In the land of the JavaScripters | JS Conf 2019

In 2009 I was managing Yahoo’s tech event budget when we agreed to
sponsor the very first JSConf, the one that almost didn’t happen,
the one that started something… And though I’ve still never
attended a JSConf, nor learned to code, the zeitgeist of the
JavaScript community and its event culture have had a profound
effect on how I live and the devrel work I do. I’d like to speak
about cultivating “JavaScript: The Good Times”—the evolution of
inclusiveness, the effort to replace customs that no longer reflect
the values and demographics of the community, the focus on new
practices for joyful conference-going and knowledge sharing. The
JavaScript ethos has fueled a reinvention of the tech gathering as
an act of participation and experiment, generating enduring
artifacts for learning and excellent new habits for our
relationships - personal and professional.