A joint meetup during Atlanta Tech Week Hosted by REFACTR.TECH, Atlanta JavaScript, ReactATL, Modern Web, and Atlanta Vue. Sponsored and hosted by CallRail.
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Some of the most influential voices in tech are in Atlanta for RenderATL, and we're getting them in a room with our community for a night of real career stories.
This is a joint meetup across five of Atlanta's developer communities, built around a simple idea: the people who shape the industry got there through pivots, detours, and lessons that rarely make it onto a conference slide. We're giving four of them the space to share those stories, then opening the floor for a conversation about where the industry is headed.
Come for the speakers. Stay for the conversations that happen after.
## Who it's for
Anyone technically minded and curious, whether you're early in your career, mid-pivot, or deep into senior and leadership work. Expect a friendly, engaged crowd from across Atlanta's JavaScript, React, Vue, and broader tech communities.
## Format
Career Stories — 4 speakers, 15 minutes each Fireside-style conversations focused on each speaker's journey: the key moments, the pivots, and the lessons learned along the way. We'll shape the questions together ahead of time.
Full Panel — 30 minutes A collaborative discussion on the future of the industry, practical advice you can actually use, and audience Q&A.
## Agenda
6:30–7:00pm — Arrivals and food
7:10pm — Welcome and overview from the joint meetup hosts and CallRail
7:15pm — Career Stories
8:15pm — Panel
8:45pm — Socializing
## Speakers
Kelsey Hightower — Distinguished Engineer One of the most influential voices in modern software development. A self-taught engineer who helped grow the open-source movement from the inside and shaped how the world builds and runs software at scale. Before becoming a Distinguished Engineer at Google Cloud, he passed through CoreOS, Puppet Labs, and New Relic, describing himself as "a system adminis