Earlier this year, I went to the All Things Open 2019 conference in Raleigh, NC. My goal was to meet people and learn new things, but I could never have prepared for the things I learned.
As a new person in tech and a first-time conference-goer
- T-shirts, hoodies, shorts, and other casual clothing is totally acceptable
- Everyone is so welcoming and kind
- I was pronouncing everything wrong
- Kubernetes (hint: NOT Koo-brrr-neats)
- K8s (hint: NOT kates)
- Netlify (tip: it's Net-lif-eye)
- PostgreSQL (tip: 's' is said twice / hint: NOT post-greh-Es-Queue-Ell or post-greh-Sequel)
- Azure (hint: NOT a-zoo-er)
- I'm sure there are more
- Kubernetes (hint: NOT Koo-brrr-neats)
Reminders for next time
- Do not wait until 2 days before to book a hotel room
- Make sure to bring a water bottle
Takeaways from sessions
- Use open-source tools to bootstrap, the big companies are, why wouldn't you
- Free admission != access (speaker Nikema Prophet) Liquid error: internal
- Allow people to be themselves at work (speaker Matt Rogers) Liquid error: internal
- Avoid burnout! (speaker Ashley McNamara) Liquid error: internal
- The lines between front and backend have blurred over the last few years, hence why I couldn't tell the difference. (speaker Chris Coyier ) Liquid error: internal
- Machine learning is basically a bunch of if/else statements, I think
- Mentoring can scale and Kubernetes has a neat framework for it
- Every single person, regardless of our differences, has a place in tech
Other observations
- Purple hair is in and it looks badass on all sorts of different people
- It seems to be acceptable to be on your phone/computer through entire sessions
- I met a few people from Twitter
- Lego! There were legos on 2 different floors (I <3 Lego!)
PS. Here's a separate bit on what I learned about stickers.
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