Episode 171: AiA 170: NG Atlanta with Zack Chapple and Kim Maida

Adventures in Angular

• Episode: Episode 171: AiA 170: NG Atlanta with Zack Chapple and Kim Maida
• Website: Adventures in Angular
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• Duration: 01:14:20
• Published: 2018-01-04 05:00

Panel: 

Ward Bell

Joe Eames

Charles Max Wood

Special Guests: Zack Chapple & Kim Maida

In the episode of Adventures in Angular the panel speaks with Zack Chapple. Zack is a software architect at Career Builder , and is the founder and main organizer for NG Atlanta. Zack is on the show to talks about the inspiration for NG Atlanta and the origin stories of the conference. Zack describes the details and goals of the conferences concerning diversity, demographics, and technology.

Also joining the show is Kim Maida. Kim is the technical content lead at Auth0. Kim talks about the demographics of women and the diversity of the conference speaks and attendees. Zack is on the show to talks about the inspiration for NG Atlanta and the origin stories of the conference. Zack describes the details and goals of the conferences concerning diversity, demographics, and technology.

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

• NG Atlanta  - Two-day workshop and Two  single-track conference
• Diversity, Inclusion, Angular
• Technology related to Angular
• Leverage where we are in technology
• Origin  story of NG Atlanta
• Programs
• Holistic approach
• Community and interpersonal skills
• Diversity
• 50 percent of speakers are women
• Tech conferences and statistics
• Contributions
• Diversity and Demographics
• Calling out conferences
• Putting together conferences
• Code of conduct
• Criteria for conferences
• and much more!

Links: 

• https://www.careerbuilder.com
• http://ng-atl.org
• @KimMaida
• @zchapple
• https://auth0.com/blog/

Picks:

 

Charles

• Star Wars 
• Indiegogo for View and React, and Elixir

Joe

• Murder on the Orient Express

Ward

• Translation of the Odyssey 

Zach

• Vets Who Code
• Bright

Kim

• NG Girls
• Deep Space 9

Special Guests: Kim Maida and Zack Chapple.