Getting Involved in the K8s Release Shadow Program

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Kubernetes Release Shadow Program runs as a mentorship for 3–4 months of voluntary work coordinating release artifacts (no coding required) across verticals like enhancements, CI signal, bug triage, docs, release notes, comms; it is organized by sig-release and selected via kubernetes-dev / Google Groups / Slack announcements. Typical cycle receives about 185 applications for ~40 slots, involves shadowing a role lead to track deadlines and coordination, and yields concrete experience in managing an actual Kubernetes release.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:38What its not
3. 4:19What it is
4. 7:00Mentorship
5. 9:20Organization
6. 11:30Eligibility
7. 13:10Release Team
8. 19:58How to Apply

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