Melanie Sumner on empowering JavaScript engineers

Mel chats with Sam about getting into Ember, lessons learned from collaborating at work an in open source, and how to make it easier for JavaScript engineers to use better UI patterns. Topics: 0:00 – How Mel got into Ember at JPMorgan 4:45 – Feeling welcome in the Ember community 7:45 – Investing in Ember for the long-term 9:00 – Communicating vision, removing our ego, and empowering others to do work 17:07 – Learning team projects 19:30 – Improving the native accessibility story for Ember 27:25 – Making it easier for JavaScript engineers to use better UI patterns 34:55 – Ember Styleguide and Ember OSS infrastructure 49:10 – EmberCamp Chicago 51:20 – Leveling up in the Ember community Links: Melanie on Twitter: @melaniersumner EmberCamp, September 21, Chicago: http://embercamp.com Melanie's FizzBuzz in HBS How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk