Inside GopherCon

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

Ever wondered how GopherCon came to be, and how it’s put together every year. In this show we will be chatted with Erik St. Martin, who has been there from the start about how GopherCon came to be, how this year’s conference came together, as well as why events like GopherCon as so great!

We are joined by Erik St. Martin, GopherCon Organizer and Co-Author Go in Action.

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Featuring:

• Erik St. Martin – Twitter, GitHub
• Angelica Hill – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Johnny Boursiquot – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

• GopherCon’s agenda
• Storytelling On Stage
• Go Community Code of Conduct

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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1. Opener (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Sourcegraph (00:00:28)

https://info.sourcegraph.com/changelog

3. Intro (00:03:32)

4. Origins (00:05:59)

5. Evolutions (00:10:29)

6. Sponsor: Square (00:19:29)

https://changelog.com/square

7. Speaker selection (00:20:47)

8. Volunteering (00:28:14)

9. At the heart (00:34:26)

10. Sponsor: Retool (00:36:39)

https://retool.com/changelog

11. Sponsor: Chronosphere (00:37:32)

https://chronosphere.io

12. This year's event (00:39:38)

13. Community matters (00:48:04)

14. Why go? (00:55:03)

15. Unpopular Opinions (00:58:46)

16. Goodbye! (01:03:36)

17. Outro (01:04:29)