always be kind ✌🏽| devrel | @kcdtoronto | network engineer | 🇨🇦 | Solutions Engineer @Isovalent 🐝
Toronto, Ontario
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Tech is for everyone.
Regardless of what you did before, you have a place here.
There is no shortage of roles, there are plenty.
Tech is for everyone.
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I’m tired AF, Krishna hungry AF, and my wife is just….beautiful AF 😍🥵🥰😘
Off to a Hindu wedding 💍👰🏾♀️🤵🏾♂️
ALT Family photo in traditional Sri Lankan wedding attire.
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Good morning☀️😊
Been home for nearly a month; it’s done wonders for my mental health.
Oh yea AND getting all the love, laughs, smiles, hugs and kisses from my little dude 🥰😍🔥❤️
ALT Krishna and me!
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🚨KCNA VOUCHER GIVEAWAY ALERT🚨
Looking to break into Cloud Native in 2022? Start with the KCNA Exam 💫🔥
FIVE winners will get a KCNA voucher!
To enter: Like, RT/QT, comment
Winners will be chosen at random, DM'd, and announced 12/21/2020 after 4PM PST.
Good luck 😊!!!
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Please say hello and welcome to our beautiful baby boy, Krishna August Marino
Nothing else matters but you (and mommy of course ☺️)
❤️🥰😍😘
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Remotely on-boarding, with a new company, and a new role, during a pandemic is fucking hard.
There I said it and I’m not sure why more people aren’t talking about it.
I’m surprised that no one wants to tweet on that kinda burnout.
Just me? Okay 😞
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The largest misconception is how some of these “tech influencers” on TikTok suggest you can code and make 200k overnight by attending a bootcamp.
Nah fam, it took me 20 years to get here, and with todays YouTube university, it could take you 2-4, but ain’t no magic overnight.
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Just friendly reminders:
- you don’t need to code to be in tech
- you can make $$$ w/ tech-adjacent roles
- you are for tech, tech is for you
- you can learn at your own pace
- you can learn tech for FREE
- you can get into tech from any career
👩🏼💻👨🏾💻👩🏿💻🧑💻👩🏻💻👩🏽💻👨🏻💻🧑🏽💻
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🚨🎄🎅🏽GIVEAWAY TIME🎄🎅🏽🚨
I’ll be giving away 2 x guidance & mentorships for 2023
🎁
- 3 hours
- split up anyway you want
- time bound to 3 months
Let’s form your path to Tech, DevRel, K8s or Open Source!
Like, RT, Comment by 8pm ET, today!
Winners notified shortly after🔥!
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I slept at 8:37pm last night and woke up at 12:54am for no reason.
Confirmed I’m peak adulting now 😆
(also OH SHIT I’m officially in my mid-30s today 🤯🤯🤯)
ALT DevRel dojo profile bio on Twitter with colorful balloons!
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There are lots of DevRel jobs that are fully remote AND give you the opportunity to travel and explore the world.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️On a Kubernetes and Cloud Native journey?
These resources are for you ⭐️⭐️⭐️
(trying this again 😌)
🧵
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So this happened like 5 months ago and I forgot to share (actually only found out about it over a week ago 😅)
But yup, I've been promoted to Principal Developer Advocate 🤩
ALT solo.io Permanent Full-time - 2 yrs Principal Developer Advocate May 2023 - Present - 6 mos North America - Remote
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I feel like I gotta do a space on FAANG vs. Enterprise vs. Startup.
Y’all can make bank, success and a meaningful career anywhere.
Who’s in?
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Hi everyone, please meet Shelby, a very, very, very cute conference support animal 🥺🐾🐶❤️
#CNSCon
ALT Marino and Shelby Selfie
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Finally home after leaving over a week ago to head to London and Edinburgh + meeting and hanging with amazing folks😌🔥
Despite all the tiredness, exhaustion, and the jet lag, lemme tell you about…
THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW 🥰❤️
ALT Me with my son resting on my chest
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A Kubernetes Pod is a Network Namespace.
What the hell is a Network Namespace and why should I care? 🤔🤔🤔
A thread on Networking in Kubernetes...
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ALT The configuration of Network Namespaces in Kubernetes for CNIs.
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Remote work is the WORST:
- have more time for yourself
- wake up whenever
- work from anywhere in the home
- have kitchen full of coffee/tea/snacks
- have all this flexibility
- your boss aint around
- more YouTube
- you have to pet your dog more
Absolute worst I tell you 😂😂
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Developer Relations is a hot field! DevRels advocate for technologists and developer on a variety of fronts.
I’ve learned so much in 7 months of being a DevRel.
