As a beginner or a novice in the tech industry we all know the importance of attending tech events. It gives us the opportunities to make friends, Learn new things and gain new connections.
Last year I decided to attend my first tech event "DevFest Uyo".
Here's a recap of dev Fest 2022
Introduction
Developers festival uyo is an annual community led developer conference in Uyo Nigeria. It is organized by Google developer groups (GDG) Uyo. It is designed to bring together developers, tech enthusiast, designers and entrepreneurs to share knowledge, network, collaborate and learn new skills.
It features many fun events like games, presentations from experts in the tech industry, entertainment, etc.
Above all, DevFest Uyo is a must-attend event for all Individuals interested in the tech industry in uyo. It provides an opportunity to learn, network, and collaborate with like-minded individuals and experts in industry.
Sponsors
Google developers groups (GDG) are groups of local developers who have specific interest in Google products and API'S. Each local group is called the Google developers chapter. They host a local meetup for a variety of activities for developers and other tech enthusiasts.
It's last year's theme was "Learn, network, connect"
Events hosted:
Googles season of docs
Flutter festival uyo
Fire base study jam uyo
Google I/O extended
Komplete care is an online medical organization that enables individuals to have access to remote health care services through video imaging and audio technology.
ProDevs is a network of skilled high qualified tech talents across Africa, ready to empower companies, build scale and grow faster.
It is a fast growing tech community that provides job and internship opportunities for tech talents looking to grow and learn new things.
The bunker service is a rental company that makes provisions for convenient working space, private offices, meeting and training spaces, virtual offices and executive lounge in Abeokuta, ibadan, lekki, uyo and yaba
Speakers
Auwal Ms
A Developers community lead at SSA
Spoke on "grow your dev skills with Google"
He explained different path to technical excellence which were;
To Specialize
To Learn and practice
To carry out Side projects
To Challenge yourself
One of the methods to upskill yourself is by joining
"google developer machine learning boot camp"
The benefits of joining a community
Connect
Learn
Grow
Anita achu
Who is a technical writer
spoke on
"Building a technical writing career: roodmap and challenges"
She explained the job of a technical writer. How to get started as a technical writer, Types of technical writing which are;
Product documentation
API and SDK documentation
User guides
Project plans ( white paper and case studies)
Specialized fields documentation
Necessary skills for a technical writer,
Ability to process information
Present in a clear and understandable manner
Posses some writing skills
Research skills
How to get started as a technical writer,
Make post on medium, hashnode and devto
Take Technical writing courses
And the Challenges faced in technical writing
Do I need programming skills
Lack of Information about product or users
Indepth knowledge of your product industry
Writers block
Getting lost in pool of information
Her final words were
"If you really want to start writing, read the writing of others, imagine your audience and share your own style.
Elisha ukpong
A senior full stack developer at lumifom GMBH
Spoke on
"Utilising google optimise for A/B testing as an SEO developer"
He explained
the concept and the meaning of SEO
How to make a website more SEO adaptive
Why a good SEO website concerns the developer
A/B testing
Google optimise and how to utilize it
Ized uanikehi
Who is a digital marketer
Spoke on "creative marketing for emerging digital media"
She enlighten us on digital media key trends in 2022, how to make use of them,
How to start out a career in digital marketing
Different content strategies which can be used to share our thoughts and special creative strategies.
Emem esidem
A product designer at waya money spoke on the topic "love and tech"
Trust me this was a very interesting session as it got the attention of the entire crowd.
She spoke about how love grows among techies , the pros and cons of dating a tech bro or tech sis.
Some of the cons could be the fact that some techies make a lot of money and feel they don't need love.
The pros; all your devices will stay up to date, you'll get free automatic referral or recommendation,
And when the love is balanced there's growth, understanding, improved work habit and good communication.
Are you thinking of dating a tech bro/sis??
Only do that if there's love.
Dr. Trust Egharevba
A consulting optemistric at VCGI (vision care givers international)
Spoke on the topic "Eye care hacks for techies"
VCGI is an eye clinic which provides access to quality and efficient eye health.
He spoke on the sources of eye challenges, work environment hacks, food hacks, Gadget hacks and the use of blue ray lens.
He also made provisions for 10% discount on blue cut lens and food bulletin for all the attendies.
Victor Agbenro
A senior Engineer at Harvexx
Spoke on
"Building and deploying scalable application with flutter"
He spoke on scalability and the importance of building a scalable application
Features of a scalable application
Why an application should be tested before it is being deployed
the importance of scalable code, how to compose a scalable code base.
Chika onoh
A full stack developer and freelancer
Spoke on the topic
"is your organization ready for the cloud"
Cloud service offerings and providers
Amazon web services, Microsoft azure, google cloud platform and a host of many others
Different stages of adopting to cloud
He explained the different stages of Google adoption framework which are;
learn
lead
scale and secure.
Victoria Ottah
A product designer and technical writer.
Spoke on
"Accessibility; building an inclusive web"
She explained Accessibility as building products while considering users with different defects such as disability or deformities. I.e products that can be used by every and all individuals e.g blind people.
The Various types and stages of disability
Approaches used to implement accessibility for web
Assistive technology examples; prosthetic leg wheelchair
Adapting strategies example; assistant apps
Who can implement accessibility and how they can implement it
the importance of implementing accessibility
Gift Egwuenu
A developer manager at cloudflare
Spoke on the topic
"personal Branding for software engineers"
She explained;
the meaning of personal Branding
the importance and purpose of personal Branding
how to build a personal Brand using the 12 months strategy
the importance of learning in public
and how to make your brand outstanding.
Conclusion
Devfest Uyo 2022 was a fun filled event. It was educating and inspiring, from the entertainment, to the games, lectures, picture taking etc.
At the end of the event I parted with a fresh mindset to keep growing and learning in the tech space.
My appreciation goes to Google developers group for hosting such a wonderful event.
I highly recommend this event for every techie within or around uyo.
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