Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly - Issue 19
Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly
How to become a Developer Advocate  - in which Mariya Davydova shares her story of becoming an avocado, how she moved to this position, why she chose this path, and what she does to improve in this field.
Changing the Developer ecosystem in Kenya, one community at a time - in which Rachael Wambua interviews Rahma Halane, who leads Ruby Rails Girls Mombasa, and asks her a few questions about how she engages women devs across Kenya.
Top 10 panel disasters and how to avoid them - in which Cassie Kozyrkov shares 11 disasters that can happen during conference panels and how to mitigate them.
What if Child Care Were as Standard as Coffee at Tech Conferences? - in which Natalya shares her story of how she almost gave a conference talk while holding her baby, while making a call to action, not only to conferences but to the entire tech industry.
CFP statistics and new submissions  - in which Irena Damsky shares some of the common misconceptions people have when not applying for CFPs and showcases some of the data published by conference organizers to disprove those misconceptions.
📚 CFPs 📚
NG-MY -Â https://2019.ng-my.org/
CFP: https://2019.ng-my.org/form/call-for-presenters
Deadline: March 17, 2019
Location:Â Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date:Â July 6-7, 2019
Travel & Accommodation:Â Yes
Code of Conduct:Â https://2019.ng-my.org/coc
KotlinConf -Â https://kotlinconf.com/
CFP: https://sessionize.com/kotlinconf
Deadline: May 20, 2019
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Date:Â December 4-6, 2019
Travel & Accommodation: Yes
Code of Conduct:Â https://kotlinconf.com/code-of-conduct.html
DinosaurJS -Â https://dinosaurjs.org/
CFP: https://www.papercall.io/dinosaurjs
Deadline:Â March 15, 2019
Location: Denver, CO, USA
Date:Â June 20, 2019
Travel & Accommodation:Â Yes
Code of Conduct:Â https://jsconf.com/codeofconduct.html
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