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      <title>The Top-10 reasons you should attend CascadiaJS 2021</title>
      <dc:creator>CascadiaJS Staff</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;This year's CascadiaJS is going to be so big and so awesome, it's hard to fit everything that we're putting together for you into a single tweet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So here's a quick Top-10 list of why this year's event is going to be our best one yet. Don't miss out!&lt;/p&gt;

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  1. The speakers
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&lt;p&gt;This year's &lt;a href="https://2021.cascadiajs.com/speakers"&gt;speaker lineup&lt;/a&gt; is just out of this world Ringed planet&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From #web3 to #ML to #OpenSource to #a11y, there are talks for every kind of web developer and every stage in their career. And all in a single track, so you won't miss anything!&lt;/p&gt;

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  2. An awesome virtual experience
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&lt;p&gt;For folks who don't live in Cascadia or prefer to stay at home, we are shipping the same, &lt;a href="https://2021.cascadiajs.com/conf"&gt;amazing virtual experience&lt;/a&gt; that we shipped last year!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;📺 Live streamed talks&lt;br&gt;
🤝 Networking activities&lt;br&gt;
🎉 Virtual parties &amp;amp; trivia &lt;/p&gt;

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  3. In-person options
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&lt;p&gt;This year's conference is the 1st to feature &lt;a href="https://2021.cascadiajs.com/conf/hybrid"&gt;3 simultaneous in-person events&lt;/a&gt; in the major cities of Cascadia: Seattle, Portland and Vancouver BC Flag of United StatesFlag of Canada&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can attend CascadiaJS from the comfort of your own city (and your own bed)!&lt;/p&gt;

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  4. An epic Goodie Box shipped to you!
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&lt;p&gt;For every attendee who registers before &lt;code&gt;Sept 17&lt;/code&gt;, we are shipping them their own Goodie Box that will include a conference hoodie plus a bunch of other awesome goodies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We built a &lt;a href="https://2021.cascadiajs.com/hoodie-fit-guide"&gt;fit guide&lt;/a&gt; this year because people come in all shapes and sizes.&lt;/p&gt;

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  5. Scholarships
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&lt;p&gt;We have an &lt;a href="https://2021.cascadiajs.com/scholarships"&gt;Opportunity Scholarship program&lt;/a&gt; for folks who belong to under-represented groups or have issues purchasing tickets at full price.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And, so far, it's been funded by &lt;em&gt;our community&lt;/em&gt; to the tune of $1360.&lt;/p&gt;

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  6. A Hack Day
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&lt;p&gt;We are hosting our first ever &lt;a href="https://2021.cascadiajs.com/hackday"&gt;Hack Day&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The folks from &lt;a href="http://battlesnake.com"&gt;Battlesnake&lt;/a&gt; are going to help us run the CascadiaJS Cup where developers code their very own BattleSnake and pit them against each other in 2 dimensional combat.&lt;/p&gt;

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  7. Central venues for the in-person daytime events
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&lt;p&gt;The venues in Seattle, Portland and Vancouver BC for the daytime events are going to be EPIC.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We've announced UBC Robson Square in Vancouver, and are on the cusp of making big announcements for SEA and PDX.&lt;/p&gt;

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  8. Epic night-time after parties
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&lt;p&gt;The night-time Opening and Closing in-person after parties are going to be 🔥&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Like the daytime events, these events will be 100% private and will require everyone to be vaccinated.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We're still working on the details, but the probability of karaoke 🎤 is &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; high.&lt;/p&gt;

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  9. Post-conference workshops
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&lt;p&gt;Following the conference is an ENTIRE WEEK of &lt;a href="https://2021.cascadiajs.com/workshops"&gt;world-class programming workshops&lt;/a&gt; being hosted by &lt;a class="mentioned-user" href="https://dev.to/eveporcello"&gt;@eveporcello&lt;/a&gt;
 &lt;a class="mentioned-user" href="https://dev.to/blove"&gt;@blove&lt;/a&gt;
 &lt;a class="mentioned-user" href="https://dev.to/marcysutton"&gt;@marcysutton&lt;/a&gt;
 and Ben Ilegbodu 👀&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They are covering everything from #javascript to #a11y to #performance to #graphql and more!&lt;/p&gt;

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  10. The community
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&lt;p&gt;Finally, the last reason to attend CascadiaJS is because you'll be joining a kind of inclusive community of web developers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You may find a new job, you'll probably learn some new skills, but we KNOW you'll make some great friends Growing heart&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2021.cascadiajs.com"&gt;http://2021.cascadiajs.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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