Previous Engineering CoP Speakers
Android Engineer at Microsoft
💬 Topic: Fireside chat about starting a career in Big Tech when you don’t come from a USA School.
Elsy shared her experiences with Zeke about getting into Big Tech in a fireside chat. Elsy compared interview preparation and work experiences in both small and large companies. They discussed the importance of persistence, learning from failures, making the right connections, and the challenges they faced with language barriers and cultural differences. Lastly, they emphasized the value of following one's curiosity, raising potential problems up the leadership chain, and the value of seeking help from more experienced colleagues.
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Tech Director (and sometimes hacker)
💬 Topic: Fireside chat about civic tech, legacy codebases, balancing old and new, and just trying things out.
Carter was a half-decent software developer before getting shuffled off into manager-land. Most recently he was Chief Agile Delivery Officer for eSimplicity, working mostly on data problems with CMS. Before that, he was Director of Engineering for Ad Hoc, working on VA problems, and before that he did a tour with 18F, where he was Director of Engineering and Chief of Practices, among other things. He still likes to tinker with different engineering problems as side projects, like creating a dad joke meme generator with the http://fatherhood.gov/API, building Pear, a text comparison tool to dabble in Natural Language Processing. And most recently, he used ChatGPT to modernize MarkItUp after it had been abandoned as jquery declined.
⭐ Come learn what keeps Carter coming back to civic tech.
Check out Carter’s blog, LinkedIn and github.
Research Software Engineer
💬 Topic: Fireside chat about non-traditional career paths and how to blend opportunities with motivations.
Chris is a full-stack software developer and intelligence analyst with over 20 years of experience solving problems and building applications at Microsoft, the US Army, and Google. Currently, he is a Research Software Engineer at the University of South Carolina, where he is actively involved in the NiiVue project, a visualization tool for neuro-imaging that can run on any operating system and any web device (phone, tablet, computer). He waited until 10 years into his career to get his computer science degree!
⭐ Watch and learn what has kept Chris at the forefront of the ever-evolving tech landscape.
Check out Chris’s LinkedIn and Github.
Senior Software Developer at OpenSauced
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Nick shared his journey with open source and gave some tips to OSS beginners! He is a tenured developer with a long history of open source contributions. He is also a community leader, hosting live streams and mentoring others. Check out his chat with Hack for LA!
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Senior Consultant Software Developer at Thoughtworks
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Tim shared a brief history of TypeScript and an interactive presentation showcasing it's advantageous and features, providing insights during his presentation and afterwards during a Q&A sessions. Some words that describe Tim: * Technical Creative * Lover of metal, puns, history, and code
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DevOps Manager at Y Meadows Inc | Co-Owner of Logical Reality Design
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Judson shared information and best practices regarding testing in software development. Some words that describe Judson: * DevOps Manager at Y Meadows Inc * Former Senior SWE at OpenTable * Co-owner: Logical Reality Design - a web application consultancy
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Director of Engineering at Salesforce | CTO/Co-Founder of Girl Geek
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Sukrutha shared her experience as an engineering leader and gender diversity advocate and provided tips to those new in the industry. Some words that describe Sukrutha: * Director of Engineering at Salesforce * CTO and Founder of Girl Geek X * San Francisco Business Times 40 Under 40. * Gender Diversity Advocate * Engineering Leader * Engineering Scholar * Mentor * Mother
Sukrutha Bhadouria is a visionary technology leader with an unwavering passion for technology that shines through her noteworthy contributions to the industry. With publications and patents to her name, she showcases her expertise and fosters an innovative mindset. Her dedication to technology and sincere commitment to empowering underrepresented groups continue to profoundly impact the tech industry and the broader community.
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Open Source Maintainer
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Jordan shared his experience as an open source maintainer and provided tips to those new in the industry.
Jordan wears many hats. To name a few:
- Open Source maintainer
- JavaScript specification contributor
- Web application developer
- Database administrator
- Network Engineer
- Teacher
- Father
He specializes in Open Source Software, JavaScript, node.js, CSS, HTML, Ruby on Rails, PHP, MySQL/database schema, networking, database normalization, code optimization and maintainability Consider asking him about JavaScript, standards, frontend web development, full stack (frontend + backend + db) architecture design, and overall object oriented code optimization.
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| X aka Twitter