The Butterfly.js Effect

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The Butterﬂy.js Effect JSConf US 2018

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Julián Duque Juan Pablo Buriticá @buritica @julian_duque VP Eng - Splice Solutions Architect - NodeSource

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It has been said that something as small as the ﬂutter of a butterﬂy's wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world. Chaos Theory “

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We come from far away to tell you a story...

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... one we'd put under the magical realism genre if you asked us 8 years ago.

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This is the story of how six individuals set off a community typhoon they would've never imagined ...

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ENHANCE

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ENHANCE

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We have mirrored developed tech ecosystems, despite having inadequate infrastructure.

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Diversity & inclusion have been part of our plan from day one

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We have built a platform

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Today, the Colombian developer community is recognized world-wide.

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And thousands of Colombian programmers are learning connected to each other

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Why is this so magical?

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Please, close your eyes

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What is the ﬁrst thing that comes to mind when you hear Colombia?

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... yup, our not-so- peaceful history precedes us.

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So we're on a mission ...

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...to build a developer community that helps Colombia leave it's past behind...

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... by exposing the local community to modern techniques, tools, processes, and technologies that power the open web.

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... highlighting the effort of community members who promote the growth of an inclusive and respectful community.

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... and generating social impact by making knowledge accessible to as many Colombians and Hispanic-Americans as possible.

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How can you do the same?

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What we've learned ...

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Use your privilege as a bridge

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Speakers

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One or two well known speakers make all the difference when starting

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ENHANCE

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Speakers Ambassadors

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At ﬁrst, local sponsors will love to "partner" with you ...

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At ﬁrst, local sponsors will love to "partner" with you ... ... but you can't pay airline tickets or hotels with favors.

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Ask for cash, or have them pay for expenses directly.

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Find friends in "big" companies to help sponsor for love of the art.

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Find friends in "big" companies to help sponsor for love of the art. They won't see your city/country as an interesting market yet.

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$$$

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It is very likely you will lose money in the ﬁrst event...

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It is very likely you will lose money in the ﬁrst event... ... and the second ...

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It is very likely you will lose money in the ﬁrst event... ... and the second ... ... and the third.

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Running a not-for-proﬁt community doesn't mean you're running a charity.

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Build an operating budget that will leave you with an emergency fund in the long run.

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Here's a 2013 real budget example for you ... JSConf CO 2013 Budget * we lost money * we recovered in 2015

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Leadership

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Start with a small team.

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Once your event is sustainable, you can start training the future generation of organizers ...

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Give away your legos

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Bridge a culture

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Aspire to build a diverse, inclusive and accessible event from day one...

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Aspire to build a diverse, inclusive and accessible event from day one... ... just make sure you can afford it.

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Iterating towards a better future is better than going broke.

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Affordable tickets > Food

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Affordable tickets > Food Interpretation > Fancy Party

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Localize diversity and inclusion, and accessibility.

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Did you know that 100% of people born in Colombia are Latin-Americans?

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Did you know that 100% of people born in Colombia are Latin-Americans? You get the gist ...

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Draft a code of conduct from day one, it's like a package.json.

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Draft a code of conduct from day one, it's like a package.json. Enforce it.

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When it comes to diversifying, sponsoring > mentoring.

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When it comes to diversifying, sponsoring > mentoring. Give people a framework, money, have their back, and back off.

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The Empanada Fund: 30 min ofﬁce hour to share meetup framework

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The Empanada Fund: 30 min ofﬁce hour to share meetup framework @buritica sponsors empanadas & beverages for your ﬁrst event

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The Empanada Fund: Has helped start 30+ meetups in Central & South America

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Starting & maintaining communities outside of tech hubs is:

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Starting & maintaining communities outside of tech hubs is: Difﬁcult

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Starting & maintaining communities outside of tech hubs is: Difﬁcult Mostly unrecognized

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Starting & maintaining communities outside of tech hubs is: Difﬁcult Mostly unrecognized A fuckton of work

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Let's hear it for JSConf US organizers.

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You won't make any money, and will likely lose some.

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You won't make any money, and will likely lose some. But you will set off a chain of events that will beneﬁt you even more.

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You will also make amazing friends.

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And your impact will go far and beyond.

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Impact?

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We've congregated the majority of community leaders and most active members in an invite only Slack.

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We've congregated the majority of community leaders and most active members in an invite only Slack. We're now over 1500 and exploring ways of opening it up.

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We've created an index of Colombian software meetups and noticed there's more than 50,000 registered members. http://colombia-dev.org/meetups

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The event framework we've built has been successfully replicated by events outside of those we've started.

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ScaleConf CO, Hackdó Conf, DinosaurJS, and more to come…

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Specialized communities spread

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We're establishing as a tech hub

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Talent is growing, lives are being transformed…

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We're becoming our own role models

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Juli went global!

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Friends from everywhere

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We asked our community about the impact in their lives… here some responses

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“On several occasions I had the chance to be a speaker, I did not have much experience as a dev at the beginning and had many insecurities that had acquired thanks to a "macho" boss, being a speaker when started in this community allowed me to overcome the fears completely and of course learned a lot technically to prepare for my career. Claudia Lagos - @ClaudiaLagosR

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“For me it was very exciting to see people donate their time because they want others to have the necessary expertise to succeed, but not only about that, they also help us a lot to have better soft skills, through a code of conduct and open doors to tolerance and respect. I felt very inspired to follow that path to learn more and always want to give something back to the community! Alejandra Giraldo - @maleja111

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“I think the best part of these communities is the networking through the inclusion of the entire community to share their knowledge together, a network of contacts that helps you in every possible level. As personal experience, being a young (16 years old) person I was able to give a talk in a conference and hence generate a network of vast contacts that helped reached the path to career success I was looking for. Samuel Burbano - @iosamuel

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“In a social context like Colombia, a community is a great opportunity for those who have or think they have limited life and career choices. That's why I love the community, you can change lives. Teaching you not only technical skills but also empowering yourself to continue to improve the world individually and in society. PionerasDev certainly shaped my life in the most positive way without all the joint efforts of many people like Julián and Buriticá the story would have been different Laura Ciro - @ltciro

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Find all responses at: http://impact.colombia-dev.org

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Our family keeps growing and growing.

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The butterﬂy.js effect becomes a cycle

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Scholarship > Speaker > Organizer

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Stronger wings with every new member

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Stronger wings with every new member Make more impactful typhoons

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https://medium.com/@kosamari/well-planed-and-hard-worked-coincidence-in-colombia-7d49b67cd9b8

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Thank you @kosamari

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But… we don’t want to see this change only happening in Colombia.

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But… we don’t want to see this change only happening in Colombia. We'd like it to spread

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Here's where you come in

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http://support.colombia-dev.org

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The proceeds will go towards building resources and providing funds to new communities in Latin- America