Here are some tips for new/aspiring DevRels
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Ever wanted to know the mechanics behind Kubernetes Networking?
@pjausovec wrote a fantastic in-depth blog-post about it.
- Container to container
- pod to pod to svc
- ingress/egress
- kubeproxy and iptables
- ipvs
Read now, or bookmark for later 😎👇🏾
learncloudnative.com/blog/20…
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OH WHAT I MADE IT 🤩😍🥰
Seriously, I’m humbled and honoured to be recognized and part of a group that helps each other, and gives back to the community 🙏🏽☸️
Congrats to all new and repeat CNCF Ambassadors 😊💪🏽
ALT Congratulations! You have been accepted as a CNCF H1 2024 Ambassador! Katie Greenley - 12:06 AM Hello Marino! We're honored to inform you that you have been accepted as a CNCF Ambassador! We are excited to have you on board and want to ensure you have everything you need to start.
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I’m done with DevRel (kinda)…
And now, I’m back in Solution Engineering😎
🤩I’M BEYOND EXCITED🤩…
…to join @Komodor_com and team up with the amazing @itielshwartz, @UHofesh, @the_good_guym on all things Platform Engineering💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Oh, and I get to hold this shield again 🤩
ALT Marino holding the Komodor Kubernetes Shield
ALT The Kubernetes captain America like shield in blue and silver
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I remember in my late teens, and early 20s, I bought into this ideology of working hard, and all hours, being available 24/7.
Lemme tell you, IT’S ALL BULLSHIT
You can have a successful career without giving up your life
Yes, you absolutely can.
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Thank you, YAML, JSON, and Bash.
ALT Volkswagen GTI, Black, Black Rim, industrial parking lot
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Your rejected talks are now a:
- blog post
- mini video
- tutorial
- thread/micro post
- X-space
- All of the above
GO MAKE THAT CONTENT💪🏽🔥
(I have 8…..8x5=40…🥲🙃)
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Me: 😌, calm and getting shit done
Everyone: WHY ARE YOU USING LIGHT MODE????
ALT My desk setup atm getting 70days and civo demo stuff done
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Happiest of Birthdays to my two little sweetest boys 🦮👶🏽😘😍🥰❤️🎂🥳🎉
📸credits: my wife 🥰
ALT Enzo cutie
ALT Feeding and kissing Krishna
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Merry Christmas 🎄❄️☃️🎁🎅🏽❤️😊!!!
ALT Family photo in front of fireplace
ALT Krishna on Marino’s shoulders
ALT Krishna and Marino sitting on some ledge thing
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That feeling of finally being home, getting to hug your little one so tightly, and seeing his beautiful smile 🥰❤️
ALT Krishna smiles
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I’ll probably get shit for this but..
A developer is someone who aims to solve a problem by building a solution using the right tools
Whether it’s code, low-code, no-code, pseudo-code, your ability to develop isn’t tied to your ability to write code
You are solving a problem!
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A bunch of you wanted to take the network foundations workshop but couldn't attend last week.
I'm not sure when I'll deliver it again (maybe mid-November?) but, if you want to do it self-paced, here you go 😊👇🏾👇🏾
play.instruqt.com/soloio/inv…
ALT The OSI Model IP Networking and Subnetting Routing and BGP DNS and Dig HTTP and cURL Load Balancing, Proxies, and Firewalls Container Networking Kubernetes Networking
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The reason I do what I do 😍🥰❤️
ALT Marino and Krishna selfie. Marino wearing blue hat with purple shaded glasses and beard Krishna wearing red winter jacket
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If anyone needs help putting together their LinkedIn profile I’m happy to help guide you.
Reach out; we’ll set something up.
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Inspired by 90DaysofDevOps, I'm bringing y'all
⛵️#70DaysofServiceMesh⛵️
Today is Day 0 and I'll be continuing on for 70+ days of service mesh action!😎 (I need breaks in between, plz be kind!)
Full details in the repo below!
(Don't forget to⭐️😏)
github.com/distributethe6ix/…
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Age++ 😊😎🤩
So here’s 4 year old me vs 36 year old me
ALT Throwback to when I was 4
ALT Krishna and me picture sitting in stair Wearing matching light green Fried
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🥑🔥DevRel Twitter Space🔥🥑
Looking to get into Developer Relations? Need help building that resume?
Come hang out with us to build your DevRel resume!
🎤@NoDegreeDotCom
🎤@blackgirlbytes
🎤@hola_soy_milk
🎤You?
Tomorrow, 1pm ET!
See you there!!!
nitter.app/i/spaces/1RDxlgADwQMJL
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I know someone who’s becoming a developer advocate without being a developer or having a technical background (yet)…
How?
