The Tech Academy

Join us for this week's Tech Talk with Will Petillo, a freelance game programmer and founder of his game studio, Playcraft. He will discuss Fast and Scalable Programming in Unity.

What to Expect:

• What is scalable programming in Unity?
• Example Uses and benefits
• When to use it
• Q&A

Join us Friday, February 2nd at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET).

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Wesley Rolfson will be joining us to discuss Instrumentation.

Data Instrumentation is the process of connecting things like output (from sensors, actions taken by a user, or feedback from a user action) and forming them into Events/messages which are then stored/translated into data structures.

In this Talk Wesley will cover: -What Data Instrumentation is -How it is applied by organizations -Where it fits in most data pipelines -What analytics should pay attention to -What graphic interface/ product owners should consider -Walkthrough 2 examples (website and application)

Join us Friday, February 3rd at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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If you find yourself in a career rut, in need of some clarity, not sure how to level up, or simply tired of spending countless hours applying to jobs, wasting time with recruiters, and going on interviews that lead to nowhere, then this workshop is for you.

Gaurav Valani is going to walk you through the exact process that's helped hundreds of his clients land high six-figure jobs that align with their career aspirations.

During this recession, Gaurav and his team personally helped more clients than ever:

Break six-figures for the first time Successfully land jobs at some of the world’s most admired companies Become first-time leaders Move into Executive roles Break the 200k and 300k barrier The three common traits he attributes to his clients success:

Overcoming limiting beliefs Knowing how to develop the exact strategy that allows you to navigate the job search effectively to meet your short-term and long-term goals Knowing how to implement your strategy effectively In this workshop, Gaurav is going to pull back the curtains and show you exactly how to develop and implement these strategies to help you achieve your career goals in 2023.

Gaurav is the founder of Career Sprout, a Career Coaching company dedicated to helping professionals find meaningful work. He is also the former co-founder of TrueBridge Resources, a $72M staffing agency that he helped grow prior to acquisition and the former Vice President of Talent Acquisition of Overstock.com

Gaurav’s mission is to help as many people as possible learn the exact strategies that helped him go from ten 10 dead-end jobs, laid off multiple times, and a directionless career to building a multi-million dollar company, becoming one of the youngest executives of a publicly traded company, and helping thousands of people build purpose-driven careers.

Join us Friday, January 27th at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Regina Fleming, Tech Academy graduate, will be joining us to discuss overcoming hurdles that can come with school, career and job search.

In this Talk, Regina will cover: -How to start your journey -Common frustrations and how to overcome them -LinkedIn tips -Interviewing like a boss -You got the job! Now what? -Looking to the future

Regina is building a coaching platform specifically for people transitioning careers into tech. You can learn more about her coaching platform, Yar Cat Coaching, at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yarcat/

Join us Friday, January 20th at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Kyle Rhône will be joining us to discuss game development!

Kyle has been creating animations for the Portland entertainment industry for over 20 years and has worked in game development for the past 12 years.

Bring your questions about Game Development including what tools to learn, how to break into the industry, and how games are made. You won't want to miss this opportunity to get connected with local game developers.

Join us Friday, January 13th at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Tony Bongiovanni, Tech Academy graduate, will join us to discuss creating projects through Unity and C# for our first Tech Talk of 2023.

In this Talk, Tony will Cover: -His experience going through a coding boot camp -Planning, creating and releasing a project using Unity and C# -Q&A

Join us Friday, January 6th at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Erick Castillo will be joining us to discuss scaling your career while prioritizing mental health in software development.

In this Talk, Erick will cover:

-Understanding the Senior Engineer profile -Analyzing the mistakes that delay growth and drain mental energy -Mapping out the personal sustainable plan for a successful software engineer career since the early years

Erick is a Senior Software Engineer and is currently working at Mentor Collective.

Join us Friday, December 9th at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Are you having trouble with your job search? Are you stuck and in need of some motivation? Maybe you just don't know where to begin.

This event will be an open discussion where you bring all of your questions about how to land a tech job.

Join us Friday, December 2nd at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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This event is all about viewer participation, so bring all of your job search-related questions.

