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Slides from Francesco Fullone talk @Codemotion Roma 2014
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Help yourself, Grow a healthy ecosystem
francesco fullone ff@ideato.it
@fullo / @grusp
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CEO & Founder
Who am I
president
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Who am I
president
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no-profit association
no offices
online meetings
>300 members in the whole country
promote good dev practices
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Once upon a time...
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Not
enough
(real)
developers
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Companies don’t train properly their developers, freelancers don’t find (an excuse)
to learn high level stuff !
Should we create something to help the
grown of a better ecosystem for (php)
developers?
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(an ecosystem building case study)
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* free * in italian * “for the community”
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It could work!
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After 5 editions we declare it a...
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(partial)
#FAILure
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* free => 40% drop-off rate * not appealing enough for the (foreign) php-rockstars * too many beginner talks
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we were limited by the
budget
Learn, Do, Repeat Conference is for pros
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Not for hobbyist but for pros!
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No more free tickets
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* book a better venue * invite foreign speakers * have some budget left for other activities
It’s not free but...we can
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English is our lingua franca
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languages evolution
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2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
english italian
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* reached new attendees * introduced italian speakers to an international audience * facilitated international synergies
It’s not in italian so we...
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2003 2004
2006 2007
2008 2009
2010 2011
2012 !
2014 500 tickets sold
300 attendees each day
2013
Learn, Do, Repeat take back italian fellows
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The “PUG Program”
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Bring some love to the “other side of the community”
* Cheap (but not free) conferences in italian as a “gym” to raise new speakers and developers * Create connections with local companies * Write and translate books in italian
Learn, Do, Repeat
to help ourself we have to help other communities
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Raise the bet
since we works with fronted dev
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Raise the bet
bring some love to the design
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Raise the bet
Better SoftwareBetter managment | Better Software | Better World
Better SoftwareBetter managment | Better Software | Better Worldwe need a good management
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Raise the bet
and other 15 conferences...
Learn, Do, Repeat a lean process (?)
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14th-17th May 2014 Verona www.phpday.it www.jsday.it
5th-6th June2014 Faenza www.kerning.it
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