Hey everybody, it's Brian. Welcome to the 11th C-Sharp tutorial. Today we're going to be discussing the hash table. First thing we need to do is actually add a namespace here, so let's go system.collections. The reason why you do that is because the hash table is not part of the generics namespace, we want the collections. So let's say hash table, we'll just call this mtable, and then of course we have to create an instance of it. And then we're just going to say mtable.add. Now, think of a hash table as a list, but each object has a key. Now, why would you want that?   What does all this mean? It means that each item you have has a unique key assigned to it. It does some sort of mathematical voodoo mumbo jumbo in here, and then it puts it in a nice orderly bucket so it can look it up very quickly. So if you're looking for items, say 14, it doesn't have to go through each and every single item, like a list would. Instead, it chops it where it thinks it's going to be, and then starts searching from there. So it's very quick to look things up, very handy if you have a huge list. So let's just add 100 and Brian. So what we're doing here is we are adding an item with a key of 100, and we'll say 101. So the basic syntax is here's our key, here's the object we're adding, and this could be anything. This could be a class, could be a string, could be an integer. Don't get caught up on the semantics just yet. You just need to know that you're adding a key and an item. Now that key is being hashed. And what do we mean by that? We mean we're doing that mathematical voodoo in the background, but it's all done in the background, so you don't have to worry about it. Then we're just going to do a 4-H loop. We're going to say int id in mtable. We want keys. So we want to just print out all the keys here. So we're going to say system, collections console, right line. And we're just going to print out the id. Let's go ahead and run this and see what happens. Oops, yes. We forgot our system console.read. Keep our window open here. Alright, now when we run this, you see how it says 101.100. Why did it do that? It put them kind of in the reverse. Well, it did that because it's creating a hash and it's showing you in the order the hashes are. See, like if we make another one here, we'll just call this 99 and we'll call this cat and run this. See, this says 101.100.99 because it's doing it from a high to a low order. Now you don't need to know any of that and it may jump things around based on how it's hashing it internally. And unfortunately, each language like Java, .NET, et cetera, et cetera, they do hash tables a slightly bit differently. But all you really need to know is you have a key and an object. So it does a very, very quick lookup. So what's the point of this key? I mean, what can you really do with it? Well, let's say you want to find item 101. You want to find Heather. How would you get that? Well, you could do like this. Let's just copy this. And we want to say values and then we want to do, actually it's a string. So we need to change this around. Say name and then print out the name here. And if it seems like it's going to be overly complex, it's because it is. And then you say if and then we'd have our brackets and then you get into this big long thing. Where you're basically saying if name equals Heather, then console, right line. You don't need any of this. That's my point. Just delete that. So if you just typed all that, I'm very sorry. But you don't need any of that. What you do is you'd say system console, right line, and we're going to say mtable. And we want item, what was it, 101? So we're just going to simply say we want item with the key of 101. And sure enough, it prints out Heather. So as you can see, you can do a very quick lookup based on that key. Some practical uses would be like, let's say you have a database of employees and you want to grab it based on the employee ID. You can do that. You should also note that you should do a little bit of error checking here and say, you notice how there's contains key and contains value and contains. Use contains key to see if it has that actual key. So we're just going to turn this into an if then statement. We're going to say if mtable contains key, 101, then print out the value of key 101. So we're saying does it contain the key yes or no? If it does, then do something. So there we go. And let's just give it an arbitrary key of like something like that, something we know doesn't exist. When we run this, sure enough, it does not print it out because it doesn't contain that key. So as you see, hash tables are very, very simple, very easy to work with. And almost every function with the hash table relates to the key. For example, let's say we want to remove something here. Let's say we want to remove Heather from the list. She's been bad. So we'll mtable, remove, and notice it says object key. So it's asking for that key again. So you give it the key and then run this. And notice how it's not printing out 101 anymore. And it's not printing out Heather. It's because we've removed her. So hash tables are very quick to look things up, very simple to work with. And almost everything works off this key. I'm not going to get too deep into this. I just want you to know what a hash table is and why you would use it. So that's all for this tutorial. I hope you found this educational and entertaining. And thank you for watching.


I have received a press query regarding the request for an inquiry that has been made by the family of the late Joseph Kaulda who is one of the people who lost his life on 23 December 2020. It is believed at the hands of the police. I confirm that yes we have written as advocates on behalf of the family to the judiciary to convene an inquest hearing to ascertain the cause of death of the disease Mr. Joseph Kaulda. For the interest of the members of the public an inquest is a lawful process that is undertaken pursuant to chapter 36 of the laws of Zambia by which the neutral third party the court sitting as a corona inquires into the death by hearing evidence from various persons including the police and witnesses. This is a neutral process which ensures that no persons who are interested in the cause of death take charge of the inquiry. So the family made this request because it is unhappy with the possibility of the police who are implicit in this whole process investigating themselves. They do not believe a proper process can be undertaken that way and so they have invoked the clear provisions of the law which allow them to request whether there has been a violent death or an unnatural death under sections four and three of the state inquest act chapter 36 of the laws of Zambia for the court to do the investigation and it is our prayer that this inquest be convened urgently in the interest of the family and in the interest of the general public because this is a matter which has garnered a lot of public interest. Thank you very much and that is all.


