Tech Talks for Universities - live-streamed from Matfyz in Prague, CZ - 2022/11/10
Talks for all university students, hosted at MFF UK (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University) in Prague, CZ
- When: 11/10 Thu at 18-20 CET
- Where: !!! Live streaming !!! from N1 at Matfyz, Troja, Prague (capacity 250 for in-person attendees)
- Live-streaming: Teams live-event
- Recording will be available here few days after the event
- Please fill our survey to help us make the event better in future. Even if you watch just part of it or if you don't like the talks. Thank you!
- Who: Bronwen Zande, Poornima Nayar, Konrad Kokosa, Kevin Gosse
Organized by Pavel Jezek, Karel Zikmund, Radek Zikmund
Talks
You will have a chance to meet some of the top industry speakers during their visit in Prague.
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18:00-18:30 - Reflections on projects at boiling point by Bronwen Zande
- Abstract:
- Software projects involve so many choices: what process, tools, languages, architecture do you choose that will make your project a success?
Spoiler alert: Rarely are any of these choices the reason projects fail or succeed.
Bronwen has been a software developer, on the tools for more years than not.
Join her as she discusses a selection of patterns that can make or break any project, how they come about, and how to get out in front.
- Software projects involve so many choices: what process, tools, languages, architecture do you choose that will make your project a success?
- About speaker: see Bronwen Zande's bio at Update Conference
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18:30-19:00 - Why crazy ideas pay off by Konrad Kokosa
- Abstract:
- This is a presentation that I would like to tell myself right after graduation, many years ago. During my first years of professional job, the excitement went away and burnout started to occur. But luckily, eventually I've understood how I can have fun from what I'm doing!
How having personal brand can help? Do you have to publish TikTok videos while jumping out of the window and screaming 'Java makes you fly' to build any recognition? It may be fun but I will show you better path!
- This is a presentation that I would like to tell myself right after graduation, many years ago. During my first years of professional job, the excitement went away and burnout started to occur. But luckily, eventually I've understood how I can have fun from what I'm doing!
- About speaker: see Konrad Kokosa's bio at Update Conference
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19:00-19:30 - Open Source - How it can help your career by Poornima Nayar
- Abstract:
- Open source has been a game changer in my career. I was someone who had no prior idea of open source when I started, and a few years later I found myself in the middle of two wonderful open source communities that helped to boost my career. How can you contribute to open source projects to help you get a job in future or find out where your passion is?
Perhaps you don't know where to start. Perhaps you're afraid to start - perhaps you think you are not smart enough or skilled enough. There are many ways to start contributing even for newbies without deep technical knowledge and grow over time. Let me show you how.
- Open source has been a game changer in my career. I was someone who had no prior idea of open source when I started, and a few years later I found myself in the middle of two wonderful open source communities that helped to boost my career. How can you contribute to open source projects to help you get a job in future or find out where your passion is?
- About speaker: see Poornima Nayar's bio at Update Conference
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19:30-20:00 - When fate conspires against you by Kevin Gosse
- Abstract:
- When working at scale, it becomes more important to plan for failure than trying to avoid it. From neutrinos to typhoons, I'll illustrate this concept through stories taken from my professional experience, about how the most improbable conditions are bound to be reunited and will inevitably make your systems fail.
- About speaker: see Kevin Gosse's bio at Update Conference
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Resources and Notes
- History: Building on previous successful event .NET Talks at Matfyz in Prague, CZ from 2019/11 - this time with less .NET focus.
- All organization is community-driven, speakers are volunteers.
- Special thanks to Update Conference - namely Tomas Herceg for letting us "borrow" their speakers for this event.
Call for action: Please help us reach more students and universities for future events -- if you have contacts to those interested, please contact Karel Zikmund via Twitter, personal email, work email, LinkedIn, or Skype.