Building community, Brooklyn meetup, and SmashingConf New York
New episode release
Can you believe it, we’ve dropped the final episode of season five!? In this episode, I had the pleasure of catching up with David Silva.
David Silva is a web developer and founder of Techqueria, the largest community of Latinx professionals in the tech industry, with over 18,000 members. In this episode, we explore his tech path, from learning to code as a young child in Colombia to studying religion in Israel, working in startups in San Francisco, and finally settling in New York. We also talk about how difficult it can be to start a business as a minority and how important it is to find and create a community.
Highlights include:
David’s philosophy and mindset, his obsession with Burning Man, and the two words that describe him the most.
Introducing David Silva: a man who is always around education and goes wherever his curiosity leads him.
David’s journey to engineering.
The biggest challenges of owning a consulting firm and working as a freelancer.
The motivation behind Techqueria: a safe community for Latinos who work in tech.
The importance of finding a community to encourage and empower one another.
Brooklyn Meetup
I’m excited to announce that we’ll be doing an in-person meet-up this Saturday, October 8th, in Brooklyn, NY at Ode to Babel from 5 pm-7 pm.
Ode to Babel is a cool low-key chill cocktail bar and lounge in Crown Heights Brooklyn. They refer to their space as an extension of home- a place to sip, enjoy the vibe, and nosh on bar bites. It’s located at:
772 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Come out to meet and make new connections with fellow designers in the community. The event is free and you can invite a friend!
SmashingConf New York
I’ll be speaking at SmashingConf this year in New York. It takes place from October 10th through the 13th. I look forward to seeing you all in person!
This is such a full circle moment for me, Smashing Magazine was such an important resource for me early in my career and I’m excited to share the stage with experts across web development and design.
Their New York conference features a 2-day single-track conference with talk topics like Animation, Performance, Front-end, and Accessibility. Or join one for one or two hands-on and practical workshops, where you can learn practical new skills, or choose for online conference tickets.
Ticket discount
For members of this community, Smashing provides a nice 25% discount. This discount applies to all types of tickets (conference, online, workshops, and bundles).