How 10 years of RailsConfs can inform the next 10 years of your career

RailsConf has played an important role in my professional and personal life. I’ve learned about technology in ways I wouldn’t have otherwise at RailsConf. I’ve learned about myself in ways I wouldn’t have otherwise thanks to RailsConf. I’ve met people that changed the course of my career thanks to RailsConf. I’ve met others who have become dear friends thanks to RailsConf. I’ve done things I’ve never done before thanks to RailsConf.

The same may be true for you. We should celebrate and reflect on that. Where do we go from here? Let’s talk about it together.

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1. How 10 years of RailsConfs can inform the next 10 years of your career
2. How 10 years of RailsConfs can inform the next 10 years of your career
3. Taking 10 years to build a talk
4. This took me more than a decade to do
5. I'll bet you think this talk is about me
6. Maybe the real RailsConf was the friends we made along the way
7. I bought a ticket to RailsConf and I got was a lot of t-shirts, a career, and lifelong friendships
8. How 10 years of RailsConfs can inform the next 10 years of your career
9. 🗓 2019
10. 🗓 2019
11. 🗓 2020
12. 🗓 2020
13. 🗓 2021
14. 🗓 2022
15. 🗓 2022
16. 🥫 ♖ 🌡 🔊 📚 🔎 🎸
17. ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ 🥫 ♖ 🌡 🔊 📚 🔎 🎸 ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
18. Kevin
19. Kevin
20. Kevin Newton
21. Kevin Menard
22. Kevin Murphy
23. kevinjmurphy.com RailsConf
24. kevinjmurphy.com Model View Controller
25. kevinjmurphy.com Model View Controller
26. kevinjmurphy.com travel_to Date.new(2014, ?, ?)
27. kevinjmurphy.com 🏢🛠 🗓 2014
28. kevinjmurphy.com 🗓 2014
29. kevinjmurphy.com ❓ 🗓 2014
30. kevinjmurphy.com rails new internal-tool 🗓 2014
31. kevinjmurphy.com rails new wisdom 🗓 2014
32. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsKnowledge < ApplicationRecord 🗓 2014
33. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsKnowledge < ApplicationRecord has_many :websites 🗓 2014
34. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsKnowledge < ApplicationRecord has_many :websites has_many :books 🗓 2014
35. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsKnowledge < ApplicationRecord has_many :websites has_many :books has_many :online_courses 🗓 2014
36. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsKnowledge < ApplicationRecord has_many :websites has_many :books has_many :online_courses has_many :experiences 🗓 2014
37. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsKnowledge < ApplicationRecord has_many :websites has_many :books has_many :online_courses has_many :experiences has_many :people 🗓 2014
38. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsKnowledge < ApplicationRecord validates :people 🗓 2014
39. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsKnowledge < ApplicationRecord validates :people, length: { minimum: 2, too_short: "missing", } 🗓 2014
40. kevinjmurphy.com kevins_rails_knowledge = RailsKnowledge. fi nd_by(name: "Kevin") 🗓 2014
41. kevinjmurphy.com kevins_rails_knowledge = RailsKnowledge. fi nd_by(name: "Kevin") kevins_rails_knowledge.valid? 🗓 2014
42. kevinjmurphy.com kevins_rails_knowledge = RailsKnowledge. fi nd_by(name: "Kevin") kevins_rails_knowledge.valid? kevins_rails_knowledge.errors.full_messages 🗓 2014
43. kevinjmurphy.com kevins_rails_knowledge = RailsKnowledge. fi nd_by(name: "Kevin") kevins_rails_knowledge.valid? kevins_rails_knowledge.errors.full_messages => ["People missing"] 🗓 2014
44. kevinjmurphy.com 🕵
46. kevinjmurphy.com 🎟 ✈ 🏨 🍽 🗓 2014
47. kevinjmurphy.com Professional Development
48. kevinjmurphy.com Professional Development (this is 2014)
49. kevinjmurphy.com YBMV
50. kevinjmurphy.com YBMV Your Budget May Vary
51. kevinjmurphy.com Advocate for yourself