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Chris Thompson, Machine Learning Engineer, will be joining us to discuss Algorithms and Data Structures.

Instead of being seen as concepts or tools that can make a developer's life easier, new and seasoned programmers often fear and ignore data structures and algorithms. To build high-quality, scalable software and web applications or get a coveted job at a FAANG company, you must know and master these topics.

In this talk, Chris will cover:

-What data structures and algorithms are -Why you should learn them and -Materials he has found helpful in learning these topics

Join us Friday, November 18th at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Kent Gray, Tech Academy graduate will be joining us to discuss Object Oriented Programming with SQL.

In this Talk Kent will cover:

-What is OOP/OOD

-A brief overview of SQL

-Why use Object Oriented Design with SQL

-What is DBT (Data Build Tool)

-Real World implementation of OOD w/SQL using DBT

Kent graduated from The Tech Academy in 2016 and is currently working as a Data Engineer at Camelot Strategic Marketing & Media.

Join us Friday, November 11th at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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David Meyer, Tech Academy graduate, will be joining us to give us an introduction to Gatsby, graphQL, and React and how they work together.

In this talk, David will cover Gatsby, GraphQL, React, and the basics of a CMS.

David graduated from The Tech Academy in 2021 and is currently working as a Web Developer at Plain Concepts.

Join us Friday, November 4th at 11 am Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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We are hosting a Job Placement Q&A!

Bring all your questions regarding interviews, resumes, technical questions, job search, etc.

Join us Friday, October 21st at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Tech Academy graduate, Thomas Shetler will be joining us to discuss Manufacturing Development and how the Tech Academy helped him land a job in the tech industry.

Thomas attended The Tech Academy where he learned web development, C# and .Net development, database structures, and python as well as various web frameworks like ASP.NET and Django. Now a Software Developer for S.E.H of America, Thomas can learn to code anything.

He graduated in 2020 and is currently working as a Software Developer at SEH America.

In this talk, Thomas will cover what manufacturing development is, his experience at The Tech Academy and how he landed his current role. Be sure to bring all your questions and they will be answered in the Q&A section at the end of the Talk.

Join us Friday, October 14th at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Sean Lemson will be joining us to discuss six traps that many leaders fall into and how to avoid them.

On the surface, these traps seem to be good leadership practices, but they almost always result in poor outcomes for teams and organizations. Despite this repeated failure to achieve what they want, leaders continue to fall into these traps.

Whether you’re a current leader or an aspiring one, you should know these six traps well and build up strong defenses against them. Step one is awareness and Sean will share the rest with you in this Tech Talk.

Sean is an Organizational and Team Performance Coach and certified Executive Coach with over a decade of experience helping companies transform. He founded Motivated Outcomes, LLC with one mission: To help companies become places people want to work.

Join us Friday, October 7th at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Nicson Martinez, Tech Academy graduate, will be joining us to discuss how to keep a great mindset pre and post-coding boot camp.

Coming to the US from Honduras at ten years old opened up a lot of opportunities for Nicson, especially in the realm of technology. After growing up in The Bronx and going on to get his BS in Computer Information Systems, Nicson actually ended up getting out of the tech industry for a number of years after an unsuccessful attempt at learning to code. But with the desire still there after all those years, he decided to try again and more seriously pursue his interest in coding, so he attended The Tech Academy.

Nicson graduated in 2019 and is currently working as a Software Developer at Microsoft.

In this Talk, Nicson will share his experience with The Tech Academy, landing a job and will share tips on how to keep a great mindset through the process and after graduation.

Join us Friday, September 30th at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Steven Fralix, Tech Academy graduate, will be joining us to discuss their experience going through a coding boot camp.

Steven graduated in 2021 and is currently working as a software engineer at Ditronics.

In this Talk, Steven will share his story of going through a coding boot camp, landing a tech job and answering all your questions.

This is a roundtable-style Talk, so be sure to bring all your questions regarding job placement or how to succeed in your boot camp.

Join us Friday, September 23rd at 1 pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Mallory Humphries, Tech Academy graduate, will be joining us to share her experience on transitioning into tech.

