Working on OpenStack: My First Year in the Community

Almost one year ago, I joined the Boston-based team at Tesora. Having no previous experience working hands-on with the OpenStack community, the past year has been a learning experience riddled with many challenges and triumphs. Tesora's Database as a Service (DBaaS) Platform runs on OpenStack Trove, the OpenStack DBaaS offering. I joined Tesora as a QA Engineer, and have learned many lessons over the past several months. This talk will highlight: The biggest challenges faced coming into the O