52. kevinjmurphy.com reality.assign_attributes( applicability: "caution" ) ⚠
53. kevinjmurphy.com class Advocacy < ApplicationRecord belongs_to: :money end 💰
54. kevinjmurphy.com class Advocacy < ApplicationRecord belongs_to: :money, required: false end 💰
55. kevinjmurphy.com validate :meetings_are_at_favorable_times 🗓
56. kevinjmurphy.com has_many :pairing_sessions 👥
57. kevinjmurphy.com belongs_to :preferred_project 🎯
59. kevinjmurphy.com ❤ 🗓 2014
60. kevinjmurphy.com 🧑 🧑 🧑 🧑 🧑 👩 👩 👩 👩 👩 👩 ❤ 🗓 2014
61. kevinjmurphy.com 🗓 2014
62. kevinjmurphy.com 🤷 🗓 2014
63. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsKnowledge < ApplicationRecord validates :people, length: { minimum: 2, too_short: "missing", } 🗓 2014
64. kevinjmurphy.com 🏒 🗓 2014
65. kevinjmurphy.com 📢 🗓 2014
66. kevinjmurphy.com 🐦 🗓 2014
67. kevinjmurphy.com 🗓 2014
68. kevinjmurphy.com 🔀 🗓 2014
69. kevinjmurphy.com 🥞 🗓 2014
70. kevinjmurphy.com Job Board Work here No work with me instead We're hiring! It's 2014, everyone is hiring! We're hiring too! If you worked here, you wouldn't need this job posting You're both great, but whomever is reading this should work with me Boston-based Rails shop is here and hiring! We're nice! Company Other Company Di ff erent Company Imagine this board is full… because it was 🗓 2014
71. kevinjmurphy.com Job Board Work here No work with me instead We're hiring! It's 2014, everyone is hiring! We're hiring too! If you worked here, you wouldn't need this job posting You're both great, but whomever is reading this should work with me Boston-based Rails shop is here and hiring! We're nice! Company Other Company Di ff erent Company Imagine this board is full… because it was 🗓 2014
72. kevinjmurphy.com before_create :callback_prior_message 🗓 2014
73. kevinjmurphy.com 🐦 🗓 2014
74. kevinjmurphy.com 🗓 2014
75. kevinjmurphy.com 🧍🧍🧍🧍 🗓 2014
76. kevinjmurphy.com 🥞 🗓 2014
77. kevinjmurphy.com 🧍🧍🧍🧍 🗓 2014
78. kevinjmurphy.com ✈ 📄 🗓 2014
79. kevinjmurphy.com application.submit 🗓 2014
80. kevinjmurphy.com application.submit interview_loop.complete 🗓 2014
81. kevinjmurphy.com application.submit interview_loop.complete job_offer.accept 🗓 2014
82. 🗓 2015
83. kevinjmurphy.com module You extend self end
84. kevinjmurphy.com validates :effort, comparison: { less_than: :capacity } 🪫
85. kevinjmurphy.com Job
86. kevinjmurphy.com Career
87. kevinjmurphy.com module You extend self def how? = up_to_you end
88. kevinjmurphy.com def introduction(new_person) "Hi #{new_person}!" end 🤝
89. kevinjmurphy.com lightning_talk.sign_up ⚡
90. kevinjmurphy.com you.changed? => true you.last_podcast_interview_at_changed? => true 🎙
91. kevinjmurphy.com attribute :open_to_joining_dinner_group, :boolean, default: true 🍝
92. kevinjmurphy.com Model View Controller
93. kevinjmurphy.com <% speakers.each do |speaker| %> <% end %> 🗓 2015
94. kevinjmurphy.com <% speakers.each do |speaker| %> <%= render "talk", locals: { speaker: } %> <% end %> 🗓 2015
95. kevinjmurphy.com <p hidden> What I have to say of value </p> 🗓 2015
96. kevinjmurphy.com ❓ 🗓 2015
97. kevinjmurphy.com <% speakers.each do |speaker| %> <% end %> 🗓 2015
98. kevinjmurphy.com <% speakers.each do |speaker| %> <%= render "accept", locals: { speaker: } %> <% end %> 🗓 2015
99. kevinjmurphy.com 📬 🗓 2015
100. kevinjmurphy.com 📽 🗓 2015
101. kevinjmurphy.com 💻🏃 🗓 2015
102. kevinjmurphy.com Call for Proposals 🗓 2015
103. kevinjmurphy.com 📝 🗓 2015
104. kevinjmurphy.com <% content_for :proposal %> <% end %> 🗓 2015
105. kevinjmurphy.com <% content_for :proposal %> <%= render "title" %> <% end %> 🗓 2015
106. kevinjmurphy.com <% content_for :proposal %> <%= render "title" %> <%= render "abstract" %> <% end %> 🗓 2015
107. kevinjmurphy.com <% content_for :proposal %> <%= render "title" %> <%= render "abstract" %> <%= render "details" %> <% end %> 🗓 2015
