KEYNOTE: From nothing to too much: growing a tech community in the East of England
summary
Starts with five colleagues in a pub and builds a citywide ecosystem: monthly meetups, sold‑out MongoDB workshops, a one‑day conference that grows from 140 to 280 to 400 attendees before capping at 350 attendees, a magazine that fails then becomes a popular conference program, and recurring dinners that raise charity money. Community tools include sponsorship, a limited company to manage funds, prebooked workshops and a schools day; a new people track on mental health proves unexpectedly powerful, but burnout forces a six‑month reset and a simpler, sustainable model.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 14:29Am I Good Enough To Work at Investment Banks
- 18:50User Stories
- 26:06Mongodb Users Group
- 38:08Cal Tower
- 39:36Norfolk Developers Conference
- 51:28Sync Developer Awards
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