Mallory graduated in March 2022 and is currently working as a Back-End Developer at Avanade.

In this Talk, Mallory will share her experience on attending The Tech Academy and landing a tech job after graduation. This is a roundtable-style Tech Talk, so bring all of your questions!

Join us Friday, September 16th at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Matthew Liu from Bootup is joining us to share tips on how to land your first tech job after graduating from a bootcamp!

Matthew is the VP of Operations and Partnerships at Bootup. Bootup is the fastest way for individuals to launch their tech careers.

This talk will cover a resume workshop, Q&A section about recruiting and a demo of the Bootup platform.

Be sure to bring all your job search related questions and join us Friday, September 9th at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Albert Tulo IV, Tech Academy graduate, is joining us to share advice on how to land your first tech job!

Albert graduated in 2022 and is currently working as a Junior .NET Developer at RedSpeed.

In this talk, Albert will share his experience going through our boot camp and how he landed a tech job after graduation.

This is a roundtable-style Tech Talk, so bring all of your job recruitment-related questions!

Join us Friday, August 26th at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Another in-person Tech Talk!

Lindsay Wardell is joining us to demonstrate how to create a single-page application with Vue.

Vue is a reactive JavaScript framework for building performant web applications.

Join Lindsay as she walks through the basics of what Vue is and how to write your own Vue application. We'll be going over how to set up a basic application, then build out a reactive to-do application.

Lindsay graduated from The Tech Academy in 2018 and is currently working as a software engineer at NoRedInk. She also hosts the podcast Views on Vue.

Join us at our Downtown Portland campus starting at 12:40pm on Friday, August 19th to learn and network!

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Schedule of Event: 12:40pm Doors open 12:45pm Food and refreshments 1:00pm Tech Talk starts

If you are interested in joining us virtually, join us through this Google Meet room: https://meet.google.com/vad-wsca-ggn

Accomplished Software Engineers and Technical Leads at In Time Tec, Brandon Snyder and Dallen Pyrah, are joining us to share their advice on how to succeed as a software developer!

Software development is a lot more than just writing lines of code! Join us to learn more about what steps to take in order to become successful as a software developer!

Join us Friday, August 12th at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our google meet room.

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Details We are excited to have Dr. Brent Wilson back to discuss another Cyber Security topic!

This week we will be discussing Cryptography - the art of writing and solving codes. Codes have been used to protect information since ancient times and are the foundation of modern data encryption. Dr. Brent Wilson will be teaching us all about what cryptography is, how it's used, and why we should care.

Dr. Brent Wilson is a Professor of Computer Science and Cybersecurity at George Fox University. He has an incredible talent for presenting complex topics in a fun and understandable way.

Join us Friday, August 5th at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our google meet room.

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Philip Scott is joining us to discuss identifying and addressing tech debt.

In software development, technical debt is the implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer.

Philip is a Senior Software Staff Engineer at Gap Inc. and has been in the industry for over ten years.

This Talk will cover: -Code debt -Infra debt -Security debt -Knowledge debt

This event is a great opportunity to network and gain some insight into the industry, as well as ask questions!

Join us Friday July 29th at 1pm Pacific Time (2pm MT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET) in our Google Meet Room.

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Justin Budd will be joining us to share tips on how to land your first tech job!

When you are looking for your first job, it is easy to feel that it is impossible to shine in this competitive market. However, with a tech education, planning and determination you can land that first tech job.

Justin is an experienced Information Technology Recruiter with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. He will share some advice on how to get into the tech industry.

In this Talk will cover:

-Difficulties of finding tech jobs -How to get started -Building your portfolio and more.

We will have a Q&A section, so be sure to bring all your job search related questions.

Join us Friday, July 22nd at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our google meet room.

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Join us Friday, July 15th, to learn how to optimize your SQL queries!

Wesley Rolfson started working with data when he was in high school, while working on Steam and Culvert surveys, using the data to explain how nature is responding to human activity. He now works as a data analyst working with environmental, health and safety data.

Wesley's talk will cover optimizing your SQL Queries by looking at the layers of processing. He will also cover how the SQL engine looks at your query so that you can better write queries and ultimately explain your results.