108. kevinjmurphy.com <% content_for :proposal %> <%= render "title" %> <%= render "abstract" %> <%= render "details" %> <%= render "pitch" %> <% end %> 🗓 2015
109. kevinjmurphy.com ✉ Your proposal for RailsConf 2015 has not been accepted
110. kevinjmurphy.com 📝 🗓 2015
111. kevinjmurphy.com <% content_for :proposal %> <%= render "title" %> <%= render "abstract" %> <%= render "details" %> <%= render "pitch" %> <% end %> 🗓 2015
112. kevinjmurphy.com ✉ Your proposal for RailsConf 2015 has not been accepted ✉ Your proposal for RubyConf 2015 has not been accepted
113. kevinjmurphy.com 📝 🗓 2016
114. kevinjmurphy.com ♻ 🗓 2016
115. kevinjmurphy.com <%= form_with model: @proposal do |f| %> <% end %> 🗓 2016
116. kevinjmurphy.com <%= form_with model: @proposal do |f| %> <%= f.text_ fi eld :title %> <%= f.text_ fi eld :abstract %> <%= f.text_ fi eld :details %> <%= f.text_ fi eld :pitch %> <% end %> 🗓 2016
117. kevinjmurphy.com <%= form_with model: @proposal do |f| %> <%= f.text_ fi eld :title %> <%= f.text_ fi eld :abstract %> <%= f.text_ fi eld :details %> <%= f.text_ fi eld :pitch %> <%= f.submit "Update Proposal" %> <% end %> 🗓 2016
118. kevinjmurphy.com ✉ Your proposal for RailsConf 2015 has not been accepted ✉ Your proposal for RubyConf 2015 has not been accepted ✉ Your proposal for RailsConf 2016 has not been accepted
119. kevinjmurphy.com 📝 🗓 2017
120. kevinjmurphy.com ✉ Your proposal for RailsConf 2015 has not been accepted ✉ Your proposal for RubyConf 2015 has not been accepted ✉ ✉ Your proposal for RubyConf 2017 has not been accepted Your proposal for RailsConf 2016 has not been accepted
121. kevinjmurphy.com 📝 🗓 2019
122. kevinjmurphy.com ✉ Your proposal for RailsConf 2019 has not been accepted
123. kevinjmurphy.com ✉ Your proposal for RailsConf 2019 has not been accepted ✉ Your proposal for RailsConf 2019 has been accepted
124. kevinjmurphy.com 🎉
125. kevinjmurphy.com A CFP no isn't forever
126. kevinjmurphy.com ≈
127. kevinjmurphy.com 🥣
128. kevinjmurphy.com Call for Proposals
129. kevinjmurphy.com Call for Proposals
130. kevinjmurphy.com 💎
131. kevinjmurphy.com 🔄
132. kevinjmurphy.com <% content_for :proposal %> <%= render "title" %> <%= render "abstract" %> <%= render "details" %> <%= render "pitch" %> <% end %> 🗓 2019
133. kevinjmurphy.com <% content_for :talk %> <% end %> 🗓 2019
134. kevinjmurphy.com <% content_for :talk %> <%# TODO: how do you give a talk? %> <% end %> 🗓 2019
135. kevinjmurphy.com 🤷 🗓 2019
136. kevinjmurphy.com ⏱ 🗓 2019
137. kevinjmurphy.com 🗓 🗓 2019
138. kevinjmurphy.com 😅 🗓 2019
139. kevinjmurphy.com 🎤 🗓 2019
140. kevinjmurphy.com 🎮 🗓 2019
141. kevinjmurphy.com RailsConf Kevin Murphy
142. kevinjmurphy.com RailsConf Kevin Murphy Speaker
143. kevinjmurphy.com RailsConf Kevin Murphy Speaker👈
144. kevinjmurphy.com 👓
145. kevinjmurphy.com ❓
146. kevinjmurphy.com ❗
147. kevinjmurphy.com 💭
148. kevinjmurphy.com 💗 🗓 2019
149. kevinjmurphy.com 🧍 🗓 2019
150. kevinjmurphy.com 🧍🧍 🗓 2019
151. kevinjmurphy.com 🚗 🗓 2019
152. kevinjmurphy.com 🎤 🗓 2019
153. kevinjmurphy.com kevinjmurphy.com 🗓 2019
154. kevinjmurphy.com 🎙 🗓 2021
155. kevinjmurphy.com 🔬 🗓 2019
156. kevinjmurphy.com 🦻 🗓 2019
157. kevinjmurphy.com 🗓 2020
158. kevinjmurphy.com
159. kevinjmurphy.com 🗓 2024
160. kevinjmurphy.com 🗓 2024
161. kevinjmurphy.com Why are you here?
162. kevinjmurphy.com 📈
163. kevinjmurphy.com 💼
164. kevinjmurphy.com 🎤
165. kevinjmurphy.com 💎
166. Maybe the real RailsConf was the friends we made along the way
167. kevinjmurphy.com 💗
168. kevinjmurphy.com #RubyFriends
169. kevinjmurphy.com 🏘
170. kevinjmurphy.com 🌎
171. kevinjmurphy.com 🤝
172. kevinjmurphy.com 👰🤵
173. kevinjmurphy.com 💻
174. kevinjmurphy.com 🧑
175. kevinjmurphy.com Kevin Murphy Name: X Traits: Accommodations: Update Neurodivergent X Small groups X Processing time X Written communication X Organized X Ritualistic
176. kevinjmurphy.com How will you use this time together?
