# Behind the scenes Receiving the Golden Hoodie | Dreamforce 23

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2023-09-24
- **Format:** Video · 16 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Career, Community
- **Tools:** Tableau
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/behind-the-scenes-receiving-the-golden-hoodie-dreamforce-23
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6JNi6r7IKQ

I revisit the Dreamforce 23 keynote segment where I was interviewed live from my home in the UK and surprised with the Golden Hoodie. I add behind-the-scenes context to each of my answers, explain how I managed the brutal Zoom lag live on stage, and share footage from inside the venue.

## Key takeaways

- Managing live lag on a virtual keynote meant starting to speak the instant the host finished, since the audio feedback revealed a two-second delay
- A solid home setup over Zoom can be a viable substitute for being on stage in person when you can't attend an event
- My route into Tableau began unknowingly at the University of York, downloading data from an embedded student dashboard before later learning the authoring tool professionally
- Teaching and making videos deepens your own understanding far more than simply learning a topic, creating a feedback loop of better questions from the community
- The whole channel started by pledging to make three videos after a planned move to New York fell through

## Chapters

- 0:00 Intro and behind the scenes
- 1:08 The inception reaction moment
- 2:13 Managing live lag on stage
- 4:13 How I got into analytics
- 8:29 Starting and scaling the channel
- 11:41 AI and lowering the barriers
- 13:27 Teaching and giving back
- 14:44 Receiving the Golden Hoodie

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/behind-the-scenes-receiving-the-golden-hoodie-dreamforce-23

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