Shengyou Fan is a Developer Advocate at JetBrains with 13 years of software experience, focused on growing Kotlin and Kotlin Multiplatform adoption across the Chinese-speaking region through talks, university lectures, podcasts, and hands-on community work. He combines a developer-first background—co-founding a tech firm where he introduced GitFlow, Laravel, and DevOps practices—with advocacy that feeds product teams real user insights. Comfortable bridging mobile, web, and server-side domains, he translates technical concepts into practical content and cross-border collaboration. An active open-source and community organizer, he’s helped scale local events like JCConf Taiwan and COSCUP while mentoring developers on tooling and cross-platform strategies. Trained in interaction design and graphic communication, he brings a designer’s eye to developer experience and technical storytelling.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Information Communication – Interaction Design, Master's degree, Information Communication – Interaction Design at Yuan-Ze University
Bachelor's degree, Graphic Communication – Graphic Design, Bachelor's degree, Graphic Communication – Graphic Design at Chinese Culture University
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