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# Stay: Surviving and Thriving in Tech


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 18, 2024
- **Time:** 16:50–17:20 (30 min)
- **Room:** Main Stage (5,000)
- **Event:** World Congress 2024

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/923-brenda-romero-stay-surviving-and-thriving-in-tech)

## Description

Five years is what they give us - five years to live the dream many of us chased since we were children, five years to make the magic we first discovered in arcades, on the Apple II, in seeing code bring things to life. Five years to get in, get excited, get shipped, get tired, get laid off and get out. Five years. While much has been said about the reasons we come and we go, not nearly enough has been said about the reasons to stay. Across the tech industry, there are people with 10, 20, 30 and even 40 years experience for whom tech has become a way of life, a passionate calling that leaves us more energised than empty. What can we learn from them? In this talk, Brenda Romero explores the reasons we stay.

## Speaker

### [Brenda Romero](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@brenda-romero)

Award-winning Game Designer


## Related talks at this congress

- [The Science & Art of Attracting Tech Talent](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/332-the-science-art-of) — Dave Hazlehurst
- [How do you navigate the volatility of the tech industry?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/59-how-do-you-navigate) — Adriaan Kolff, Lindsay Ross, Rudi Bauer
- [Finding Your Perfect Place in Tech](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/189-finding-your-perfect) — Ume Habiba
- [Igniting Change: The Role of Tech Communities in Startup and Talent Elevation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/282-igniting-change-the) — Adnan Pavlovic