What's up everybody Jason from jazby's case breaks calm shows in 1718 can you know our basketball two box half case break random teams? Number five just sold out and again. We are doing this two box break. So it's a half case break Here's a dice roller here the customer names. So Matthew down to George got in straight up Which actually let me take a quick look really quick. So George last spot mojo and then the rest of the customers we did a couple fillers and got those spots sold in Pack filler numbers 126 and numbers 127. So I will post up another one of these no more basketball breaks after And then here you go teams as well all teams in So let's roll the dice Four and a two six times. Good luck one two three four five six Matthew down to George Six times one two three four five six Kings down to the 76ers All right, so six six six All right, so Matthew Kings James with the nuggets George with the Berlinettes Catherine with the rockets Taylor with the heat Lewis with the pistons Josh with the T was accurate the clippers Robert with Celtics Oliver with the Bulls Jack with the Warriors Mitchell with the Pacers Taylor with the Knicks TJ Leonard with the Mavericks Stephen with the Pelicans John with the Sun's Bucks Kevin with the Wizards Brad with the Hornets George with the Hawks John with the Lakers Louis He had the jazz David with the Cavs Stephen with the Thunder Ashley with the Grizzlies David with the magic Stephen with the Raptors Ashley with the Blazers Taylor with the Spurs and George you have the 76ers So again, I'll give you guys a quick minute to make any trades if you guys would like We'll close it up. I know we're just like It's like the Cavaliers are the worst team, but they're actually not they're actually a pretty good team They have a good rookie, but everyone's just trying to stay away I True in the clothes guys So like I said, I'm also gonna post another one of these noir Bricks sold out pretty quick. Maybe I'll just post it up with one filler And if we need to sell more then I'll just take on more spots Maybe we can get some customers to buy straight up and then of course depending on we'll get to pops out of here too might sell us straight up All the way I believe 1718 was the first year. They had Charles Barkley Charles Barkley in this So a lot of people were going crazy for this. All right, so we have two boxes to the left two boxes to the right For all the one two three we're gonna go to the left side four five six for the right side Five one two three four five six So go that side this right here would be for the next pick your teams. Let's see what we got here I First one we got it's the Montess of bonus to 79 Indiana Pacers, that's for names again, so Indiana Pacers is Mitchell Gary Harris to 79 We got a new wave jerseys DJ Wilson tonight and I Milwaukee Bucks, so Denver that was James Milwaukee Bucks John Couple more relics and then we get some models for the pistons Calli Tropica Malik month And we got a triple relic here look at that Dwight Howard That features all the teams he's played for so I'm not so far But I guess these three teams 20 out of 25 so that is magic Hornets and Hawks edition So magic that'd be going to Dave Charlotte Hornets that'll be going to Brett and Atlanta Hawks going to George so that'll be randomizer Next thing we got is Dion waders 19 out of 20 three-color packs there for the heat Miami heat that is one of Taylor We got a little Blake Griffin for the Detroit pistons 16 out of 20 pistons Lewis with that one and we got little De'Aaron Fox RPA there for the Sacramento Kings going to Matthew Right there very nice And last one here is quite Leonard and that's a little base right here three out of 25 went off the jersey number Spurs Taylor all right and the next box All right, sometimes guys these noir cards do get a little stuck so I kind of hate these boxes, but Turn my best to get them out safely I've got a couple of base cards out of 79 Campbell Walker and Steph Curry to 79 You got a relic here of Sean Bradley the 76ers Georgia that one Got a relic here of Semi to 99 for the Celtics Robert Wolfe And we got Markel's vaults relic 14 out of 99 We got a little rookie relics Jason Tatum and Josh Jackson Boston Celtics and then Phoenix Suns that is John So that is another randomizer very nice Now let's get to some nice stuff here We have a Little autograph here for the 76ers Eric snow 35 out of 99 76ers going to George and wow look at this pro duck Actually really like this guy two out of five of the little Nike swoosh Dylan Brooks and that's a rookie there for the Memphis Grizzlies Ashley there you go Dylan Brooks was part of the Oregon Duck team's final four in the lead eight It's a very nice one, too And how about this guy right here some Lonzo ball three color patch? 59 out of 99 little chippings here on the top and bottom of the left side, but Still very nice Lakers and it's going to John and the last one here is just a base right here Frank On the New York Knicks 12 out of 25 we're not the Jersey number There you go New York Knicks Taylor All right guys, and there you go. That was the break. Let's quickly do some randomizing Right here. So again Celtics and Phoenix Suns and you have the triple relic here magic Hornets and Hawks And we use the same dice roller as well To the dice roller and let's get another list opened up here. Oh Oh Lonzo was out of 99 59 out of 99 magic Hornets Celtics Dice roll it and we got a four and a five nine time so good luck team and number one wins one two Three four five six seven eight And After nine times Magic and actually stayed the same sequence to magic at the top. All right, let's go nine times over here now As well on Celtic Suns one two three four five six seven eight nine And it's gonna go to the Celtics.  So next one. I'll post it up guys We'll have the second half in the store jazzy's case breaks calm


What might it mean for the world if Iran, a nation known for its defiance becomes a nuclear power? Imagine the potential impact. Iran, a country regularly sponsoring terror activities against Israel and the United States, wielding nuclear capabilities. This could pose a significant threat to these and other nations, and could drastically shift the balance of power in the Middle East, and even globally. A shift in global dynamics may be on the horizon, and it's a shift that could carry profound and threatening implications. To understand the current situation, we need to look back at Iran's historical efforts at developing nuclear power. The seeds were first sown back in the 1950s, when Iran's nuclear program was launched with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program. In the decades that followed, Iran's nuclear ambitions evolved under the radar, until the early 2000s when international concern grew over Iran's uranium enrichment activities. A decade of negotiations, sanctions and inspections ensued culminating in Barack Obama's 2015 Iran nuclear deal with Iran, which aimed to limit Iran's nuclear capabilities. But that deal's effectiveness was short-lived. By 2018, the United States, under Donald Trump, withdrew from the agreement, leading to a resurgence of Iran's nuclear ambitions and activities. Today, Iran is closer than ever to becoming a nuclear power, potentially altering the balance of power in the Middle East and beyond. As we can see, Iran's nuclear ambition isn't a sudden development but a long-standing pursuit. Leadership decisions can make a significant difference in geopolitical outcomes. Consider, for instance, how the strategic choices of leaders like Trump have fueled Iran's nuclear ambitions. The course of history is often shaped by the decisions of a few misguided leaders like Trump. Today we've delved into the impact of a nuclear Iran, and the role of leadership in shaping this possibility. A nuclear Iran doesn't just threaten Israel and the US, it shifts the global balance of power. As the world watches, one thing is certain, the impact of a nuclear Iran will be felt far beyond its borders.


It's a great honor for me and a sincere, sincere personal privilege to introduce a great man, a great American, a great President, the President of the United States of America, Ronald Reagan. Thank you very much. And I thank you very much for that very generous and kind introduction and to prove how grateful I am. I, a Californian, will say to a Floridian, I have just returned from California. This is the first time I've seen sunshine in two weeks. Well, I am I'm delighted to be here. I'm especially pleased to acknowledge the presence today of a group of students from eight countries. They're participants in the World's Showcase Solution Program, which Disney World is generously established as part of EPCOT. This excellent program brings young people from Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom to EPCOT. It gives them the opportunity to experience American culture firsthand, to learn, and more important, to teach. This is just the kind of approach that we're encouraging through the President's International Youth Exchange Initiative, which I announced last May at the White House. For those of you who haven't seen it, well, first of all, let me say I'm convinced that people-to-people programs like World's Showcase and the International Youth Initiative are one of the best ways to build real understanding in the world. I'm very happy to see so many young people here today, the math and science quizzes of Central Florida, plus the students participating in the World's Showcase Fellowship Program. And you adults are welcome, too. I just watched a program. I don't know just what to call it. A show, a pageant with several hundred of my junior high and high school friends here, but I'm pleased to announce I didn't get hit with one spitball. But this program does capture