AWSKRUG Women in Cloud

I had a lovely time tonight presenting via Hangout to the members of the AWS Korea User Group “Women in Cloud” group. The organiser is my friend Dahye, and she said her goal was to increase the percentage of women giving technical talks in Korea. She shared with me ahead of time a survey sharing some of their questions and concerns, like making sure they picked appropriate topics, didn’t get a shaky voice when they presented, and how to deal with men asking “gotcha” questions during Q&A. While some of them speak a little English, they used the Cuckoo AI Interpreter and apparently it did a great job of translating my words into Korean in real time. At the end they all wished me a happy birthday! They are such a lovely, welcoming group, and I hope I inspired them to do more public speaking.