Fallthrough

GopherCon is this week! Kris, Matt, Dylan, and Angelica are talking about conferences: their favorite experiences, how they approach them, and advice for first time conference attendees. For our supporters, the panel has an in-depth discussion of what would make for better conferences and where current conferences are failing.

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Table of Contents:
  • Hello. And Welcome To. Fallthrough? (00:00:00)
  • Prologue (00:01:55)
  • Interlude: How are we doing? (00:04:15)
  • Chapter 1: What Are Your Favorite Conference Experiences? (00:07:48)
  • Chapter 2: How Do You Approach Attending A Conference? (00:26:13)
  • Chapter 3: Talks & Workshops (00:32:33)
  • Chapter 4: First Time Speakers & The Speaker Pipeline [Supporter Only] (00:40:45)
  • Chapter 5: The Ideal Conference [Supporter Only] (00:41:55)
  • Chapter 6: Should Conferences Provide Mentorship For Speakers? [Supporter Only] (00:43:23)
  • Chapter 7: Advice for First Time Conference Attendees (00:45:41)
  • Epilogue (00:50:26)


Socials:
  • (00:00) - Hello. And Welcome To. Fallthrough?
  • (01:55) - Prologue
  • (04:15) - Interlude: How are we doing?
  • (07:48) - Chapter 1: What Are Your Favorite Conference Experiences?
  • (26:13) - Chapter 2: How Do You Approach Attending A Conference?
  • (32:33) - Chapter 3: Talks & Workshops
  • (40:45) - Chapter 4: First Time Speakers & The Speaker Pipeline [Supporter Only]
  • (41:55) - Chapter 5: The Ideal Conference [Supporter Only]
  • (43:23) - Chapter 6: Should Conferences Provide Mentorship For Speakers? [Supporter Only]
  • (45:41) - Chapter 7: Advice for First Time Conference Attendees
  • (50:26) - Epilogue

Creators and Guests

Host
Dylan Bourque
Host
Kris Brandow
Host
Matthew Sanabria
Matthew is an engineering leader focused on building reliable, scalable, and observable systems. Matthew is known for using his breadth and depth of experience to add value in minimal context situations and help great people become great engineers through mentoring. Matthew serves the Go community as a member of GoBridge. In his spare time, Matthew spends time with his family, helps grow his wife's chocolate business, works on home improvement projects, and reads technical resources to learn and tinker.
Producer
Angelica Hill

What is Fallthrough?

A deep and nuanced conversational podcast focused on technology, software, and computing.