177. kevinjmurphy.com 🥪❓🎤
178. kevinjmurphy.com 🔧💻🔨
179. kevinjmurphy.com 🧙
180. kevinjmurphy.com Model View Controller
181. kevinjmurphy.com 🐘
182. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsConfsController end 🗓 2025
183. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsConfsController def destroy end end 🗓 2025
184. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsConfsController def destroy Opportunity.destroy_all end end 🗓 2025
185. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsConfsController def destroy - Opportunity.destroy_all end end 🗓 2025
186. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsConfsController def destroy RailsConf.future.destroy_all end end 🗓 2025
187. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsConfsController def new end end 🗓 2026
188. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsConfsController def new redirect_to new_ruby_conf_path end end 🗓 2026
189. kevinjmurphy.com class RailsConfsController before_action :ensure_safety def new redirect_to new_ruby_conf_path end end 🗓 2026
190. kevinjmurphy.com class GrowthsController
191. kevinjmurphy.com class GrowthsController def create end
192. kevinjmurphy.com class GrowthsController def create @growth = CommunityGrowth.new( community_growth_params, ) end
193. kevinjmurphy.com class GrowthsController def create @growth = CommunityGrowth.new( community_growth_params, ) @growth.save! end
194. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { }
195. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { type: :conference, }
196. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { type: :conference, description: "conf participation", }
197. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { type: :conference, description: "conf participation", role: :attendee, }
198. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { type: :conference, description: "conf participation", role: :volunteer, }
199. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { type: :conference, description: "conf participation", role: :speaker, }
200. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { type: :conference, description: "conf participation", role: :organizer, }
201. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { type: :meetup, }
202. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { type: :meetup, description: "local devs", }
203. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { type: :meetup, description: "local devs", role: :up_to_you, }
204. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { type: :social_media, }
205. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { type: :social_media, action: :like, }
206. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { type: :social_media, action: :share, }
207. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { type: :social_media, action: :comment, }
208. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { action: :direct_outreach, }
209. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { action: :direct_outreach, recipient: :blog_post_author, content: "Your article helped me at work!", }
210. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { action: :direct_outreach, recipient: :podcaster, content: "You keep me company exercising", }
211. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { action: :direct_outreach, recipient: :newsletter_curator, content: "I'm more aware of new updates", }
212. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { action: :direct_outreach, recipient: :streamer, content: "I learned from your experience", }
213. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { recipient: :you_tuber, }
214. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { recipient: :you_tuber, action: :like, }
215. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { recipient: :you_tuber, action: :subscribe, }
216. kevinjmurphy.com post growth_path, params: { recipient: :you_tuber, action: :ring_noti fi cation_bell, }
217. kevinjmurphy.com Encourage Each Other
218. kevinjmurphy.com 📣
219. kevinjmurphy.com 🔇
220. kevinjmurphy.com Encourage Each Other
221. kevinjmurphy.com class CommunitiesController def update
222. kevinjmurphy.com class CommunitiesController def update if greater_than?(institution)
223. kevinjmurphy.com class CommunitiesController def update if greater_than?(institution) && greater_than?(person)
224. kevinjmurphy.com class CommunitiesController def update if greater_than?(institution) && greater_than?(loud_person)
225. kevinjmurphy.com class CommunitiesController def update if greater_than?(institution) && greater_than?(loud_person) @community.healthy!
226. kevinjmurphy.com class OpportunitiesController end
227. kevinjmurphy.com class OpportunitiesController def index end end
228. kevinjmurphy.com class OpportunitiesController def index @opportunities = Opportunity.all.page(1) end end
229. kevinjmurphy.com www.phillyrb.org
230. kevinjmurphy.com rubyconferences.org
231. kevinjmurphy.com www.rubyevents.org
232. kevinjmurphy.com www.wnb-rb.dev
233. kevinjmurphy.com Ruby Central Slack
234. kevinjmurphy.com class OpportunitiesController def create end
235. kevinjmurphy.com class OpportunitiesController def create self_directed end
236. kevinjmurphy.com class OpportunitiesController def create with_community_support do self_directed end end
238. kevinjmurphy.com class AcknowledgementsController def create end end
239. kevinjmurphy.com Thank you Stephanie Minn
240. kevinjmurphy.com #RubyFriends Adarsh Aji Andrea Andrew Andrew Andy Brandon Brittany Chris Cody Collin Daniel Daniel Derek Drew Emily Elise Erica Ernesto Jared Jason Jason Jason Jeremy Joël Joel Julie Kasper Kevin Kevin Konnor Landon Lori Marco Max Mike Mina Nick Noel Peter Peter Roman Sara Sean Stefanni Stephanie Steve Rachael Tim Ufuk You; Yes, You!
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