Everything you wanted to know about speaking at Go Oslo User Group

A lightning talk encouraging Oslo Gophers to share their Go knowledge.

Transcript

1. Everything you
   wanted to know
   about speaking
   at Go Oslo User
   Group…
   …but were too afraid to ask
   

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2. Who organizes
   this user group?
   ~5 people
   Can the organizers stand up now?
   

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3. Where we meet?
   Different place each month
   Maybe you want to host us?
   

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4. When we meet?
   Every first Wednesday of the
   month
   (unless holidays)
   

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5. Do we have a
   Code of
   Conduct?
   Yes
   We want everyone to feel safe and
   included.
   We use the Go Community Code of
   Conduct that can be found at
   https://golang.org/conduct
   

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6. Can you present?
   Yes!
   We are looking for people of all
   experience levels.
   We’re happy to give feedback on
   your slides, or help with topics.
   

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7. Do you have to
   be an
   experienced
   programmer?
   No, you don’t. ☺
   

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8. You’re not sure
   what to talk
   about?
   We’ve got some ideas!
   ● a demo of something you built
   ● a presentation of your project
   ● how you use Go at work
   ● an intro to a language concept
   ● how you solved a problem
   ● tips and tricks
   ● a rant
   ● a workshop
   ● a Go package
   ● a comparison of Go and another
   language
   ● any non-technical topic that you
   think we’d benefit from
   

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9. Do we only do
   “normal”
   meetups?
   No.
   ● Regular talks
   ● Lightning talks
   ● Workshops
   ● Hack days
   ● We’re open to ideas!
   

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10. Do you need your
    own laptop to
    present?
    No, but…
    If you have a suitable one, please
    bring it.
    But not everyone has one, so ask us
    beforehand and we’ll provide one.
    

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11. Do we have
    previous talks
    somewhere?
    Yes, sort of!
    We’re currently collecting links to
    slides from previous meetups on our
    Github repository:
    https://github.com/Oslo-Gophers/pr
    esentations
    

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12. How do you
    contact us?
    Slack: https://gophers.slack.com,
    look for us on channels: #norway
    and #oslo-meetup
    Twitter: @GoOslo1 (we’re just
    starting out), @a_meba (Marta’s
    private)
    

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13. Anything else?
    

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14. 10% discount to
    Devopsdays Oslo
    (October 22-23, Sentralen)
    Visit https://ti.to/devopsdaysoslo/2019/discount/GoMeetup
    ...or use the GoMeetup code during checkout to apply.
    

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