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Blockchain – The Game Changer @PlovDev 2018

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I had the opportunity to visit the city of Plovdiv last year for my talk at TEDxPlovdiv, and I have to say, I loved it. If you ever get a chance to visit it, I would suggest you go to their big statue atop a hill overlooking the whole city.

And I am very excited that this year, I will be visiting the city again. But this time, it would be for my talk at PlovDev - the biggest annual developer conference in Plovdiv.

This year, the event will be hosted on 24 November at Eccoplexx Cinema. There will be more than 200 attendees, many of which are students from local universities.

The talks we see in the agenda this year mainly touch the web development space - REST APIs, Microservices, SignalR. But there will be some diversity as well, as my topic is called Blockchain - The Game Changer.

In it, we will touch some of the most basic and common use cases of Blockchain, and we will go through a technical introduction to the technology by a developer for developers.

I am very excited about this event and can't wait for it to come. If you feel the same way, want to meet some awesome people from Plovdiv, want to hear some pretty cool talks, then I will see you at Eccoplexx Cinema, 24 November.

Why Bother Presenting as a developer @Questers

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Preslav Mihaylov

Over the past few weeks, I have been leading various presentations on the topic of "presentations" at Ocado Technology. One of those topics was particularly interesting to the audience. Due to this, I was invited to lead it on a public Questers Tech Talk. I am very happy to be able to present this topic to the open public as it is something I am quite passionate about. The event will be held on 12th June (Tuesday, next week) in Questers office - "Henrik Ibsen" str. 17, Sofia. So would you like to hear the gist of it? Well, as we both know, developers normally don't care about presentations. Why don't we just stick to our code, right? However, have you noticed who the most renowned developers are? Is it those who work the hardest? Or is there something else, which plays a big role? In this presentation, I will explain why taking up presenting as a developer can help you skyrocket your career greatly! No more spoilers, see you there! Oh, and food and drinks are on us. You just bring your enthusiasm and curiosity.

The Productive Developer @ WordCamp Sofia 2017

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Preslav Mihaylov

After spending one great weekend at WordCamp Sofia 2017, I feel energized from all the great people I met there and all the awesome talks I saw. It was a great event. WordPress people sure know how to make a conference. What also caught my attention was the professionalism of the speakers there. Despite being a community event, most of the speakers had very professional slides and presented pretty well. On most of the events I go, I see those "Death by PowerPoint" presentations and I feel like that's just how things are. But at this event, I saw the tendency of many speakers getting literate in terms of their presentation design. They really put a lot of effort in their slides and presentations. I even saw some things which were helpful for me as well and helped me improve my presentations! It was a great conference. If you want to check out all the awesome talks from WordCamp Sofia 2017, visit this playlist. My talk was less WordPress driven, but even so I believe it can be of great use to anyone who cares about being as great of a developer as he can get. My talk is about Productivity. About the mindset behind being disciplined and performing in your work and using the right tools to help you achieve more. It's titled The Productive Developer. The idea for this talk evolved through my blog and my original post with the same name. So, if you care about advancing yourself and your career, give it a look: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_sEj2Q_DcY[/embed]