Michelle Bakels is co-organizer of React Miami and Program Director of Developer Health at G2i, a hiring platform for Javascript and React developers with deep ties to Reactiflux! We talked about the upcoming conference, how speakers are selected, and how developer health was core to the conference. Learn more at https://www.reactmiami.com, and if you buy a ticket, use our discount code REACTIFLUX10. https://twitter.com/ReactMiamiConf https://twitter.com/MichelleBakels https://www.reactmiami.com/schedule https://www.instagram.com/ReactMiamiConf/ Topics: [00:01:33] Developer health, and planning a conference [00:03:01] Tejas Kumar, React as a developer health tool [00:03:26] Jenny Truong, unexpected states of burnout [00:03:55] Andrew Shew, mental tooling from professional baseball [00:05:09] Early bird outdoor activities [00:05:54] Who is the target audience for React Miami? [00:07:44] Speakers Michelle is excited for [00:10:55] Michelle's philosophy for organizing a conference [00:15:56] Putting on a conference in 2023 [00:22:27] Choosing topics for the conference [00:26:51] Reaching out to first-time speakers [00:30:32] Tips for wanna-be speakers? [00:36:37] Will talks be recorded? (yes) [00:37:12] Documentary screening, afterparty, beautiful venue [00:39:52] Where can people learn more?