EP20 - Conference Life: Devnexus, Java, VueJS Kayaks and Pottery

Episode Summary

This week on the Carolina Code Cast, host Barry Jones chats with Vincent Mayers, JUG Leader, Java Champion and Conference Organizer. During the episode Barry and Vincent talk about the upcoming Devnexus Java Conference in Atlanta on April 9th-11th, the journey from Boy Scouts, pottery and professional kayaking in London to tech recruiting in Atlanta turning into a multicity tech conference venture including VueJS and Connect.Tech. We’ll also hear about the Atlanta Java Users Group, getting involved with your local community, open source projects and what it takes to be successful! Check it out!

“You have to have intentional consistency to be successful at anything in life and especially in these community endeavors.” - Vincent Mayers

Episode Notes

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

• Devnexus: Java Ecosystem Conference in Atlanta (1:26)

• Tech Recruiting from London to Atlanta (9:06)

• Coming to Tech Conferences from…Pottery? (13:59)

• Vueconf US, Connect.Tech, Data Science and Blockchain Conferences (19:22)

• Boy Scouts to Professional Kayaking (26:15)

• Microprofile and Eclipse Foundation (30:55)

• Atlanta Java Users Group (34:09)

• What’s happening at Devnexus 2024? (38:24)

• Intentional Consistency (48:53)

Links

• Vincent Mayers on LinkedIn, Twitter/X and Blog

• Devnexus

• Atlanta Java Users Group (AJUG)

• Vueconf US

• Connect.Tech Conference

• Atlanta Java Users Group Meets Microprofile: An Open Source Love Story

Carolina Code Cast is a podcast that covers a wide variety of topics in the coding and data space. Learn more about this year’s Carolina Code Conference at carolina.codes.

Developed with assistance from Heard Media.