Join us Friday July 15th at 1pm Pacific Time (2pm MT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET) in our Google Meet Room.

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Another in-person Tech Talk!

Tech Academy graduate, Christopher Carter will be joining us discuss skills beyond coding bootcamps.

Christopher graduated in the summer of 2016 and since then he has gone on to pursue a successful career as a Software Developer. He is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Genesis Financial Solutions.

In this Talk, Christopher will discuss:

Teamwork Coordinating development with multiple developers How enterprise architecture is different than software you've written on your own and more.

Join us at our Downtown Portland Location starting at 12:40pm on Friday, July 8th to learn and network!

-- Schedule of Events -- 12:40pm Doors open 12:45pm Food and refreshments 1:00pm Tech Talk starts

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Scott Katzelnick, Tech Academy graduate, will be joining us to discuss landing a job in the tech industry without years of experience.

Studying to get into tech and getting into tech are two different struggles. If you’re about to finish your studies or have finished them recently and are looking for a job in tech, join us as Scott shares some tips on how to join the industry.

Scott is currently working at Braille and has expanded his understanding of the different “roles” in this industry, the technologies required to be proficient in those roles and how to network those roles to gain opportunities.

Summary of Talk: Being real with oneself and understanding expectations -Your greatest asset is your time -The quality of your work. Treat each project like it’s for a real client or employer, because one day it most certainly will be. -Striving to make great things that get noticed -Modeling behaviors, image and branding off of proven examples -Making luck and being lucky aren’t so far apart -Without measured risk, stagnation sets its roots -Q/A

Join us Friday July 1st at 1pm Pacific Time (2pm MT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET) in our Google Meet Room.

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Don't miss this great opportunity to learn and network if you don't have much experience but are looking to join the tech industry.

Join MLOps Engineer Chris Thompson as he shows you how easy it is to go from idea to production using Vertex AI on the Google Cloud Platform.

With the knowledge that roughly 90% of machine learning models never make it to production, Google Cloud has been working hard developing its Vertex AI platform to streamline the MLOps process.

Vertex AI provides services that allow machine learning practitioners to train, deploy, and manage production machine learning models and associated data and artifacts.

Join us Friday June 24th at 1pm Pacific Time (2pm MT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET) in our Google Meet Room.

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Tech Academy graduate, Lewis Meyers, will be joining us to discuss transitioning into the tech industry.

If you aren’t technically inclined, software development roles may feel out of reach, but the truth is anyone can transition into these positions with some determination and a willingness to learn.

Lewis graduated from the Tech Academy just a few months ago and is currently working as an associate developer at Optum. He will be sharing tips on how to transition into the tech industry.

Join us Friday June 17th at 1pm Pacific Time (2pm MT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET) in our Google Meet Room.

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Marquita Hartman graduated from The Tech Academy in 2019, and has since become a software developer at Computershare, where she mainly works with SQL and other Microsoft data services.

Marquita will be joining us to speak on creating efficient code in SQL, and giving some insight on SQL related skills that potential employers might be looking for.

Her talk will entail: -Creating tables and using appropriate indexs -When and Why you should use a View vs a Table -Tuning techniques for stored procedures -How to test efficiency -A brief overview of an Explain Plan

Join us on Friday June 10th at 1pm Pacific Time in our Google Meet Room.

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Don't miss this opportunity to learn about creating efficient code in SQL!

Marquita Hartman graduated from The Tech Academy in 2019, and has since become a software developer at Computershare, where she mainly works with SQL and other Microsoft data services.

Marquita will be joining us to speak on creating efficient code in SQL, and giving some insight on SQL related skills that potential employers might be looking for.

Her talk will entail:

-Creating tables and using the appropriate indexes -When and Why you should use a View vs. a Table -Tuning techniques for stored procedures -How to test the efficiency -A brief overview of an Explain Plan

Join us Friday May 27th at 1pm Pacific Time (2pm MT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET) in our Google Meet Room.

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Your mental health is important!

Tyler Branscome, Tech Academy graduate, will be joining us to discuss maintaining a positive mental health as a developer.

