks early and often
  • Do something else for a while
  • Mentor others who can help if bus factor is low
  • Be willing to walk away

Addressing Burnout (help a friend)

  • Keep an eye out for the situation
  • Talk about your situation with the right folks (This is your friend first!)
  • Grow your community proactively
  • Offer to help with tasks or find another resource
  • Interventions are sometimes needed

Summary

  • Burnout is common
  • It’s OK to feel burnt out - be honest about your limits
  • It’s OK to ask folks to step down if they’re burnt out and not able to continue effectively
  • Stepping away early means you’re more likely to have energy to return later!

Speaker bio

I work as an operations consultant from Mumbai. I like practicing DevOps.
I’ve been working in the systems space since 2007, I have donned various hats between then and now.

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Make a submission

Accepting submissions till 02 Jul 2019, 02:31 AM

MLR Convention Centre, J P Nagar

Hosted by

Rootconf is a community-funded platform for activities and discussions on the following topics: Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). Infrastructure costs, including Cloud Costs - and optimization. Security - including Cloud Security. more