Christina
Garcia
SVP, Engineering
"Utilizing Site Reliability Engineering to Overcome Imposter Syndrome"
"Utilizing Site Reliability Engineering to Overcome Imposter Syndrome"
23 - 11:10 AM EDT/New York (See in local time)
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"Utilizing Site Reliability Engineering to Overcome Imposter Syndrome"
"Utilizing Site Reliability Engineering to Overcome Imposter Syndrome"
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Session: Utilizing Site Reliability Engineering to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
Our brains are powerful computers. But like enterprise platforms, they are vulnerable to failures, bugs, and even denial-of-service attacks...from ourselves! Imposter syndrome crashes our cerebral servers by flooding negativity, much like a runaway process can throttle a system.What if we could leverage Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to bolster our mental resilience?
In my talk, I’ll examine parallels between a healthy mind and robust infrastructure through an SRE lens. We’ll explore how techniques for operational excellence can boost personal well-being by overcoming imposter syndrome gremlins.
I’ll share stories of production incidents caused by runaway imposter thoughts...and how practices like monitoring and circuit breaking restored stability.
We’ll see how load testing builds confidence to handle challenges without cognitive meltdowns. Get ready for funny and poignant analogies between cloud platforms and the inner critics in our heads!
You’ll walk away understanding how to:
Establish “monitoring” to catch unhealthy thoughts
“Roll back releases” by reversing negative self-talk
“Autoscaling” skills through learning new things
“Chaos test” by taking risks and failing safely
If your mental health has ever struggled with change, challenges or comparisons, this talk is for you! Apply SRE methods to overcome imposter syndrome, boost resilience, and rewrite old narratives. Let’s debug those pesky cerebral servers to upgrade our inner operating environment!
Key Takeaways
- Explore how techniques for operational excellence can boost personal well-being by overcoming imposter syndrome gremlin
Bio
An accomplished and highly effective Senior Technology Strategist and Product Specialist with experience leading, developing, and transforming organizations in fast paced, dynamic environments. Highly adept at creative problem solving., capable of resolving complex critical business problems through a balanced blend of people, process, and technology.