Reports say that a large number of software developers are facing depression and mental disorders.

According to the International Journal of Humanities Social Science Invention, software developers have significantly the highest rate of anxiety in comparison to their colleagues who are performing mechanical or other tasks.

In this Talk, Tyler will be sharing tips on how to maintain your mental health. Tyler graduated in 2021 and is currently working as an application developer at Oyova.

Join us on May 20th at 1pm PT (2pm MT, 3pm CT and 4pm ET) in our Google Meet room.

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This week we are joined by Tech Academy graduate Lindsay Wardell to discuss side projects and networking! Lindsay will be sharing how she has grown her development knowledge through the creation of an ongoing, engaging side project, and also how she has leveraged podcasts and blogs to stay connected to the greater tech community.

Lindsay is a software engineer at NoRedInk, and hosts the podcast Views on Vue. She graduated from The Tech Academy in 2018, and has since worked at four different companies as a developer. She loves learning about new languages and tools, and sharing that knowledge with the community.

Join us on May 13th at 1pm Pacific Time (2pm MT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET), and learn about the journey from boot camp to tech career from someone who has been there!

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Yes! You are good enough!

Are you doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud? Join this week's Tech Talk, with Dan Linn, to learn all about imposter syndrome and tips on how to overcome it!

Dan Linn is the President of Hello World Devs. Hello World helps companies create application solutions with their own internal teams, or as supplemental or permanent workers on outside projects.

Join us on May 6th at 1pm PT, 2pm MT, 3pm CT, and 4pm ET for this great opportunity to learn and network!

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Miki Demeter will be joining us to discuss open source software on April 29th!

Open source software is code that is designed to be publicly accessible; anyone can see, modify, and distribute the code as they see fit.

This talk will cover open source software and why it's important to look at the software that is put into products.

Miki's current position is as a Security Researcher in the IPAS GO (formerly Security Center of Excellence) working on Secure Development Lifecycle governance and as Product Security Expert for Open Source Software.

She is a TrevorChat Crisis Counselor and is working with outside organizations like Women Who Code, Women of Security, Portland Women in Tech, and the Diana Initiative to help drive diversity and true inclusion while advocating for women in the STEM field.

Join us Friday April 29th at 1pm Pacific Time in our Google Meet Room.

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Daniel Mindlin is a consulting analysist for OnPrem Solution Partners. he received a B.S. in Statistical Science and a B.A. in History from the University of California, before completing his M.S. in Business Analytics from the University of San Diego.

Daniel will be leading a discussion about finding one's best niche role when looking for employment at a tech company, specifically what tech companies look for in different roles, how to translate finding success in job interview to finding success once a new hire has begun their position.

Join us Friday April 22nd at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3o CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet Room.

Can't make it live? We will be posting the recording to our Tech Talks playlist on our YouTube Channel: bit.ly/TTA-techtalks

Don't miss this opportunity to learn about how to find and keep your job in tech!

Andrew Owen will be joining us to give advice on searching for jobs in the tech industry, acing the interview, and developing your resume.

Andrew is a recruiting leader in the technology industry with many years of experience. He works for a boutique, award-winning, highly regarded firm called VanderHouwen where he's held various roles from Recruiter to Account Manager, to Recruiting Manager. He specializes in finding talented people and placing them at fitting companies. Andrew has a passion for helping architect people's careers, is an expert in resume writing, interview preparation, and bringing out the best in people.

Join us Friday, April 15th at 1pm (2p Mt, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

Can't make it live? We will be posting the recording to our Tech Talks playlist on our YouTube Channel: bit.ly/TTA-techtalks

Don't miss this great opportunity to learn about the best ways to find a job, interview tips, and creating your best resume!

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Job placement Q&A with Lucy and Cameron of The Tech Academy!

Currently on the hunt for a job? We will be discussing all and any aspects of getting that first Tech Job. Whether its updating your resume or nailing the phone interview, we are here to help.

Already working in tech? Bring your experience and advice to share with our students and graduates who are trying to land that first job.