the vitality of what we represent as a nation. And as I started to say earlier, I was going to remark that earlier, for those of you who haven't seen it, at one point in the movie Mark Twain speaking of America says, we soared into the 20th century on the wings of invention and the winds of change. Well, in a few years' time, we Americans will soar into the 21st century, and again it will be on the wings of invention and the winds of change. This afternoon, I'd like to explain how you, our young people, can ride those wings and winds of the future to a better life. Abraham Lincoln is supposed to have said that the best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. In this modern age, it often seems to come more quickly than that, I know. Our nation is speeding toward the future at this very moment. We can see it coming. We can see its shape. I know in your history books, you've read about the industrial revolution. Well, today we're in the midst of another revolution, one marked by the explosion of technological advances. It's a revolution of microchips and biotechnology. And yes, it is ironic that products seen only through a microscope can cause such large changes in our society. We can see the benefits of this revolution already. Many of the advantages you can view right here at Epcot Center, which itself is a celebration of tomorrow. Other aspects of the transition are more difficult and painful to bear. A large number of people are unemployed, not because of the recession, but because their former jobs were in declining industries. Their skills are not in demand in the post-industrial America. And as you know, this has caused grievous hardship. I don't want any of you young people to suffer what some of your parents are experiencing. I want you to have the training and the skills to meet the future. Even without knowing it, you're being prepared for a new age. Many of you already understand better than my generation ever will, the possibilities of computers. In some of your homes, the computer is available to the television set. And I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand-eye and brain coordination in playing these games. The Air Force believes these kids will be outstanding pilots should they fly our jets. The computerized radar screen in the cockpit is not unlike the computerized video screen. Watch a 12-year-old take evasive action and score multiple hits while playing space invaders and you will appreciate the skills of tomorrow's pilot. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't want the youth of this country to run home and tell their parents that the President of the United States says it's all right for them to go ahead and play video games all the time. Homework, sports, and friends still come first. What I am saying is that right now you're being prepared for tomorrow in many ways and in ways that many of us who are older cannot fully comprehend. But those of my generation and now I have to say of your parents generation cannot just assume that you will adapt to the future. We must conscientiously prepare you for the years ahead. We must provide you with a good education with solid math and science instruction. Not only will math and science serve you well in meeting the future it will serve the nation. We Americans are still the technological leaders in most fields and we must keep that edge but to keep it we need scientists and engineers and mathematicians. Many of you here today are above average in math and science skills. You've won awards for your knowledge and you'll be among the brightest of tomorrow's workforce. But I want to give you some facts and figures here and by the way I've been known to give a pop quiz now and then but I want to show you the challenge that we as a nation face. Japan with a population only about half the size of ours graduates from its universities more engineers than we do. In Japan specialized study in mathematics biology and physics starts in the sixth grade or take the Soviet Union. Soviet students learn the basic concepts of algebra and geometry in elementary school.  I have a feeling the kids in the Soviet Union have to hit the books a bit more than American students. Not surprising the Soviet Union graduates from college almost five times more engineering specialists than the United States. The number of scientists and engineers engaged in research and development in the United States has increased by only 25 percent between 1964 and 1979. The increase in France was 90 percent, 125 percent in Germany, and 145 percent in Japan. Obviously we must do better or we will be overtaken. In math and science instruction the United States is a slow learner among the major industrial nations. Like millions of other Americans I'm a firm believer in the back to basics movement because it is the basics that will best prepare us for the future. I think you would agree that if a young person doesn't receive adequate math and science teaching by age 16 he or she has lost the chance to become a scientist or an engineer. There's a story about a boy whose math homework paper was less than inspiring. Now I know that yours are never like that. When a boy's paper was handed back the teacher said I never saw so many errors in my life. I just can't understand how one person could have made all these mistakes. And a boy said one person didn't. My father helped me. Well your generation will need better math and science skills than your father's generation. And the America of tomorrow will also need those skills more than the America of today. Since the future is technological we simply must educate more people in the technological areas. And that's one reason I'm delighted to see more women going into scientific and engineering fields. I'm especially pleased that eight women have been selected as astronauts for the shuttle flights. All of advanced degrees PhDs in engineering and physical sciences to have medical degrees and late this spring on a launch pad not far from here a woman named Sally Ride will have the ride of a lifetime. She'll blast off in the space shuttle become America's first woman in space. The relatively short supply of technically qualified people in the United States is not because we don't have enough students men or women interested in tomorrow's job opportunities. In fact engineering schools have to turn away many qualified students. The principal reason is the shortage of engineering faculty and universities and qualified math and science teachers in the secondary schools. This shortage cannot continue. And I know you'll be happy to hear that we intend to improve the quality of math and science education. And right now we're working with the Congress to determine the funding necessary to begin reducing this shortage. We seek a fiscally responsible initiative in this area fair not only to your educational future but your economic future as well. Private industry is also recognizing the problem and seeking ways to correct it. The American Electronics Association's goal is to obtain contributions from its high technology companies equal to 2 percent of their research and development budgets. I also know businesses around the country are loaning computers and other equipment to schools to prepare students for the new age. It's this kind of commitment from the private sector that would eventually help us meet the math and science shortages that we face. That's a great thing if our visitors will forgive me for being chauvinistic. That's a great thing about our country. Once we've determined what the problem is we take out after it. I know you young people are bombarded hourly with the problems the nation faces. And yes we do have problems which all of us are working to solve but you can't become paralyzed by these obstacles. This sounds like something you'll hear at graduation but you really do have a wonderful future ahead of you. Don't be afraid of it. The future is what America has always represented. My generation wishes it had the years left to us that you have left to you. The things you will see. The changes that you will experience. We just can't imagine them all. Hang on to the American spirit of adventure as you head into this future. Remember the quote by Thomas Wolfe that we heard in that program we've just seen. To everyone a chance. To all people regardless of their birth. The right to live to work to become whatever you very much in you. I believe in your intelligence your courage and your determination. And when the time arrives the people of my generation will be very proud to turn America over to your care. May I just in the spirit of that program that we saw also say something about the presence here of our gifts of this exchange program for you of the same age will meet with those from other countries and get to know each other as human beings and as individuals. I have always believed that a lot of the problems in the world come about because people talk about each other instead of to each other. And maybe one day with programs of this kind you are setting the stage for the dream that has lived with mankind from the first and earliest days of history. And that is the dream of peace that one day knowing each other it will be impossible for someone to say to you that there must be a war or that you must take off arms and do away with these people that you have come to know so well. And we shall do everything we can to see that this program prospers and goes forward and increases the ability of young generations like your own to meet and become acquainted with others around the world. I've used up all of my time here and I know they have other things for me to do but I don't know that they will be as much of a high spot as this has been and I just want to say to all of you thank you and God bless you all.


