About
Linda Mohamed.
AWS Hero. Juggler. Community builder. Born in Vienna, performing on stages from Las Vegas to Istanbul.
The mission
"When you juggle, you are enough."
Almost every skill comes with an unspoken requirement. Basketball rewards height. Ballet has historically demanded a specific body type. Most sports carry a gatekeeping assumption - real or inherited - that makes people decide they're not for it before they even try. Juggling has none of these. Whether big or small, old or young, throwing with your arms or your feet or a headband - the pattern works the same for everyone.
That's what I want people to feel: that they don't need to be quiet, or small, or different. That they don't have to meet expectations. That they can just be, and just do. Without needing to be tall. Without needing to adapt. Just as they are.
This is what I carry into every talk, every stage appearance, every workshop. The juggling is never just the juggling. It's proof that the prerequisites we assumed were required - were never required at all.
More than equality.
Juggling is egalitarian - but that's only the beginning. It's also togetherness, growth, and getting better. It can improve your brain, your balance, your mobility, and your reaction time. It helps with depression. It relieves stress. It has been used to help orphaned children learn joy and feel success for the first time. And it does all of this while being genuinely fun, and while connecting you to other people.
If something falls or tips over in daily life - you catch it faster, because you've trained your hands to respond. That's not a metaphor. That's a literal, practical benefit of juggling that almost no one talks about.
Brain
Juggling physically rewires neural pathways. Oxford and Regensburg studies both confirm measurable grey matter growth after just three months of practice.
Tech
Over a decade as a cloud architect and AWS Hero. The pattern of building distributed systems and the pattern of juggling are, structurally, the same problem.
Change
Change management has a metaphor problem. A ball in someone's hand is more honest than an iceberg diagram. Workshops, keynotes, and community building around this idea.
The tech side.
Over a decade in cloud architecture, IT process optimisation, and agile delivery. Named an AWS Hero for community contributions across Austria and beyond. Co-organiser of the AWS User Group Vienna. Regular speaker at Women && Code, sec4dev, and WeAreDevelopers Live Week.
The Juggling Company brings the tech and the juggling onto the same stage - because they've always been the same problem. Keeping multiple things in the air. Knowing when to add load and when to stabilise. Building patterns that work even when you're not watching.
How I work.
Bespoke, always. Every keynote, workshop, and performance is built for the room. No recycled decks.
Evidence over vibe. The neuroscience behind the workshops is real and cited. The metaphor only earns its place when the research holds.
On site and on the road. Based in Vienna for on-site workshops. Regular travel throughout Europe and beyond - Istanbul, Athens, Las Vegas, and more.
Community first. AWS User Group co-organiser. Community days, meetups, and events are as much the work as the paid engagements.