Recapping Google I/O 2019 In 7 Minutes
Fully-sponsored by Google, in this article, I share what it’s like to attend Google I/O 2019!
This post was originally published on Codementor.
I’m Bapusaheb Patil, a Mentor here at Codementor, and I’m excited to share my experience at Google I/O 2019!
Before we get to the actual day, let’s go back to the day I realized I’d be going to Mountain View, CA to attend the most popular developer conference.
Why did Google invite me?
Sometime in February, while I was making coffee at work, I got a Gmail notification titled ‘Google I/O 2019 Invitation’.
I opened it, and found that this was, you guessed it, an invitation to Google I/O 2019! But what’s more is that it was a fully-sponsored tripby Google. I was sponsored by Google because I am a Google Certified Associate Android Developer, and they wanted me to share how my career turned out after I got certified.
I was asked if I was available the week of May 5, with the 3-day event from May 7–9. There is no power in the world that could’ve made me reject the invitation to Google I/O, so naturally, I agreed.
Day Zero: The day before the event
I travelled from India to San Francisco on May 6. According to the agenda, I had a Welcome Party at one the Google Campus in Mountain View. So I rushed all the way from Sunnyvale to Mountain View immediately after checking in to my hotel.
When I got there, William Florance, Head of Developers Training at Google, was talking about the certification and how it helped developers all over the globe to better their careers. There were developers from India, Indonesia, Africa, and a few Googlers at the party.
I was invited on stage to talk about how the certification helped shape my career. Right after I got certified by Google, I got a great full-time Android job. My public speaking profile, mentoring and writing for Codementor also acted as huge boost for my candidature. I was able to achieve so much while I was still a 20-year-old undergrad.
I also got to meet some really fantastic people and hear amazing stories of how the Google certification helped them. I also met some DSC leads and other people who had been doing a lot of helpful work in the Android community.
Day One: The first day of Google I/O 2019!
Google offers free shuttle rides for I/O attendees from certain pick-up points to the venue, Shoreline Amphitheatre.
When we got there, the registration area where attendees can collect their I/O badges was the first thing I saw. If you didn’t have an I/O badge, you couldn’t enter the venue. We also had to go through the standard security check before entering the venue.
The first thing I did was this:
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