/dev/color IN MOTION brings together hundreds of Black software engineers from near and far to connect, learn, share, and support one another's growth within the tech industry.
The two-day experience consists of fireside chats and lightning talks featuring A* members and laudable industry leaders from our ally community. Plus, DCIM features a designated hack day, technical conversations, professional development sessions, community building exercises, fireside chats from tech industry giants and much more. This special package makes DCIM an experience unlike anything else in existence.
Lastly, our conference is a rare chance to celebrate all the amazing things the /dev/color community has come to represent to so many people over the last 4 years.
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Our 2019 theme, “Engineering our community” speaks to the unique opportunity Black software engineers, in particular, have to architect a supportive and powerfully inclusive community that works to further their collective growth. Similarly, our theme alludes to our shared responsibility as co-creators of the the future, to reimagine, redesign and transform the tech industry in ways that accommodate and empower more people.
As our Executive Director, Lajuanda Asemota states, “It’s imperative that people of color emerge as key stakeholders in these imaginative processes to ensure we are creating a world that works for everyone. This conviction anchors /dev/color’s commitment to Black software engineers and drives our expansion efforts.”
/dev/color IN MOTION will host a myriad of technical and career-focused engineering discussions to support your professional growth. Among the many topics we've covered in the past are:
● "The Great React Native Experiment: Cheaper & More Agile Mobile Development"
● "Navigating the Path to Engineering Management"
● "Making Moves: Struggles and Insights About Changing Roles and Companies"
● "Ionify: Implicit Object Notations Invented For You"
● "Navigating the Path to Entrepreneurship"
● "Concept of Magic Numbers"
● "Privilege: How those with it can support those without"
● "Navigating the Path to Senior IC"
● "Using engineering to impact social justice"
● "Building a Federated Orchestration Layer"
● "Engineering Management: The Struggle is Real"
● "Data Delivery At Scale Via Webhooks"
● "Authenticity: Code Switching at Work"
● "Silicon Valley and Beyond: Building Careers, Families, and Lives in Tech Hubs"
