Ep. 135 - The Michael Jordan of Tech Talks (Kim Crayton)
Kim’s spoken at eight meetups, ten conferences, had talks accepted at three more, and has four upcoming talks already lined up. She shares how she got started and how she uses her education background to create unique tech talks.
In just over a year, Kim’s spoken at eight meetups, ten conferences, had talks accepted at three more, and has four upcoming talks already lined up. And she’s just getting started. She shares how presenting at meetups became an accidental launchpad for her speaking career at conferences, how she uses her past career in education to create unique tech talks, and how speaking has provided her incredible opportunities, like traveling the world for free.
Show Links
- TwilioQuest (sponsor)
- DevDiscuss (sponsor)
- DevNews (sponsor)
- Career Karma (sponsor)
- Cockroach Labs (sponsor)
- Peter Aitken
- AlterConf
- Overcoming the Challenges of Mentoring (Kim's talk)
- Codeland, CodeNewbie's conference - April 21 and 22 in NYC
- Scotland JS
- Women Who Code Atlanta
- Clojure West
- Tech Talk for Non Techies
- JrDev Mentoring
- Codeland Conf
- Codeland 2019
Kim Crayton
Kim, a Community Engineer, has years of experience working with learners of all ages, skill level, and abilities. She is now using her knowledge to develop technical people, ideas, organizations, and communities.