A common struggle seen in IT teams is testers and developers not being able to work together swiftly, be it because they don’t understand each other’s work methodologies, they haven’t worked together in the past or there’s simply no immediate communication between both of them other than comments on stories. Implementing Agile into projects has many benefits and breaking down walls between team members is one of them, waterfall environments left each team member secluded in their department/Section but Agile allows further collaboration between teammates.
Every year there are hundreds of conferences held in different parts of the world where developers and software enthusiasts can come together and enjoy an event 100% dedicated to what they do for work, or fun. There is great importance behind events like this, in a profession like software development where the community is one of the biggest contributors to the field's well being and evolvement, conferences, meetups and, expos give a place for great minds to come together and learn, network, share and even form alliances.