Attendees listen as Douglas Crockford delivers the keynote address titled “Programming Style and Your Brain” at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday during the devLINK Technical Conference being held at the Chattanooga Convention Center this week.
Wendy Schott and Stephen Blum set up a booth for their company PubNub during the devLINK Technical Conference, being held at the Chattanooga Convention Center this week.DevLinkWhat: DevLink is a software development conferenceWhen: Established in Nashville 2006, moved to Chattanooga in 2011Who: John Kellar, former Terenine developer, founded the conference and moved it to Chattanooga.Why: Conferences allow developers the rare chance to network, learn new skills and job huntHow big: 800 developers are in town for three days
The hot water wasn’t working in the Marriott on Wednesday morning.
Cold showers made waking up difficult, but ultimately didn’t deter nearly 800 developers from converging at the Chattanooga Convention Center next door for DevLink — a three-day celebration of all things geeky.
Though it can be mind-numbing to the layman, the DevLink conference is a major event for any self-respecting software engineer, and a feather in the cap for the city’s growing community of developers.
“During the workday, you’re in your own little bubble,” said developer Kai Yang. “This is a chance to get out of that bubble and see what people are doing in the world around you.”