Engaging the Community: Stories and How-to’s on “Putting Yourself Out There”

Engaging your community is critical for software developers. It enables connections, which can lead to new ideas, jobs, friends, and more.

In this entertaining session I’ll talk dive into this and how to influence and create your own opportunities through reaching out to people. We’ll discover that it’s not as random as you think. I’ll run down some examples of people from both inside and outside our community throwing caution (and embarrassment) to the wind, and striking up relationships that opened opportunities that changed the world.