Your Local Meetup: Your Path to Discovering the Craft of Software

A look back at founding and running the Heraklion Software Crafters community, since 2016, targeting ever-evolving, professional software developers and helping them towards becoming better craftsmen and craftswomen.

Key lessons learned, #fails, and stuff to watch out for if you're thinking about running your own meetup / community.

Talk delivered at #VoxxedAthens 2018.

Transcript

1. YOUR LOCAL ME E TUP Y O R G O S S A S L I S / @ G S A S L I S / S O F T W A R E D E L I V E R Y E N T H U S I A S T Y O U R PAT H T O D I S C O V E R I N G T H E C R A F T O F S O F T W A R E
2. C O D I N G K ATA
3. NOT TO WIN TRAIN TO IMPROVE @ G S A S L I S
4. PATH CAREER @ G S A S L I S
5. A B C D E DOES YOUR ORG WANT YOU TO EVOLVE? DO YOU WANT TO BE A… DEVELOPER? WHAT DO THEY DO TO KEEP YOU AROUND AFTER YOU EVOLVE? CAREER PATH DO YOU WANT TO BE A… MANAGER? DOES YOUR ORG CARE ABOUT QUALITY?
6. WHAT DO I DO? YES!
7. THE SECRET IS… THERE IS NO SECRET , ,
8. F I N D Y O U R P E E R S P C O N T E N T S
9. HERAKLION SOFTWARE CRAFTERS
10. H E R A K L I O N
11. A C B 2015 DEVSTAFF COMMUNITY 2016 SOFTWARE CRAFTERS HERAKLION 2014 AGILECRETE.ORG
12. WORKSHOPS CODING KATAS TDD KATA CODING GAMES 
 (E.G. EXTREME CARPACCIO) REFACTORING EXERCISES NAMING KATA
13. WORKSHOPS ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS API DESIGN LANGUAGE HACK SESSIONS TESTING WORKSHOPS
 (UT, IT, TEST DOUBLES) CASE STUDIES
14. AGILECRETE MEETS SOCRATES SoIware CraI and TesQng 29 - 31 JULY 2018
15. L E A R N I N G S
16. FREE, IF POSSIBLE VENUE
17. MANAGING E X P E C TAT I O N S
18. IS KEY PREP
19. ROCKS PAIRING
20. D O I T R I G H T N O Q U I C K & D I R T Y D O I T W E L L F O C U S
21. CHALLENGE TIME
22. 1 EXPERTS 2 IN TERM ED IATE 3 BEGINNERS DURATION
23. SPREADING THE WORD
24. SEE YOU IN CRETE! Yorgos Saslis / @gsaslis / Software Delivery Enthusiast