Rick McAdams RickMcAdams

## ng-conf2017
April 25th, 2017

I recently attended ng-conf in Salt Lake City which is a great conference for Angular developers filled with lots of talented developers and many great talks. In the coming weeks there will be plenty of discussion around the interesting technical learnings from ng-conf such as ngUpgrade (which we are heavily in the middle of with EASE Web V2), the many benefits of moving to Angular, performance optimizations and a host of other topics.  Even amongst all the great talks on Wednesday and Friday what really stood out to me were two sessions on Thursday and how they related together and sparked some inspiration for me.

The first session was called "The day I met Steve" given by Alyssa Nicoll.  I'll be honest, I am always looking for sessions that are a little out of the box from normal sessions and touch on the softer, more human side of development so the summary of this talk really intrigued me.  It definitely did not disappoint.  Alyssa's story about "Steve" rang so true in things I have see
	April 25th, 2017

	I recently attended ng-conf in Salt Lake City which is a great conference for Angular developers filled with lots of talented developers and many great talks. In the coming weeks there will be plenty of discussion around the interesting technical learnings from ng-conf such as ngUpgrade (which we are heavily in the middle of with EASE Web V2), the many benefits of moving to Angular, performance optimizations and a host of other topics. Even amongst all the great talks on Wednesday and Friday what really stood out to me were two sessions on Thursday and how they related together and sparked some inspiration for me.

	The first session was called "The day I met Steve" given by Alyssa Nicoll. I'll be honest, I am always looking for sessions that are a little out of the box from normal sessions and touch on the softer, more human side of development so the summary of this talk really intrigued me. It definitely did not disappoint. Alyssa's story about "Steve" rang so true in things I have see