A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk at the largest Go conference, GopherCon, in Denver. It was the first time I attended GopherCon at all, and the first time ever I spoke in English in front of 1400+ people, and it was an absolutely incredible experience. Here is my story. My journey to GopherCon started on a cold winter day in the apartments in the center of Odessa, Ukraine, where I was living at that time.