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Meet JetBrains at 33rd Degree Conference

We are excited to let you know that JetBrains is joining the 33rd Degree Conference held in Warsaw, Poland March 13-15. Over three days 1,200 attendees will experience 91 sessions from 57 speakers at this star-studded event. Come by our booth and learn more about Project Kotlin and the upcoming release of IntelliJ IDEA 12.1.

We look forward to meeting you in person, answering your questions and showing off the hot new features. Be sure to mark your calendar for our two sessions with JetBrains Technical Evangelist, Hadi Hariri.

Kotlin: Beyond Dogmatism 

Thursday, March 14th from 10:10 AM – 11:10 AM, Room D

Kotlin is a new language developed by JetBrains and licenses under Apache 2 OSS License, targeting the JVM and JavaScript. When presented, the typical questions asked are “Why another language? What core fundamentals does it bring to the table?” Tell you what, let’s move beyond dogmatism and be pragmatic. Let’s focus on the problems we’re trying to solve when developing applications and see why and how Kotlin can help us.

Developers: Prima Donna’s of the 21st Century
Friday, March 15th from 13:10 – 14:10

“We are developers. We are creators. We are misunderstood by customers, by managers and even co-workers; we are undervalued and often overworked. People don’t appreciate the value we put in our craft and our drive for innovation. We are central to business in the 21st century yet people don’t appreciate us!” Of course you are, but you also forgot to mention: You suck at communication. You often put business at risk based on personal ambitions and waste serious amounts of time trying to improve and discuss the wrong things, all in the name of the next great thing that’s going to solve it all. You’ve completely forgotten the plot! Don’t believe me? Why don’t you come along to this talk and get a wakeup call. But don’t expect to be treated nicely.

Develop with Pleasure!

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