urban legends: what you code makes you who you are - pj hagerty - codemotion rome 2017
TRANSCRIPT
I work at Logz.io
• ELK Stack as a Service
• Used by Startups and Enterprise folks
• Cognitive Insights
At little about me…
What this talk is about
• Common misconceptions about the various languages we use
• Ideas certain parts of the tech community have about other parts of the tech community
• Concepts that differ in the perception of open source and enterprise
What this talk won’t be about
Myths about Ruby
Because Rails
Ruby != Rails
Ruby Is Not Useful
Ruby Strong
PHP Is Dead - Long Live PHP
Where are my objects?
Slow
PHP Security
Java
Python
Python Fun
Linux
Perl
It’s not always the new hotness
Anything with a JS
And so many more…
Evolution is Important
Communities
Some messed up things people say…
• “Designers aren’t developers…they shouldn’t be at ‘hard core tech’ meet ups”
• “SysAdmins can live without developers…what do we need them for?”
• “Business folks just don’t get developers”
• “Tech people are socially inept…all of them”
Cross Pollination
The Tech Community
Open Source and Enterprise
Back to this…
The Enterprise Dev
Hmm…
So what else
Smash the Pedestal
You are not who you are because of your code
You are not just a developer or designer or database specialist
You are not a super ninja rockstar wizard
You are not this person
Or this person
But…
We all have potential to be great. And we all should strive to be great…together
