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<div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">It Takes Two to Make a Thing Go Right — RefreshPDX</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2015-10-21T18:00:00" datetime="2015-10-21T18:00:00">Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from 6</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2015-10-21T19:00:00" datetime="2015-10-21T19:00:00">7pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202395082'><span class='fn org p-name'>Vadio</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">919 SW Taylor, Suite 300</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">OR</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97205</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">USA</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=919%20SW%20Taylor,%20Suite%20300,%20Portland%20OR%2097205%20USA'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <h3>21 October 2015 — Doors at 6pm, Talk at 6:15pm</h3> <h3>Our Topic</h3> <p>With this new surge of bootcamp graduates and career changers gone tech, we’ve found ourselves with an interesting conundrum - there is so much talent out there, but these new candidates are "just too green." Employers are often concerned about the costs of on-boarding junior developers. Meanwhile, knowledgable, enthusiastic, and bright junior candidates are chomping at the bit, waiting for their opportunity to be recognized for their unique talents.</p> <p>This talk will explore pieces to the puzzle that will help transform this new influx of juniors from "green" to "lean, mean, coding machines," consequently making them invaluable members of your team. However, this can only be accomplished if both parties are equally invested in the process.</p> <h3>Our speaker, Amy Vaillancourt-Sals</h3> <p>A professional-musician-turned-developer, Amy graduated from <a href="http://www.epicodus.com/">Epicodus</a> (a Portland-based programming bootcamp) and landed a job at <a href="http://thinkshout.com/">ThinkShout</a> where she builds creative web solutions for non-profit organizations. Previous work includes being a community relations specialist for the online music tech companies, Discogs and Bandcamp. When she’s not coding, or actively striving to make the world a better place, she can be found swinging from a high-flying trapeze, or kiteboarding down the Columbia river.</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="http://rfrshpdx.org/it-takes-two/">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>

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It Takes Two to Make a Thing Go Right — RefreshPDX

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from 6–7pm

Vadio

919 SW Taylor, Suite 300

Portland, OR 97205, USA (map)

Access Notes

Elevator to 3rd floor

Our venue, Vadio

Thanks to Vadio for hosting us this month! Vadio is located at 919 SW Taylor, Suite 300, Portland, OR, 97205.

Website

http://rfrshpdx.org/it-takes-two/

Description

21 October 2015 — Doors at 6pm, Talk at 6:15pm

Our Topic

With this new surge of bootcamp graduates and career changers gone tech, we’ve found ourselves with an interesting conundrum - there is so much talent out there, but these new candidates are "just too green." Employers are often concerned about the costs of on-boarding junior developers. Meanwhile, knowledgable, enthusiastic, and bright junior candidates are chomping at the bit, waiting for their opportunity to be recognized for their unique talents.

This talk will explore pieces to the puzzle that will help transform this new influx of juniors from "green" to "lean, mean, coding machines," consequently making them invaluable members of your team. However, this can only be accomplished if both parties are equally invested in the process.

Our speaker, Amy Vaillancourt-Sals

A professional-musician-turned-developer, Amy graduated from Epicodus (a Portland-based programming bootcamp) and landed a job at ThinkShout where she builds creative web solutions for non-profit organizations. Previous work includes being a community relations specialist for the online music tech companies, Discogs and Bandcamp. When she’s not coding, or actively striving to make the world a better place, she can be found swinging from a high-flying trapeze, or kiteboarding down the Columbia river.