John Feminella
Principal advisor at Pivotal
John is an avid technologist, occasional public speaker, and curiosity advocate. He serves as an advisor to Pivotal, where he works on helping enterprises transform the way they write, operate, and deploy software. He's also the cofounder of a tiny analytics monitoring and reporting project called UpHex.
John has spoken at dozens of events on topics ranging from distributed systems to relativistic time dilation to blockchain applications. He lives in Charlottesville, VA and likes meta-jokes, milkshakes, and referring to himself in the third person in speaker bios.
Past Activities
Code Mesh LDN
11.25 - 12.10
Convincing your manager to let you try Rust
Rust is motivated by an overarching idea: developer happiness and low-level control aren't mutually exclusive. But many developers aren't in an environment where they can easily try experiments with new languages. Wouldn't it be nice if languages like Rust came with a business case?
In this talk, John will show you how Rust gives you superpowers, while also tying them to valuable outcomes your manager will care about. By the end of the talk, you should feel empowered to try it out yourself with your team!
THIS TALK IN THREE WORDS
Rust: try it!
OBJECTIVES
- Equip folks with an understanding of the core ideas and syntax of Rust
- Show them how to get started and write simple Rust programs
- Connect the value propositions of Rust with business outcomes that managers care about
TARGET AUDIENCE
Developers and team leads who want to expand their horizons.