The node community and you

Here you are, at a community event, talking about node. Why are you here? Because you're part of a community. We have a cultural stereotype of a programmer as a solitary hacker hammering on a keyboard late at night, but programmers don't really do their work alone. We work in teams and we gather in places like this to learn from each other.

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1. The node community and you
2. Why are you here?
3. Why am I here?
4. @ceejbot C J Silverio devops @
6. I published a package on npm
7. I was terrified.
9. Vulnerability
10. participation entails risk
12. I went to nodeconf 2013.
13. I knew one person: my coworker Kit
15. I met people like Bryce & Max O & Rod V & jden &…
17. inspiration!
18. @dominictarr
19. @dominictarr has no idea that he's my mad science inspiration
20. your mad science inspiration might be in this room
21. you might be somebody's mad science inspiration
22. Rick Waldron who gave me a gentle shove
23. Public speaking woah
24. eventually I got a really great job at npm
26. humans are social animals
27. the way the world works is not a secret
28. serendipity
29. surprising things come from new experiences
31. I took risks
33. Responsibility
34. Be kind & welcoming
35. you are already part of the node community.
36. Encourage someone
37. Let yourself be encouraged
38. It'll be better than okay. It'll be great.