53: What Religion, a Cult, and a Tech Product Have in Common, with Bart Farrell of DoKC
This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat have a conversation with Bart Farrell, a CNCF ambassador, and a community leader for Data on Kubernetes Community. Together they dive into the ins and outs of communities in tech and discuss what can make or break those groups.
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Show Notes
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Bart’s journey from southern California, to New York, to Egypt, to London, to Spain (3:31)
- Exposure to different communities and finding shared language and experience (10:21)
- Looking back at early online communities and how they furthered your learning journey (27:50)
- How the level of niche-ness impacts a community (44:06)
- The cautionary tale of WeWork (57:28)
- Surefire community killers (1:03:44)
- Open source communities in tech and the passion that drives them (1:08:11)
Follow the Data on Kubernetes Community at DoK.community and on Twitter at @DoKCommunity. You can follow Bart at @birthmarkbart.
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