Join us Friday, April 1st at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

Can't make it live? We will be posting the recording to our Tech Talks playlist on our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/TTA-techtalks

Don't miss this opportunity to ask your job placement questions!

Lyman McBride is a professional trombone player who became a software engineer in 2021. Currently a full stack engineer on the integrations team at JobNimbus LLC, he enjoys the process of creating clean, efficient, and maintainable code. Unit testing is not only an every day part of a software engineer's life, but is often part of the interview process, making it a vital concept for the aspiring engineer to understand.

Lyman's talk will cover concepts of: -The what and why of Unit Testing -Unit test anatomy -Assertions -Clean code and readability -Preventing Tech Debt

Join us Friday, March 25th, at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

Can't make it live? We will be posting the recording to our Tech Talks playlist on our YouTube Channel: bit.ly/TTA-techtalks

Don't miss this great opportunity to learn about the importance of unit testing

Katie McIntyre from Career Sprout is joining us to discuss building the perfect resume and LinkedIn Profile to get recruiters reaching out to you!

Katie is a consultant who has been involved in more than $50 million in online coaching sales. Through her work with Career Sprout, Katie works with professionals who want to transition into a meaningful career with a company they admire. On average, Career Sprout students land high paying job offers within 67 days and increase their salaries by $37k.

This Talk will cover:

-How to have Recruiters and Hiring Managers seek you out so you can secure interviews with the companies YOU want to work with -The ingredients of a perfectly optimized LinkedIn Profile -The dirty resume secrets no recruiter talks about -Proven resume templates to use today

Join us Friday, March 11th, at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Can't make it live? We will be posting the recording to our Tech Talks playlist on our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/TTA-techtalks

Don't miss this great opportunity to learn and network!

Tech Academy Co-Founder, Erik Gross, will be joining us to discuss building a community in software development!

Erik has been working in technology since the 1980s. As a nuclear reactor operator and teacher in the Navy, he mastered a multitude of technologies. His years of experience as a senior-level software developer were key to the development of The Tech Academy’s boot camps. As the other Co-Founder of The Tech Academy, Erik assists in curriculum oversight and public relations.

Join us Friday, March 4th, at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our Google Meet room.

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Don't miss this great opportunity to learn and network!

The market is the most competitive it has ever been! Michael McCormack will be joining us to discuss how to land a tech job in this competitive market.

Michael is an experienced tech recruiter and has been working at Edgelink staffing firm for over 4 years.

EdgeLink is an award-winning technology staffing firm that unites exceptional tech talent with innovative organizations.

In this Talk, Michael will join us to talk about the market conditions and how to break through in this competitive climate.

Be sure to bring all your job placement questions and join us Friday, February 25th, at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET).

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Can't make it live? We will be posting the recording to our Tech Talks playlist on our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/TTA-techtalks

Don't miss this great opportunity to learn and network!

Miki Demeter will be joining us to discuss open source software on February 18th!

Open source software is code that is designed to be publicly accessible: anyone can see, modify, and distribute the code as they see fit.

This talk will cover open source software and why it's important to look at the software that is put into products.

Miki's current position is as a Security Researcher In the IPAS GO (formerly Security Center of Excellence) working on Secure Development Lifecycle governance and as Product Security Expert for Open Source Software.

She is a TrevorChat Crisis Counselor and is working with outside organizations like Women Who Code, Women of Security, Portland Women in Tech, and the Diana Initiative to help drive diversity and true inclusion while advocating for women in the STEM fields.

Join us Friday, February 18th at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET)

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Can't make it live? We will be posting the recording to our Tech Talks playlist on our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/TTA-techtalks

Don't miss out on another great opportunity to learn and network!

Tech Academy graduate, David Meyer, is joining us to discuss the importance of continuous learning as a developer!

Software development is a field that evolves quickly and constantly. The life of a developer is a life of non-stop education. David will explain how to adopt the type of mindset to help you with your ongoing learning.

David graduated from our Software Developer Boot Camp in October of 2021 and is currently working as a Web Developer at Plain Concepts.

Join us Friday, February 11th, at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET).

