What can we do in the short and long term to solve the Open Stack talent gap? Presented at the 2013 Open Stack Summit

1. SOLVING THE OPENSTACK
TALENT GAP
NIKI ACOSTA
CLOUD EVANGELISTA
@nikiacosta

2. 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 filling.”
DECEMBER 2012

3. U.S. OPEN CLOUD JOB POSTINGS
1800
1600 81% increase in
6 months!
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400 October 2012
200 April 2013
0
Cloudstack Eucalyptus OpenStack®
10/16/12 & 04/15/2013

4. MORE ON JOBS…
TOP COUNTRIES TOP POSITIONS
UNITED STATES ADMINISTRATOR
UNITED KINGDOM ARCHITECT
INDIA D.C OPERATIONS
CANADA NETWORK ENGINEER
CHINA ENGINEER
RUSSIA PYTHON DEVELOPER
SALARIES FOR OPENSTACK POSITIONS ARE HIGHER THAN
INDUSTRY AVERAGES BY 13%

5. WHO’S HIRING?

6. WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE
SHORT TERM?

7. SUPPORT YOUR CURRENT INNOVATORS
Source: Dice employer survey, March 2011.

8. TAKE CARE OF YOUR TALENT
Source: Dice survey of tech professionals, June 2011.

9. GET YOUR COMPANY INVOLVED

10. GET YOUR COMPANY INVOLVED
LEARNING TRACKS
LINUX ADMINISTRATION
CYBER SECURITY
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
NETWORK SECURITY

11. LONG TERM

12. EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION

13. 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

14. BE INVITING TO WOMEN

15. 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

16. LEAN IN, LADIES!
TOP TIPS FOR WOMEN from Kerry
Hannon, Forbes.com Contributor:
“.” FROM LEAN IN
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

17. PROPOSAL FOR THE
OPENSTACK FOUNDATION

18. 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

19. THANK YOU!!