Be the leader you wish you had Being a leader is in a position Being a leader is an attitude Being a leader is taking responsibility for the people around you You got promoted because you were the best person at your job That's not your job anymore Your boss would never start somebody on the line without training You would never start a new team member or expect him to perform his job without training But when you get promoted to manager Nobody trains you on the job Zero training in leadership Zero training in communication Zero training in problem solving Zero training in handling confrontations How to listen How to communicate Effectively most people listen not with the intent to understand They listen with intent to reply This means they haven't heard everything you've said Be the leader you wish you had One of the hot topics to continue to come up in every industry is how to be a better leader This is an important topic because management can have an immense influence on individual employees and the company as a whole Better management skills can often produce happier more productive and loyal employees Additionally recent studies have shown that improving management skills and leadership skills gets better financial results. That's very important Becoming a better leader isn't something that mysteriously happens without effort It's a process that occurs by doing simple tips and changing your current bad habits It's important to remember that every company has different management styles But these general tips can help improve daily interactions Relationships between employees and their managers You got to get to know your employees And what they want take time to get to know them both on a personal level and a professional level Know their career goals and also know their personal interests and passions. It's important to know them Communicate Try to be forthcoming with your team Let them know the pertinent information and realize the effects that lack of communication can have on your staff Lack of communication communication is the key to everything Listen to your employees. This is part of communication Listen to your employees as much as possible if an employee comes to you with an idea of concern try to make time and give You a full attention to the issue Be a motivator Encourage employees to work hard and give them good reason to work hard be a motivator Be a leader. I'm not just saying that be a leader be the leader You want to be so you want to be a leader not a manager provide a clear direction and goal for your team Show them how to achieve success in your organization Improve yourself while it's important to improve your team. Don't forget about yourself Examine your weaknesses and work on improving them every day Acknowledge success try and see positive in your employees and their work. Don't focus on what's missing Okay, or what your team isn't doing but rather on the success in the hard work always be positive Be human Just because you're a manager Does not mean you're a superhuman Admit your mistakes ask for help when needed and let your team see that you're just as human as they are That respect you as a leader It's okay to be friends with the employees This is a tricky one Just because you're a manager does not mean you have to be cold and unfriendly While it's important your staff knows that you're the authority chat with them have fun with them Make your organization a great place to be Lead by example Make sure you operate with integrity and ethics in the workplace act the way that you would like your staff to act Pretty simple Well, this list could be numbered to a hundred these ten are seemingly obvious But very important ways that you can improve not only yourself, but your employees and your business They subscribe to my channel because I've got plenty of videos and plenty of tips and tricks and ways to be a better manager And be an efficient leader The next video coming up right here. It was pictures, but the general tips can


4 Tips on finding your first job as a newly qualified TEFL teacher. You've passed your TEFL course, and armed with your new certificate you are ready to head to the classroom. There are thousands of teaching jobs available around the world, but where is the best place to look? Many people start online and there is plenty to choose from. Search Online. Searching for jobs online can be a good way to find jobs when you start looking from home. It is also a great way to suss out the local TEFL job market in a particular country. The downsides about online job adverts, are that each position will attract numerous applications, and if you are non-native speaker or do not have a listed qualification, the employer may disregard your application without properly considering it. There is also a higher chance of scams being posted on the internet, and you should always remember that if a job sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. Another way to find TEFL teaching jobs is to visit schools in person. This is only possible if you are already present in the country, but many schools don't advertise teaching positions online, and rely on word-of-mouth to find new teachers. Turning up to a school in person shows that you are already committed to being in the country, and that you are keen to start teaching. It also gives teachers who are non-native speakers of English the chance to show off their skills, and impress in a way email applications cannot. The downsides to this approach, are that you will need to support yourself while you are in a foreign country looking for work, and that you will probably have to arrange visas, transport, accommodation etc. yourself. SEND A SPECULATIVE EMAIL Sending a speculative email to a number of TEFL schools in the area you are interested in, is another approach at well worth following. This enables you to access EFL jobs that may not be advertised, or ensure that your details are already with employers when openings do arise. All you need to do, is write a cover email for the area in which you want to work. Search on Google for employers in that area. Collect all the relevant email addresses in one word document. Create a new email and address it to yourself. Add the email addresses you have collected to the BCC field. Attach your CV. Send the email. The positives of this are that you can send your details to a large number of potential employers in one email. You could also access jobs that aren't advertised online or elsewhere. Negatives include adding the email addresses to the CC field instead of BCC, therefore showing everyone that you are writing to more than one school. Use a teacher recruiter. The last way to enter the TEFL job market is by using a teacher recruiter. Recruiters are great for teachers who are starting out from their home country, and have little experience of the destination they want to teach in. A good recruiter can help organize visas, accommodation, and orientation in your new home. They are also a good way to find legitimate jobs, and take some of the stress out of the whole process. On the downside you should make sure that you research the company thoroughly, avoid companies that charge teachers for their services, recruiters are paid by schools to find teachers. Are you ready to start your job hunt?


This launch was followed by one from China, Yaogan 3302, which launched at 2344 UTC on September 2nd. This mission was carried by a Long March 4C rocket from Launch Area 4 at the Shih Kuan Satellite Launch Center. Because of the payload's type and military remote sensing satellite, this is all we know about this secretive mission.


First of all, thanks a lot for joining, closing KubeCon, so that's a good thing or not, I don't know, but I really appreciate you all giving the time. I see some many familiar faces here. So Mark couldn't join because, you know, airport is very busy and they're all flying out today. So they had to, in order to not miss the flight, but I have a little message from Mark, he'll cheer later. But yeah, I'm Kunal, I work as a DevRel Manager at CBO, I'm a CNCF ambassador and I love scaling communities, I do all sorts of things. And yeah, today we're going to talk about CNCF students. It's a community group I started to focus more on the student side of things, all the CNC initiators and how we can grow the student community. And yeah, it's what we're going to talk about. And I was mainly the one running it. So I restart to CNCF. And I was like, how can we grow this? And we have a GitHub repository now, it's CNCF slash students. So you can check that out. But I'll share more about that later.  So it's a huge talent pipeline, because students represent the future workforce of the technology industry. And no one is going to, you know, we're going to go old. So then the students will come and students will grow old and new students will come. So that's why and by investing in the education and training can create a talent pipeline for the cloud native development and ensure that they are, you know, like enough skilled professionals to support the growing demand of cloud native technologies, innovation, they bring fresh ideas, you know, I graduated last year. So I was so nice to see how welcoming the community is. So bring fresh ideas, new perspectives into the industry. And you can give them, you know, by by giving, like investing in the education, giving them opportunities to work on cloud native projects, we can help drive the innovation and the development of new cloud native technologies. I like to also have like, if we can have an interactive session. So anyone, third point around why you should invest in students, creativity, yeah, comes into the innovation. Yeah, as some nice CNCF swag coupons, $50 once I can give to people who ask questions. Yeah, also for the community, you get the community growth, you know, they help can help establish and grow the cloud native community by engaging with other students and providing them to, you know, with the opportunities to contribute to open source projects and the events and stuff, which we'll talk more about later. So yeah, you know, just create a sense of community and foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, diversity, inclusion, investing in students from diverse backgrounds helps to promote diversity, inclusion, and, you know, in the cloud native industry, that's always a good thing, not just for cloud native industry, but any industry, diversity, inclusion always props to that. And last one, like future leaders, so by investing in students to help create future leaders in the cloud native industry. And yeah, it's fine diverse and talented group of people. All right, next segment is challenges that students face. So if anyone here who works with students who would like to share what sort of challenges they face when they're getting into a particular, like, has anyone mentored anyone? By the way, right? What are the challenges students face? Yes, it's a big one.  