There are more computer science graduates than ever, and the number keeps rising. Include coding bootcamp graduates, and the number of junior engineers out there is staggering. More engineers means more help for our projects, and the whole world benefits because we’re solving harder problems faster. That's what we're supposed to be about, yeah?

It’s not that simple. Tech advances quickly, becoming more specialized, with layers and layers of abstraction. We frequently assume that the people reading our documentation and using our tools already have context specific to our corner of tech, and we forget about all of those new engineers with fresh ideas who are hungry to learn. We don't mean to do it, but we're gatekeeping them, and it's slowing our progress. This talk will be a deep dive on the ways we're preventing ourselves and those who come after us from being their best in the cloud native landscape, and provide actionable advice for doing better for the future.