--- title: Meet RubyConf 2026 Scholar: KJ Loving | daily.dev description: KJ Loving, a junior developer who learned Ruby through Code the Dream and The Odin Project, shares her experience as a RubyConf 2026 Scholar. She describes... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meet-rubyconf-2026-scholar-kj-loving-c5hwfguwg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meet RubyConf 2026 Scholar: KJ Loving | daily.dev og:description: KJ Loving, a junior developer who learned Ruby through Code the Dream and The Odin Project, shares her experience as a RubyConf 2026 Scholar. She describes... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meet-rubyconf-2026-scholar-kj-loving-c5hwfguwg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/c5HwFGUWG.png og:image:alt: Meet RubyConf 2026 Scholar: KJ Loving og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meet RubyConf 2026 Scholar: KJ Loving **[RUBYLAND](https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary KJ Loving, a junior developer who learned Ruby through Code the Dream and The Odin Project, shares her experience as a RubyConf 2026 Scholar. She describes joining the Scholars & Guides program after a difficult first conference experience, and how it helped her build lasting connections and a stronger local Ruby community. 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