The most popular one. Yeah, I've seen that every year with like, like LFX or gruesome of code. Yeah, that happens quite a lot. Yeah, couldn't agree more. And the thing with internships and jobs, it's like, you apply for an internship to say, you need experience, but you need that internship to gain the experience. So I never did. And in my university, I gained that experience via open source. Many students are listening. It's a great way to build your resume. All right, like lack of lack of lack of experience, many students may not have like enough coding experience to contribute to open source projects. That's one of the barriers. They may be intimidated by the complexity. If you see the CNCF projects for a student, that's very overwhelming, such big projects. If you ask a student to contribute to like, Kubernetes, even though Kubernetes is like really, I would say, encouraging for like beginners to take part, but still, someone who is just getting started when they see the huge code base, they, you know, they are unsure about how to get started. Finding the right project, forget about the right project, finding the right domain in tech. Do I get into web dev? Do I get into machine learning? Do I get into blockchain or all these other things? DevOps. So there are many projects out there. And oftentimes students face this issue as well. Like they want to find projects that aligns with their skills and interest. So that's another one. The biggest one by far, I think is also communication barriers. So open source projects, they require a lot of collaboration and collaborate with like different parts of the world, right? And some people may struggle with like cultural differences or language barriers. And sometimes just not knowing how to ask the right question. I don't know how many times students just say, I can all help me. I'm stuck. Very stuck. What are you doing? And yeah, Mark couldn't join us. He had a, as I mentioned flight, but yeah, he shared his experience as well. He's much more senior than me. So he'll shed some light on that. The next one is also not just students, most people struggle with this time management. So like Josh mentioned, university exams, that can come in the way, university lectures can come in the way. So especially when they're juggling the coursework and other commitments, they may have limited time dedicated towards open source. That's another one. The next one is a really popular one. Anyone guess? Also not something that just students face. Yeah, that's it. So imposter syndrome, we like you may or not good enough to contribute to open source projects or like you don't belong in the community challenge. And there was one, someone mentioned from the audience as well, difficulty getting started. It's like the process of like setting up a development environment or figuring out how to make contributions or navigating the code base, so on and so forth. These are all the challenges. All right, second section done. Any questions? Are we doing at the end? Okay. Third section, how to overcome? So folks can seek out mentorship and the guidance from people who are experienced folks in open source communities can look for beginner friendly projects and contribute in small ways like fixing typos or writing documentation. My first contribution was delete a file. That was it. So the issue was please delete this file. I deleted it. That was it. That's my first contribution. So that's how you start. It's all right. You can join online communities and forums and, you know, so many programs, legal effects mentorship, GSOC, apply to CNC ambassadors, join SIGS, but we're documented in the students, in the students repository, I'll share more about that later. All right, current state, we're talking about CNC students. I started this, I don't know when, but it's grown pretty much a lot on the CNCF group. We have around 4,000 people, do actively events on Twitter, CNCF students, that's the handle of around 10,000. And with the help of a bill, shout out a bill. I also started, you know, with Bill and we talked about it. And we also started the student track, which is what my talk is on right now. So there's a student track at KubeCon, which is also a very nice thing. So slowly we're getting there. Also, around 10% attendees in KubeCon Valencia in person were students. Correct me if I'm wrong, I thought it was 777. So almost around 10%. Even at this KubeCon 50 something our first time attendees, right? I saw it on Twitter, something like that. So you see the engagement is there, the interest is there. All right, that's the current state. One of the bigger questions I get is like, how do we get started? And what are all the resources? And all these other things? How do we ask good questions? And, you know, how to be a good mentee, how to be a good mentor? And I really like to lead by example. And also for other people, like, listening to other people's stories, like, if I see someone famous, I'll just ask them, what were you like a student? What did you do? You know, how was your journey like? So that's one thing. And the next one is like the Mentor-Mentee framework, which I wanted to share about. It's also under the CNCF students repository. So that's the CNCF student repository. Here you can check out how do I, yeah, the mission, what is the benefit? What are the goals, the resources, this is our Twitter community group, Mentor-Mentee framework. This is getting started.  So, elaborate it on that and some, all the resources like CNCF and stuff like training courses, the community groups like attending KubeCon, and the student track available over here, see student track and open source projects and things like that, and certifications and all sorts of things. So this is in the CNCF students repository. There's also a Mentor-Mentee framework that you can use right from the start, where let's say you don't even have a mentor.  I don't know anything about blockchain, you know. So oftentimes people do that.  Can you help me with machine learning? The guy does not know anything about machine learning. So if you're a student, then please like figure out, you know, what you want, and we've given like a detailed, like more tips and tricks and stuff like that. Second point is like finding a mentor, and then it all goes down with like working with your mentor, defining goals and expectations, being proactive, respecting your mentor's times and boundaries as well, and showing gratitude and all sorts of things, then measuring growth, empathy, it's very important point, not just with mentor mentee stuff, but in general with life and other things as well. And then how a mentee becomes a mentor, it's all documented here. By the way, and then there's this one thing I wanted to do is mentor mentee stories. So folks who are already like, you know, in their career now, these would be like a series of blog posts, like so that people can learn from their experiences. If I can reach out to Brad, Brad, what were you like a student? What would you do differently? All sorts of things. Open source, make a PR, make it better. If there's any tips you want to include, feel free. But in the end, I'll share like a different like some more resources as well, and some of the meetings and stuff that you can be a part of. All right, Mark could not join us, but he had the message for like, mainly students, but mentees as well. So just going to play this, it's a quick clip, just recorded today because they had an urgent flight. Hi everyone, I'm Mark Boost, CEO of Sevo. And I'm really sorry I can't be with you today, but hopefully I can give you some insights around the student track and the mentee framework, mentor and mentorship framework that we're put together and answer your questions or can now be able to answer your questions live on stage. But I'm going to give you a few helpful tips and guidance hopefully to get you started. The first tip I want to give you is that I get reached out a lot by many students and I don't necessarily have enough time to reply to every single one. So if you're looking for a mentor, the likelihood is that they could be quite a busy person. So how do you stand out from the crowd and actually have a meaningful conversation that they're actually going to respond to you? So the first tip I would like to give you is that it's really important to research the person that you potentially want to help be your mentor. Understand about their background, what their interests are, and also obviously making sure that those interests even align with your interests, there's no point in having a mentor that doesn't align with your goals or your interests. So first of all, you should be reaching out to them, sorry, researching them before you reach out to them. And that's my first tip. The next thing that I'll always advise is that the way you respond to people or you reach out to people is really important. That's a really professional approach. I get a lot of people reach out to me actually that it's almost like a one-liner. It might be something like, will you be my mentor? And that's it. And really they haven't given me any information about themselves, what they're studying, what they're interested in. It's highly unlikely that I'm going to respond to that person compared to someone that has really given a meaningful insight into what they've been doing, what they've been studying, what interests they have, maybe what projects they've been contributing to, things like that. And if they align with the values and things that I believe in, then it's more likely that I respond to them. An additional tip, not just about if you're reaching out to someone to be a mentor, and it could be soon in the future you want to reach out to try and get a job. I think it's really important to demonstrate what you've been doing to kind of really grab hold of your own career and find a job. And again, I get lots of people reaching out to me and saying, here's my resume and just asking for a job. But really what you want to do is demonstrate all the different contributions and things that you've been doing. And I really encourage people to get involved in the community, get involved in open source projects, maybe become an ambassador or something for a project that you really like or a technology or something like that. And really demonstrate that you're passionate about those subjects. So when you then reach out for a job to someone, it's really that interest and that passion is coming through and then more likely to respond. So