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Modern Web Podcast S11E1- Why All Developers Should Attend Conferences with Kayla Sween, Organizer of MagnoliaJS

In this episode, Rob Ocel is joined by Kayla Sween to discuss her tech journey, the conference scene, organizing events, and the trials of managing your own deployments in AWS. Along the way they talk about the benefits and challenges of online, live, and hybrid conferences, why all developers should look to attend conferences, how small teams can grow into more complicated DevOps configurations, and how Flightcontrol aims to make that process less painful. Finally, they discuss living with ADHD and how learning about yourself and others can be so empowering.

Guest
Kayla Sween - MagnoliaJS Organizer, Front End Developer

Host
Rob Ocel - Architect and Engineering Lead at This Dot Labs

Sponsored by This Dot Labs

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