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Can't make it live? We will be posting the recording to our Tech Talks playlist on our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/TTA-techtalks

Don't miss this great opportunity to learn and network!

Are you having trouble with your job search?

Tyler Hoff will be joining us for a live job placement Q&A!

Tyler is a Recruiting Manager at Open Teams. Open Teams is a place where open source users can go to learn about all the software that is available, how to use it, and where to find help when they need it.

The Talk will start with Tyler going over the the interview process with their partner companies and also giving some advice on what recruiters look for on LinkedIn and GitHub for junior developers. For the rest, we will have the Q&A section. The Q&A will cover most of the time.

This event is all about viewer participation, so bring all of your job recruitment related questions!

Join us Friday, February 4th at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET).

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Can't make it live? We will be posting the recording to our Tech Talks playlist on our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/TTA-techtalks

Don't miss this great opportunity to learn and network!

Kyle Rhône is joining us for another Talk on game development!

Kyle is the founder of Tinderbox Entertainment and has been the creative director for the past 14 years. Tinderbox Entertainment is a game development and publishing company that creates tabletop and digital products for today's current platforms.

In this talk, Kyle will cover how a game is developed from conception to launch and the different tools and skills needed along the way. Join us and bring all your questions related to game development. We will have a Q&A section at the end of the presentation.

Join us Friday, January 28th at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET).

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Don't miss this great opportunity to learn and network!

Algorithms are a very important topic in Computer Science because they help software developers create efficient and error free programs.

Dr. Brent Wilson is a Professor of Computer Science and Cybersecurity at George Fox University. Dr. Brent will be joining us to discuss the importance of algorithms!

Join us Friday, January 21st at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET)

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Don't miss out on another great opportunity to learn and network!

Based on recent estimates, it is thought that roughly 90% of machine learning models do not make it into production. Why is this? How hard can it be?

Well, it turns out this is not as straightforward as companies originally thought. Enter MLOps, short for machine learning operations.

MLOps is the practice of deploying and maintaining machine learning models in production.

Join MLOps Engineer Chris Thompson as he explains what MLOps is, why it is desperately needed and how he got into the field!

Friday, January 14th at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET).

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Don't miss this great opportunity to learn and network!

First Tech Talk of 2022!

Andrew Russo will be joining us to discuss their experience teaching code to elementary students.

Andrew teaches code to elementary students while working as a freelance developer. He is knowledgeable in JavaScript, Java, SQL and more.

He will be discussing the importance of teaching code to the next generation, his experience teaching code and how it improved his coding skills.

Join us Friday, January 7th at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET) in our google meet room: https://meet.google.com/erw-giij-ktv

Can't make it live? We will be posting the recording to our Tech Talks playlist on our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/TTA-techtalks

Don't miss great opportunity to learn and network!

Josh Matthews is joining us to give us tips on how to ace your next interview!

Josh is the president of Endeavor Staffing and TheSalesforceRecruiter.com, and has 20 years of experience in recruitment and staffing, including interviewing over 7,000 candidates.

Join us Friday, December 10th at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET).

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Don't miss out on another great opportunity to learn and network!

For this weeks Tech Talk, Alexandrea Beh is joining us to discuss quality assurance in software development!

Alexandrea Beh is a senior software engineer at Mentor Collective, an ed-tech startup that provides a research-driven mentorship platform for college students. She previously worked at SurveyMonkey (now Momentive.ai) and NAVEX Global.

Alexandrea will talk about the importance of QA, her experiences collaborating with QA at larger companies, and how QA culture and processes differ in her current startup role.

Join us Friday, December 3rd at 1pm Pacific Time (2p MT, 3p CT, 4p ET).

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Don't miss out on another great opportunity to learn and network!

Domain Driven Design is an approach to software development. It simplifies solving difficult problems!

For this weeks Tech Talk we are joined by Wilfrid Landry to discuss Domain Driven Development. Wilfrid has over 10 years of experience as a software developer. He designs and develops scalable, secure and cost effective cloud solutions for organizations.

There are many benefits of using a Domain Driven Design (DDD). Join us and take tips on how to set up and use DDD!