you should never, never really reach out to someone and just say, here's my resume, have you got a job? And again, go back, do that research, understand the company and show them what you've been doing, grab hold of your own career, contribute and demonstrate that when you're reaching out to people, whether that's for a job or whether that's to try and find a mentor. So if you eventually find a mentor and you're working closely with them, it's really important that, first of all, you understand each other and get to know each other. So I'd always recommend before you even talk about career goals and aligning, the mentorship program with those things, you just need to really get to know each other and make sure you build that empathy and understand each other. Because if you're interested in not aligned, if you can't find common ground, it's unlikely that they're going to be the right suitable mentor for you. So, and sometimes you have to hold your hands up and say, this is not the right mentor and be honest with each other and find someone else that is better aligned with your own aspirations and goals and things. So that's the first thing you want to do. But once you move beyond that, my recommendation is that you start to talk about what your long term goals are and your interests and making sure that if the mentorship program over that last say one year, three years, five years, you know, you've mapped out some longer term goals that you can work towards and make sure they align with where you want to be in five years time say. So that's really important. But you can't just be too focused on the long term goals, you do need to set short term goals as well. Because the people aren't necessarily very good at focusing on real long term things. It's easier to sort of break that down into smaller chunks and gradually doing building blocks towards those. So it's important that you set those short term goals that are more achievable in a smaller length of time. So probably one of the most important things that maybe I'll leave you with is empathy. Because I think that is the most important character trait that both the mentor and the mentee need to have. For instance, on the mentee side, they've got to understand that sometimes these mentors are giving up a lot of their own spare time to help and support you. And they're very busy maybe in their own career and jobs and things that they do. So it's important to understand and appreciate what the mentor is doing for you and having that empathy for their own time, in respect for their time. Maybe sometimes meetings and things that you have planned have to move. Because if it's for instance myself, who's a busy CEO, I have meetings that might come up very important things out of the blue. So I might have to adjust the schedule. So it's being respectful of their time. And vice versa from a mentor's point of view, you've really got to build that empathy with your student or your mentee to actually understand their interests and ensuring it's not you just teaching them. It's about aligning them with their goals and supporting them on that process and really getting to know that person as an individual and not treating them as a cookie cutter process. Because as we all know, we're all very, very different. And it's important that you map out a program that works for that individual's goals and not everyone in general. What I always encourage you to do is reach out to people at the CNCF. They have great programs in place. And you can check out the CNCF repository on GitHub at cncf4 slash students. And it's really great information there. And we'd also ask people to contribute towards that. So if you want to get involved and help build out this framework and involve this framework over time, get involved. Because the CNCF is an amazing community of people. And we want to encourage as many people to come into this and support this program because it's really important that we look after the next generation. All right, that was Mark. Thank you, Mark. It couldn't be here. Hi, everyone. I'm Mark Boost. See you. Hold on. So yeah, again, you can find it on GitHub. The framework and then the mentorship programs. These also you can find on GitHub. It's a CNCF slash mentoring. There's code, some of code, LFX and all sorts of things. Then there's the student track. It's new, but there's lots of improvement that need to be done in the student track. Ideally, more talks. Those would be nice. Because we are forgetting so many students attending, even in person and virtually. Then having more talks in the student track, more people sharing their experiences, high-quality talks. If you know anyone, just encourage them to submit or you can submit one as well. So ideally, like hopefully in Chicago, the student track would look much diverse, much better, more nice talks, more stories from people. Because these LFX mentees also graduate periodically so they can share their journey and all sorts of things. So lots of rooms for improvement. How do you like better visibility? Why are we talking about the CNCF students specifically? So yeah, more visibility, more like around resources, improving communication and collaboration and mentorship and more opportunities around that. Some of the future goals are like, it would be nice to have the repository. So we can have a website that just lists down all the things. If anyone asks you how do I get involved in the CNCF, I don't know anything. Can we just go to CNCF's last students and that's it. Technical questions, mentorship questions, everything should be in that repository. All the things you need, all the links, everything. That's the ideal, what is CNCF students, what it could be. That's what ideally it is. Leading by example, so people who have been there, them sharing their examples, their stories, their journeys and local student groups. That's another thing that would be nice. Like we have the CNCF ambassadors, like the student stuff, like people. And other companies are doing this, Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors, GitHub Campus Experts, Google Developer Clubs, major league hacking coaches. So something like that to empower the CNCF community. Events stuff, yeah, there's the Dan Con scholarship that is going on, which is very cool. And then the student track. So student track is set in place, but I think it needs a lot of work because we need more people submitting. So ideally, yeah, kind of have a track with more talks. Resources, the GitHub.com slash CNCF slash students for the open source program, CNCF slash mentoring. And I was talking to CNCF around making a student like working group, but there's a mentoring working group already under tag or contributor strategy. So I'd recommend you join that because that also works around, it focuses on the mentoring initiatives or CNCF. Like CNCF takes part in a lot of mentoring initiatives, like I just mentioned. So there's a working group around that. You can join that working group under tag contributor strategy. And they have meetings on every second Tuesday or something. I could be wrong, but pretty sure it's second Tuesday. But yeah, do check out where the meetings are. You can join the meetings, get involved. The Twitter is CNCF students. And then the community group is also a community of CNCF Tio. You can find CNCF students there as well. And events wise, we have cube constant track, but yeah, lots, lots we can do. This is currently what we have. So we discussed about why care about students, which discussed about the challenges they face. We discussed about the current state, what we have. I listed all the resources. We checked the GitHub repository and I shared how you can get involved. Shared about the meetings, what they miss. No, that's it. All right. Thank you. Questions? Yeah. Oh, yeah, Mike. Oh, it's off. Hi, I'm Christy. So you shared the challenges that students usually face either when contributing to the CNCF or other open source projects. But what have been the challenges that you have faced getting this program established? By the time. That was the one because I started this and then I scaled it like till like we did till 4,000 and then 10,000. And then a few people like they definitely helped out quite a lot. Shout out to Bart. He's been doing a lot of events. But ideally my challenges that I faced have been just proper structure. And that's why I reached out to CNCF. Like, you know, the community is there and so many people, so many students in the community who are willing to help out. So take it under CNCF and then let's just find contributors. My biggest challenge has been just like more structure, making it more formal. So ideally, let's say I want to do, I want to do some live stream around students. I don't want to do that on my channel.  So more structure. One more thing. Another challenge is like I started this, like there was the CNCF students Twitter and I'm tweeting from that. So in a real, in a nice world, anyone should be able to do that. And I think you when it is just this way, you make a PR and then you do it goes out. Same thing can be done with students. So like no one point of contact, but like a, like a community can only. But yeah, that's why I mentioned that you can join this mentoring working group under tag contributors strategy. They have regular meetings. So you can help out with that and I'll join that as well. And then we can take it from there. Yeah. Thank you. Good question. I'll give you the coupon. Josh, go ahead. So one of the things we were discussing outside before the session started is a problem from the mentor perspective. The what perspective from the mentor perspective. Yes. Right. Because one of the problems that we have with recruiting mentors to get involved with mentoring students is the very low rate at which students turn into contributors. Right. Because at least for people on companies from an open source rather than academic perspective, the reason why they're doing the mentorship is because they're hoping that their mentee will turn into an ongoing contributor for the project. But because students are generally going through a lot of life changes, that only happens maybe 15, 20% of the time. The I'd be interested in working on ways through CNCF students that we can actually sort of increase the rate of stickiness maybe by selecting who's applying to the mentorships to begin with so that the mentors will feel more encouraged to participate. Yeah. One of the biggest issues and I was talking to in the last few condoms, he mentioned the same thing. I think yeah, that's a big concern. And that's what some students have to also realize that when you talk about these initiatives like GSOC or LFX or whatever, it's not about just getting