They keep showing up, they keep being consistent, they keep sharing valuable information, they are an excellent content creator.
This can also be you🔥
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I’m finally back home, voice is gone, kid is sick, wife is exhausted, I’m exhausted.
I owe a bunch of you some responses, I’ll get back to y’all soon.
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I had.....THE HARDEST TIME CONTAINING MY EXCITEMENT🤩🤩🤩
But yeppp, I'm keynoting the first-ever KCD Texas 😊
See y'all there 😎
🎺 Happy to announce @virtualized6ix as keynote speaker for #KCDTexas 🎉 Marino will be making connections between networking and networking 😉 It's going to be 🤯 Get your tickets 🎟️ texaskcd.com
@KubernetesDays
#kubernetescommunitydays
#cloudnative
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The Network Foundations Workshop.
A thread on collaboration and why I decided to build a workshop that filled the gaps between Network Engineering and DevOps.
But first… the workshop link 🔗👇🏾
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ALT The OSI Model IP Networking and Subnetting Routing and BGP DNS and Dig HTTP and cURL Load Balancing, Proxies, and Firewalls and finally Container Networking Kubernetes Networking
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DevRel can be an extremely thankless job at times.
So here’s my thank you to all my fellow DevRels who are slaying, putting themselves out there, and pushing the limits of their batteries, and putting communities first.
THANK YOU 💜💜💜
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🚨🍾NYE UDEMY GIVEAWAY🥳🚨
Skilling up for 2023?
Starting in front-end dev?
Trying to learn DevOps?
Looking to dig into Kubernetes?
By 5PM ET, today:
Like, retweet AND comment what you’re looking to learn in 2023.
I’ll pick a few folks & gift them a course of their choice! 😎
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Bringing y’all another DevRel Coffee Chat with my amazing friend, and badass (😎) @NoDegreeDotCom!!
This is an early one but we’re gonna share our outlook on Developer Relations and the current challenges in DevRel going into 2023!
Set your reminders 🤩
nitter.app/i/spaces/1lDxLnqbRykGm
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Okay since I no longer work and I’m funemployed.
I had 3 amazing job offers before I left VMware.
- internal role with another team
- Big cloud provider
- small but rapidly growing startup
The tech job market is INSANE.
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My CFP acceptance rate is like ~28% 10/36. Last year was even less.
I put in a ton of work to submit talks to conferences but this is the reality.
After a bunch of rejections you get used to it & appreciate your acceptances way more.
Don’t feel discouraged, keep submitting 💪🏽
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DevRelCon is all ready to go 😎
Looking forward to all the wonderful talks around DevRel learnings, experiences and successes!
#DevRelCon 🇯🇵
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🙈🙈🙈So uhhhhh I start a new job today as a….
Developer Advocate 🥑 at Solo.io 😊
I’m going to be leading and building out DevRel and Advocacy here.
it’s going to be a challenge but….
I AM HERE FOR IT🔥😎
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What’s this guy smiling about 😏
Kunal, my friend, thank you for your wisdom, perspectives, and a fantastic Day 1 @CivoCloud Navigate 😊👏🏽
ALT Kunal on stage talking about Navigating Platform Engineering
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My biggest goal for 2023 is to focus on my health, self-care, and being kind to my physical self.
My heart says go, go, go, but my body is saying no, no, no.
I don’t mind putting a pause on growth; I’ve had to grow in a lot of different ways in 2022.
2023 is about rest.
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Turning 37 in Sri Lanka is a different vibe.
I first visited here when I was 4 years old and have visited a couple more times after with vague memories.
This time I’m here with my 4 year old son and family.
The country is beyond beautiful 🤩
Here are 37 life lessons in a🧵
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I invited my parents to KubeHuddle.
They’re finally gonna understand that as a DevRel, I don’t fix printers, computers or wifi 😂😂😂
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Earlier this year things got a bit tough, folks came through for me in very unexpected ways.
I paid it forward when I was able to.
Wednesday I woke up to some extremely uplifting news: a friend landed their next gig 😊
If your super power is networking, use it to help others.
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A POV:
If you are in DevRel, some really good adjacent roles to consider if you want a change:
- Tech marketing
- Product marketing
- Solution Eng (me)
- SW Dev
- Solution arch
- Freelancing
- leadership
Why? If you are in DevRel your skills are highly transferable!!!
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Last few days before I leave Japan:
- Amazing meetup with the Diana and Aditya (and Tessa and Haimantika!)
