Garth Gilmour
JetBrains
Speaker at GOTOpia Europe 2020

#programming #kotlin

Garth is a magnificent storyteller and Ireland's most experienced software trainer.

  • In the beginning Garth mostly taught C++ to C coders, then Java to C++ coders, then C# to Java coders and eventually JavaScript to everyone. These days he specializes in server-side coding using Kotlin
  • He's delivered well over a thousand courses and workshops to all kinds of programmers from all kinds of backgrounds

Talks at GOTOpia Europe 2020

Garth Gilmour was a full time developer for 5 years and then an educator / mentor for 20. Currently he's a Developer Advocate at JetBrains. He's taught well over 1000 courses and workshops - using everything from CORBA to Kotlin. Garth is a prolific speaker, writer and co-organiser of several conferences and meetups. When not at the whiteboard he coaches Krav Maga, lifts heavy weights and fights nerf wars with his kids.

Check out some of Garth’s past talks: