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At AWS Re:Invent last year someone from the MLB gave a great presentation[1] on technology usage in baseball and its benefits. It really opened up my eyes to a whole segment that I had never really considered.
That's pretty scary
On the flip side, we have had issues in production that really slowed down our service or even took it down. In those situations it is much more preferable to stop those specific queries than to have the entire service unresponsive.
I like to have spirited debates with friends, which from the outside might look like arguing or some sort of confrontation. When dealing with co-workers or people that I am not very close with I do my best to tone down my personality.
I am not a small guy and certain people I've come across have even confided in me that they were for some reason intimidated by me when they first meet me. I don't think that would be the case if I were not black. not really sure what that's about
Even little things like the type of music I am willing to admit I enjoy are different between peer groups.
not sure if that answers your question but that kind of sums it up
It is feels even worse when I go to a tech conference like the upcoming AWS re:Invent because I'm usually the only black guy around, but I still participate as much as possible and even placed in last year’s hackathon.
I hope I don't come off as whiny because I still very much love what I do and would not trade it for the world. I have met and worked with some awesome people over the years and have learned so much. Sorry for the mini-rant, I just wanted to give some of my perspective on the matter