New Relic : Learn about leadership and observability at LeadDev NYC

As a former road-warrior, I attended between three and ten events every year, not to mention trips from my base of operations (an undisclosed remote location code-named "my house in Cleveland") to various corporate offices. I looked forward to each trip and saw it for the privilege it is. Now after more than two years of a global pandemic, there is so much I'm anticipating as I'm heading out to LeadDev NYC on April 5-7.

Even before I set foot in the Metropolitan Pavilion, I'm thrilled about:

• Being back in New York City itself (where I spent my college years, just years ago).
• Seeing my New Relic colleagues-in some cases for the first time.
• Sampling a significantly wider range of kosher cuisine than my hometown provides.

And once I step onto that conference floor, that's when the real fun will start.

Staying true to the name of the event, there's a slate of leadership workshops on April 5 geared to every level of practitioner-from the people who just want to be better devs, to those who want to move into leadership roles, to leaders who want to learn how to scale up.

Then there are the speaking sessions, covering everything from coding to career to on-call systems (and a conversation about Capuchin monkeys that I'm not going to miss).