into this program. It's about staying with the project after it's over. So what I have seen is there are some students who went on becoming mentors in some of the projects. And the common trait amongst them was that they didn't care about getting selected in LFX. They would contribute irrespectively. So that's the trait that I have seen. And it wouldn't be like, oh, LFX applications are starting next week. I'm going to contribute now and then I'll get selected and I'll get paid and then I'll get that in my resume. So that's one type of people. Other types of students are like, okay, LFX, I'll apply, no worries. But I'll still contribute irrespectively because I want to learn. I want to grow. That's one of the main motivations why students contribute to open sources. Learning and to be quite fair, yeah, job as well. And that is fine. Like open source is a great way to represent your skills. And if you get a job or role by that, highly encouraged it. But yeah, I think that's a challenge. And maybe you can have a discussion around how to retain contributors and get more mentors. Yeah, in the mentor mentee framework, there's a point in them, how to find a mentor section. If you don't know someone, you can't just go out of the blue and get someone to mentor you personally. Like, why should I mentor you personally, right? So when you're first starting out, I think it's nice to have decentralized mentorships, ideally asking questions in public, joining the Slack communities. If you have any questions, ask it in the public channel rather than depending on like one person. And when you're in that project, in that community for a while, you may build relationships of people, may help you like personally as well. But I think it will help you as a student, if you keep more discussions in public. But yeah, if we need more mentors, yeah, yeah. No question. Yeah. Hi, Kunal. This is Laksh and I'm also a student. So my question is like, do you, along with the CNC of students, plan to collaborate with universities and maybe pass on some lower leadership roles to students as well? Yeah, again, there's no leadership. Like that's what I'm saying. There's no like role or stuff like that. It's open so anyone can contribute. And this is not like, I wanted to set it as a working group, but we discussed it and they were like, you can talk to mentoring people. So it's relatively new in terms of establishing it. So you can join the next Contributor Strategy Mentoring Working Group meeting. Then we'll discuss how we can more formalize this. I can't speak for the CNCF. So ideally it'd be nice to support like universities and colleges, but and they have been like very encouraging. Like I spoke to them and they were like, yeah, I spoke to Bill. Bill, if you go to the CNCF students repo, there's a campus captain's thing you're working on. So these are like student representatives at local universities. Again, I can't speak for CNCF, but I think most of the resources that are available like training courses and you can attend cube cons virtually as a student for free and the certifications and stuff. I think those are accessible to everyone. So in the end, it just it's like, who takes the initiative to start this in your campus? And ideally like, yeah, right now, maybe in the future when people have like, we don't really discuss it and we see the value, then yeah, maybe CNCF does something like that. But yeah, ideally one thing is like, I'd like to close it with this. You can apply as a CNCF ambassador if you're a student as well, because they recently got announced the new CNCF ambassadors and a lot of them were students. So you can apply. So if you want official mentorship support from CNCF or whatever, apply as a CNCF ambassadors as a student. Thank you. That's nice. They have made it very structured now. So they do like, it's more structured than ambassador program. Like it, it's very good. First of all, I would like to thank you very much for kickstarting this movement and leading it forward, both as a master student and honestly as a person, quite irritated with the current state of academia. Last time on the Kubernetes community days in Amsterdam, I think it was in February. There was a session where it was possible to ask questions to Priyanka and I explicitly asked about what are the plans of CNCF regarding empowering the students and giving them some kind of way to contribute within the community and learn how it is. And she mentioned that something like this is starting. So I'm really, really happy that it's actually a thing. And I gotta say that as I mentioned, I'm quite irritated with the state of academia, which doesn't really give students many opportunities to see how it actually is in the ongoing world, but also how stubbornly they're sticking to the old ways of teaching and not really trying new ways of doing stuff. I use very specific example back when I asked question to Priyanka of using some obscure enterprise distribution of Postgres for the databases students, while when I showed my bachelor's colleagues how to kickstart Postgres database in a Docker container, they were amazed. But of course, nobody even showed them Docker in one of the first years of their bachelor's. And this is even a problem in pretty good universities, but I can speak for myself because I'm the master's student at TU Delft here in the Netherlands. There are some incentives also among the professors themselves to incentivize students to contribute to open source. For instance, many software architecture-related courses can embed asking students to contribute into the open source projects. For instance, we're asked to choose a project, analyze it and make some contributions. It could be documentation, as you mentioned, but it could be also some features or bug fixes. So I think in addition to all the points that you mentioned regarding students doing some movements on their own and also students' developer clubs, like for example the Google ones, it could be also good if students could actually reach out to the professors who have this forward thinking of sorts and try to ask them to change the curriculum of their courses to include this way of thinking. Analyze the project, try to contribute because let's be honest, the feeling of having your first full request accepted into the upstream is priceless. If you know those kinds of professors, you're very lucky. I did not attend university because of that reason, but I started contributing to open source in my freshman year and for the same reasons. I can only speak for myself, but that's the gap between theory and practical knowledge is a really big one in the universities. But yeah, thank you for sharing. Yeah, another question, thank you. Thanks for the question. I'll give you the coupon. So I am a professor at NYU. NYU is great, my college is garbage. I created two of the CNCF projects. One is a graduated and one is an incubating level. And we have a lot of students who contributed to those. Really everything that happens at NYU in Tandon is very focused on open source and real world. So I understand that certain universities, especially universities in certain parts of the world, have a reputation for not doing very practical things. And I understand that. I want to say that's not universal. And what I really wanted to ask you about is from my perspective as a professor who has lots of students that work on different things and contribute to different projects, I've done things where I've mentored students for all sorts of open source projects, things well outside the LF2, TOR, and we've patched all kinds of bugs in Python and the Linux kernel and done a lot of work like that. So what would an ideal setup or partnership be from a faculty or school perspective? Because one thing that I've heard here is, viewing this more like a Google summer of code thing where students get pay, my experience is that many students also really want to do something like get credit, like college credit or do a thesis or something like that. So I'm wondering if maybe another way to approach this is to try to set up a program like that where a faculty member at different universities can identify them as someone who's willing to effectively be the name on the registration for the fact that this student is contributing to a Linux Foundation project and give that student a grade in the end. It's my dream. Okay. Yeah. So that might be another avenue. No, that was, that's my dream. Ideally, like I actually said that exact same thing in my freshman year. I was like, oh, I'm contrary to open source. Can I not use this as a way of credits? So I think it depends on university whether they accept it or not, right? If you contribute to open source, we will take that as credits. So first of all, really thank you for you, like for encouraging your students to do that. I think we're running out of time, but I'll take more questions because I'll be here. I want to end it with a few things. I forgot. Come on, come on. What I was going to say. Yeah. So I was going to say, yeah. Thanks for joining. And these are all the resources. Ideally, in an ideal, you know, good world, anyone who asks questions around, I'm a student. I want to grow. I want to become a mentor. I want to get a job. I want to do this. I want to do that. You should be able to point them to CNC or like students and also from the community side, there are already plenty of resources and open source programs, mentorship initiatives, that's the CNCF runs. So growing those a little bit more, like if these are there for the benefits, then you should definitely make advantage of that. The student track, students are like, hey, we want our stories to be heard. Apply to the student track. I was a student track, like I reviewed some proposals and stuff, along with Brad this time. We got like 12 submissions or something. So why are not more people applying? Most students should apply. If you're attending, might as well apply. So I'll just make use of these resources and just give ideas, share ideas, how we can do it better, how we can support students, what other resources we can provide, what are the challenges they have and attend the working group meeting. But yeah, just take a screenshot. This should be it. And GitHub repository, if you have any ideas, you can also open up an issue and there's a project discussion section as well. Oh, you can text me personally as well. I would regret that later, but you can do that. But anyway, because I get already too many things happening, but yeah, happy to help, happy to grow this and looking forward to collaborating with everyone. I'll be here to discuss stuff, but yeah, I'll see you in some of these meetings, the working group ones. Yeah, all right, thank you.


