Handmade Folks,
For those in the states happy 4th of July! And like a true Seattleite I'm spending the day at a coffee shop. Using an Apple product. Drinking tea.
Don't judge me too harshly.
Tickets More than Halfway Sold 🎟 💸
For the first time in HMS history we sold out of early-bird tickets in under a week (both physical and online tracks.) And now we're well underway to sell all tickets a month or two before the conference.
If you've been on the fence we hope you register sooner rather than later.
We're fully independent. We're fully hybrid. And for 2022? We've added job booths AND a full day for social hangouts—organized by yours truly. I promised friends I won't encourage anyone to drink ChocoVine or wear any Zelda-themed masks (I will, however, have these items handy.)
If you're a student or financially disadvantaged, send me an email. We give good discounts on a case-by-case.
Schedule Taking Shape

Davis Morley, from Voxely
Davis is a systems engineer at the studio behind John Lin's Twitter-famous voxel engine:
This is his first time being a speaker and after talking with Davis at length, I quickly realized his technical contributions (and stories) will be really great to share with the world.
The Hack Club
Hack Club is a big nonprofit network of young builders who learn programming through self-directed projects. Take a look at their cross-country train trip:
This year the Hack Club will demo a new hardware project as they begin to integrate more Handmade ideals. They recently made headlines with an approachable introduction to assembly.
System Era
The creators behind Astroneer want to hire Handmade people. They reserved a job booth with us and were the first to do so. System Era is an independent studio and they've hired from the Handmade community before to great success:

If you're curious I encourage you to bring your resume this November.
Wombat Studio
Another cool indie studio has reserved a job booth: the engineers behind Magic Poser.

Talking to them was interesting because they are building their software from scratch and targeting mobile. You also (truly) purchase their tool once, with an optional subscription. I can get behind that.
Wombat's getting ready to expand and hire new staff so stop by their booth this November.
More in the Pipeline
This is just the first batch. We have many conversations that are ongoing: for more speakers, more demos, and more job booths. You'll see the website populate as the weeks go by.
Rebooting Handmade Dev Show 🎙
We brought back a popular show on Twitch where I'm able to interview other engineers and let viewers ask them questions:

The show is also a way to promote Handmade Seattle. To track new episodes just follow the Twitch channel: we've already interviewed three very interesting systems programmers from RAD Game Tools (now part of Epic Games.)
In Closing
All right that's it for this month, I'll have more for you later. Remember to register for the conference early—I don't want to get yelled at for not warning you!
Yours truly,
Abner
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