Ep. 75 - Coding In Colombia (Juan Pablo Buriticá)
Juan loves his home country, Colombia. But he was frustrated by the pervasive negative headlines describing it as dangerous. He knew Colombia’s potential, and he wanted to show the world what it was capable of. So he started organizing tech conferences.
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Show Notes
Juan loves his home country, Colombia. But he was frustrated by the pervasive negative headlines describing the country as dangerous. He knew Colombia’s potential, and he wanted to show the world what it was capable of. So he started organizing tech conferences. We talk about how conferences have helped grow and strengthen the Latin America tech community, and how Juan manages to do this work from his home in New York.
Show Links
- Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor)
- JS Conf Columbia
- Ruby Conf Columbia
- Paul Irish
- Founder Institute
- Blink tag
- Bogota JS
- Obie Fernandez
- Sarah Mei
- Codeland Conf
- Codeland 2019
Juan Pablo Buriticá
Engineering manager and community builder at @colombia_dev, @jsconfco, @bogotaJS, @rubyconf_co. Striving to improve LatAm/Latino tech from and in NYC.