Thanks for checking out this unboxing video. This is for the February regular BAM box always excited to get BAM box always fan and Let's get into it Remember I don't remember all the properties or all that many of the properties Mmm, just maybe like two or so, but I do remember when I was looking I was like looks pretty good So let's see how this pans out Tissue paper on the top from a cat Which is good because she had some The tissue paper we have accumulated for her is getting all shredded up because she likes to play in it So she's been needing new tissue paper. So thank you BAM box for getting my cat more tissue paper. Oh Might be a one-up already Yep, we're gonna have a one-up and I believe the yellow one up means The rare one of the rare versions of the pin Not a hundred percent on that, but I think Oh So the first thing out I'm I have a feeling I'm gonna yeah, I'm feeling I know what this one is Yep, that's exactly what I thought it was. So one of the properties was the X files big X files fan Actually, I haven't watched any of the newer X files, but I was huge into the older X files big big fan of that watched a lot of it So I kind of thought they would do something like this or exactly this Which is obviously a Fox Mulder FBI badge. That's cool. Um, that's good for displaying If you want to I mean you can hang that up. You can just set it somewhere You could get another X files item and kind of do like a shadow box thing and include that That's cool for a small like whatever ish item.  I have no idea what this thing is It looks like some sort of like futuristic key or something I Don't know what the references off the look at the I have no idea what that is. It's heavy. It's metal. It's good quality. I Don't think I don't think I got a pin. Jesus Christ.  Dude, this is a problem All right So this must be the piece of art and it's by Kyle Willis. Oh It's legit. It's cool. So this is one of the properties. They had The black panther obviously just came out recently. So, you know, they probably do something like that There's a nice print for black panther and this is number 940 out of 2,000 Very cool Looks good Kyle Willis good artwork. I like it and then Another thing. Oh I got two pieces of artwork. Oh, maybe that's what the one up is is I'm getting both Like the regular and a rare one. I don't know. We'll find out this one's by Nathan Zerdy. Oh And that's cool. I got number 206 out of 500 and it's Harley Quinn Don is kind of like a war style pin-up girl. I don't know they used to do Like pin-up girl art on the side of like planes and stuff like that for War time and I'm pretty sure this is kind of like a takeoff on that. Looks really good That's cool. I'm excited about that. Two cool art prints. I like that. I like that a lot. That's really cool and then the Autograph Who is this? Okay, so it's someone from the show Supergirl. I don't watch Supergirl Laura Vandervoort And she was also In Smallville apparently. Okay, so this was her in Smallville although she's in Supergirl now So I mean that's fine I'm sure there's some people out there who are really gonna like that autograph because they watch Supergirl I've heard it's a good show But I just haven't just haven't checked it out. So let's check out the thing Oh, I guess they didn't do a pin this this month. Wow Interesting they did not do a pin this month. I Don't think I like that I Really like really like pins man All right That's it's just it's a bummer because I love those pins I'm a if people watch enough of my unboxings, you know I'm always looking for the pin and the art print the autographs are usually like a good plus if I really like them But the pins in the art print man.  Okay, so we got the autograph Laura Vandervoort There are three different versions you could have gotten They're up here as you can see all these different ones You go Then there were two different versions of the art print that we got From Kyle Willis One of them was out of 500 and then the normal one that we got And it looks like the one out of 500. Just it's kind of like Uh looks worn so it looks like it's like an older poster or something Sounds kind of cool Then we had the badges you could have gotten Dana Scully or Fox Mulder for the FBI badges from x-files Not bad This thing is a t800 cpu brain chip replica By dark matter props I guess that's from Terminator Yeah, so If I knew what that was maybe I'd like it more if people have like terminator items or something once again Like I said with the FBI badge putting this in like a shadow box with some more One or more other items Would be a cool thing, but Yeah, I mean it just looks like exactly then there's the Art print for the Harley one that we got And they have two pictures But I don't really see Oh There's such a small difference in this So I guess there's like an out of 250 and an out of 500 or something or maybe one of them is regular I don't know. It's kind of hard to know, but like there's like a um Word bubble there. There's none there And that's the only like real difference I can spot so With those things, it's like The variants are like not really variants in my opinion, but whatever I'm not going to show you the back because it has the properties for The next month and if people don't want to know it You know, if you really want to know it you can check out the facebook page for bambox and they put it up So you can find it out The giveaway they had going on was for a hand signed funko pop Of harley quinn that was signed by Tara strong Who voices harley in the video game? Batman Arkham city So you can see it down there That's pretty cool Pops are fun to get Okay, so Yeah, just just bum that there was no pin I kind of wish they would have said upfront or maybe they didn't I just missed it But I don't think they said that there wasn't going to be a pin this time around that just kind of bums me out But the artwork is cool Um, I got this, you know variant piece of art of the harley quinn looks really nice Um very satisfied with the black panther art print. That's really cool Don't really care about the autograph just because I don't really know the person But I know some people watch super girl. So maybe I can give it to them FBI badge is decent for being a smaller item and the the terminator brain chip well made looks good But it doesn't really have a significance to me because I'm just not big into terminator Um Also, I'm gonna admit this right now. I've only seen the first terminator movie and that's it E I know some people probably like what are you kidding me? Yeah, sorry There's so many movies that I haven't seen that people are just like I can't believe you haven't seen that movie But yeah, it's just the way it is. Um overall good box liked it. I'm a fan always like bambox It's good stuff. Uh, I can't wait to see with With these properties the march regular box should be really good And please have another pin, please I really want the pins back Anyway, thank you everyone for checking out this unboxing. I'm also putting up a horror unboxing I don't know if I'm putting it up the same day as this I might or if I'm gonna wait and do it the next day, but within one day of this one being out So uh, check that out too. If you have interest, um, please give me some likes Um, that doesn't mean as much though, but subscribe Please let people know about it all that kind of good stuff and until next time keep it brutal