- Sake tasting with Peter and Keiko
- teamLabs with Eddie and Sara
Japan is truly living in 2050 🤩🇯🇵
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The DevRel formula I used to get here =
empathy +
tech support +
sysadmin +
consulting +
presales engineering +
tech marketing +
willingness to learn +
willingness to share +
helping others
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👀📸 👀📸 👀📸
@dianasoyster, @kunalstwt, @jamesspurin 🔥
#KubeConNA #stagingthings
(The original has to be higher quality 🥲)
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⛵Istio EVOLVES ➡️ Enter Ambient Mesh!!!⛵
Ambient Mesh is the next evolution of the Istio Service Mesh which allows for Istio to operate in a sidecar-less mode.
What does it mean going forward?🤔
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ALT Dark blue on white background, Ambient Mesh with the Istio Logo service as the "i" in Ambient
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If anyone is interested... Chainguard is hiring a Staff DevRel Engineer in the US👀
- $160-200K (USD)
- Remote
- WORK WITH WOLFI🐺🤩
boards.greenhouse.io/chaingu…
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Heading out to Civo Navigate in sunny and warm Tampa 😎✈️🌴☀️
I’ll be co-hosting day 1 and delivering a talk on EdgeComputeOps!
See y’all there!
ALT Hi! selfie!
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How I plan to spend my time off:
- read some books
- sleep in till 7 everyday
- reorganize my office
- rebuild homelab
- plan for 2024
How I actually will spend my time off:
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- game
- scroll scroll scroll
- sleep
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Tomorrow I begin my journey as a Field Engineer at @soloio_inc.
I’m beyond excited to be working with amazing, talented people who truly believe in and are driving the next era of Networking technologies.
👀 Service Mesh and eBPF 👀
😎🤩Distributed systems forever 😎🤩
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It’s karaoke…with DevRels (and a bunch of other folks 😂)
@tracypholmes @lianmakesthings @kunalstwt
ALT Tracy, Marino, Kunal selfie
ALT Marino and Lian singing Don’t Stop Believin by Journey
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No AI was harmed in the process of growing these natural grey hairs 🧙🏾♂️
ALT An aged Marino
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A lot of folks immediately assume I’m Indian.
I’m not.
My parents are from Sri Lanka, which means I’m also a Sri Lankan, who was born in Canada.
Happy Monday 😊🇨🇦🇱🇰
ALT The country called Sri Lanka with Colombo and Kandy highlighted
ALT Sri Lanka, an island south of India, part of the Indian Ocean This is a map
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I’ll add another tip.
A lot of tech companies have tech partnerships in the form of:
- channel
- implementation
- tech partnerships
For example, head over to any cloud provider search for a list of their “solutions partners” and now you have at least 10 more places to apply.
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Our sweetest and goodest boy crossed the rainbow bridge this afternoon 🌈🌁💔🐾😞
You were the bestest friend anyone could ever have, eat all the bananas, peanut butter, cake and steak and we’ll see you someday in the future🍌🍰❤️
ALT Golden retriever Enzo, in the backyard on grass, brown wooden fence
ALT Enzo swimming in a pool with a life jacket
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Imagine waking up one day deciding you want to get into Kubernetes.
So you find the ultimate CKA courses, use it to pass the CKA…
5 years go by and you wake up to a dm from that same course creator….. asking you to collab on a networking and security course.
WHAT🤯
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Do you even lift???…
….in your garage when it’s -2C/28F 🥶🏋🏽💪🏽
ALT Me in garage, weight lifting in the cold
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Absolutely not 🥺❤️😍
ALT Ultra Baby Krishna on Marino’s chest
ALT Marino kissing Krishna
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🤩My collection is slowly growing 🤩
ALT Plushies on a couch Mario, suse, cncf, cluster api turtles, glooy, cncf zebra, solo.io glooy, cncf giraffe, snyk doggo, buildfast lion, nginx octopus
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Basically a year ago I was out here for my very first DevOpsDays.
Super stoked to be back here and giving a talk 😎🤩
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🥳🎂HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS 🥳🎂
@lianmakesthings & @kunalstwt
You both have the biggest hearts and are making the world a better place through everything you both do to help grow and inspire our community.
I’ve grown & learned a lot from you both. You both are amazing friends❤️
ALT Lian and Marino on Karaoke
ALT Kunal and Marino at Edinburgh castle
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Wherever you go in life, you’ll run into magical folks who’ll bring you along for the journey, lift you up when you’re down, and teach you new tricks 🪄❤️
A thread of beautiful, intelligent, and highly impactful community folks at #Rejekts, #KubeConNA
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ALT Hallway selfie, Saiyam, Marino, Cortney, Mauricio
ALT Engin, Mauricio, Saiyam, Cortney, Marino, Orange background, selfie.
ALT From left to right: Viktor, Engin, Atulmaharaj, Mauricio, Marino, Alessandro, Oshi
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