solving the open stack talent gap
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NIKI ACOSTA CLOUD EVANGELISTA @nikiacosta
SOLVING THE OPENSTACK TALENT GAP
UH OH….. “Public and private it cloud services will produce nearly 14 million jobs worldwide by 2015.” GLOBAL CLOUD SCORECARD 2013
“There are 1.7 million open cloud jobs worldwide that organizations are having a tough time "lling.” DECEMBER 2012
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Cloudstack Eucalyptus OpenStack®
U.S. OPEN CLOUD JOB POSTINGS
October 2012 April 2013
10/16/12 & 04/15/2013
81% increase in 6 months!
MORE ON JOBS…
TOP POSITIONS ADMINISTRATOR
ARCHITECT D.C OPERATIONS
NETWORK ENGINEER ENGINEER
PYTHON DEVELOPER
SALARIES FOR OPENSTACK POSITIONS ARE HIGHER THAN INDUSTRY AVERAGES BY 13%
TOP COUNTRIES UNITED STATES
UNITED KINGDOM INDIA
CANADA CHINA RUSSIA
WHO’S HIRING?
WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE
SHORT TERM?
SUPPORT YOUR CURRENT INNOVATORS
Source: Dice employer survey, March 2011.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR TALENT
Source: Dice survey of tech professionals, June 2011.
GET YOUR COMPANY INVOLVED
GET YOUR COMPANY INVOLVED
LINUX ADMINISTRATION CYBER SECURITY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK SECURITY
LEARNING TRACKS
LONG TERM
EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION
BE INVITING TO WOMEN
“The majority of students who earn bachelor's and master's degrees are women. Yet, in the past decade, only 12 percent of the professionals in engineering are women.” “WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY: LET’S CLOSE THE GAP, 4/10/12
BE INVITING TO WOMEN
BE INVITING TO WOMEN
"The developer world is one of the last enclaves of hardcore sexism because it is so male-dominated."
VentureBeat reporter Jolie O'Dell
LEAN IN, LADIES!
“.” FROM LEAN IN
TOP TIPS FOR WOMEN from Kerry Hannon, Forbes.com Contributor: 1. Be more open to take career risks. 2. Skip the people pleasing 3. Visualize your career as a jungle gym, not a ladder. 4. Allow yourself to fantasize about your career 5. Start a Lean In circle
PROPOSAL FOR THE
OPENSTACK FOUNDATION
PROPOSAL TO THE OPENSTACK FOUNDATION
• CREATE FULL TIME POSITION FOR COMMUNITY TALENT DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
• CONTINUE RECOGNIZE, FUND, AND PROMOTE “WOMEN OF OPENSTACK” GROUP
• CREATE AND AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS SPECIFICALLY FOR WOMEN AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO ATTEND SUMMITS
• CREATE ONLINE HUB FOR COMMUNITY TALENT & WOMEN’S RESOURCES ON OPENSTACK.ORG
THANK YOU!!