Hello my loves!
In my intro, I mentioned that I was an IT professional. Yes, I am. I have a Bachelors and a Masters, in Computer Information Systems. I still wonder if I am a nerd. I think I am, but I am a girly girl nerd.
I attended an IT conference for work last week, and to say I was inspired is a total understatement.
The conference is called STAREAST. It is the world's leading conference for software quality and testing professionals. I think anyone on an agile scrum team can benefit from it. It is organized by a company called Techwell. Techwell organizes IT conferences. It took place in Orlando, FL.
There were over 65 speakers at the conference, and over 100 sessions which were keynotes, breakout sessions, speaker 1on1 sessions, tutorials, networking breakouts, an expo floor, a test lab, a leadership summit and so much more.
I attended eight breakout sessions, three keynotes, lightning keynote sessions. explored the expo floor, and used the opportunity to solve some tough puzzles, riddles etc in the test lab.
I gained some good knowledge and was inspired to grow my public speaking capabilities. I must say I would like to attend again.
I had so many session choices to choose from so I decided to make my choices based on two criterium.
1. What will the team I manage benefit the most from?
2. What am I interested in?
Here are a few collages and pictures from my time at the conference:
Speaker 1on1 sessions
This was the Expo floor
I went with a group of staff from my organization. Twelve of us went. We explored a few restaurants as well, but unfortunately, I cannot post them, because they might be really private people and do not want to be on a personal blog. I would have to ask them first.
Lastly, I made some good connections. I was able to network with different levels, QAs, QEs, Managers, Directors, Heads of Engineering etc. Let's see where those connections take me to. It's all in God's hands though.
I leave you with this quote - “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” — Anthony J. D’Angelo