Join us Friday, November 12th at 1pm Pacific Time, 2pm Mountain Time (3p CT, 4p ET).

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Don't miss out on another great opportunity to learn and network! Hope to see you there!

This week we are joined by Tech Academy graduate, Christopher Carter. He graduated in the summer of 2016 and since then he has gone on to pursue a successful career as a Software Developer. He is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at U.S. Bank.

Christopher will walk us through his experience since graduation, and share tips on how to succeed after graduating from a coding boot camp!

Join us Friday, November 5th at 1pm Pacific Time, 2pm Mountain Time (3p CT, 4p ET).

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Don't miss out on another great opportunity to learn and network!

Can't make it live? We will be posting the recording to our Tech Talks playlist on our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/TTA-techtalks

Hope to see you there!

Job Placement Q&A with Forest and Kenzie!

Currently on the hunt for a job? We will be discussing any and all aspects of getting that first Tech Job. Whether its updating your resume or nailing the phone interview, we are here to help!

Already working in Tech? Bring your experience and advice to share with our students and graduates who are trying to land that first job.

Join us Friday, April 2nd for networking, conversation and fun!

Come celebrate women in tech with the woman who has done it all! She has held the position of Chief Information Officer, Project Manager, and Consultant for several Fortune 500 companies including IBM and AT&T. At a time when women were a rare sight in any boardroom, Nancy shares how she broke the mold and created a space for herself at that table.

Join us for conversation, networking and inspiration this Friday, March 12th at 1pm Pacific.

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This week we dove head first into conditionals. This should feel like a natural progression from the logical operators we had been using before. We are going to try a new format this week where we will do a short recap followed by group collaboration where we will be doing select problems from the problem set. We will use these to drive our discussion of the weeks topics.

This means you do not have to kill yourself to complete the problem sets prior although I encourage you to do so. If you get stumped please feel free to suggest it as one of the problems you would like to go over during our session.

A lot of times there is parking right in front of the building. If this is not the case I recommend trying 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Ave. There are usually spots down that way. Parking isn't free until after 7pm so don't forget to pay! There is also a lot right next door if you don't want to mess with street parking.

As always feel free to message me or post on Slack if you have any questions. Hope to see you Tuesday!

* New to our group? Need to join our Slack channel? Looking for free resources? Check out our website @ www.pdxpythonpirates.org for all of that and more!

Join us for the final Meetup of 2018!

This week we will review the Exam to the Computing in Python I: Fundamentals and Procedural Programming course since there wasn't adequate time in the previous Meetup.

We will conclude the year with general discussion about Python, tools, and practical applications. In that spirit there will be a demo of Pandas, and, time permitting, Flask as well.

A lot of times there is parking right in front of the building. If this is not the case I recommend trying 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Ave. There are usually spots down that way. Parking isn't free until after 7pm so don't forget to pay! There is also a lot right next door if you don't want to mess with street parking.

Please feel free to message the group on Slack or Meetup with any questions you may have. We'll see you Tuesday. Until then happy coding!

* New to our group? Need to join our Slack channel? Looking for free resources? Check out our website: https://www.pdxpythonpirates.org for all of that and more!

Last week we voted to combine week 5 and the final into one week and therefore this will be an extended 2 hour session. We will be reviewing section 2.4: Mathematical Operators as well as tackling questions on the final. As usual you will need a laptop as we will be doing quite a bit of live coding and white boarding.

I am unsure whether the verified final and the free final are the same. I would think they would make them different so if you are verified and have particular questions please be sure to make a note of them as I am on the free track and may not have access to those.

The final is basically the same format as the problem sets: about half multiple choice and half coding problems. I encourage you all to complete it as if it were a real test even if you are not verified. You will pass either way and this can give you a great indication of what you need to work on.

A lot of times there is parking right in front of the building. If this is not the case I recommend trying 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Ave. There are usually spots down that way. Parking isn't free until after 7pm so don't forget to pay! There is also a lot right next door if you don't want to mess with street parking.

Please feel free to message me on Slack or Meetup with any questions you may have. I wish you all the best on the final and I will see you Tuesday. Until then happy coding!

* New to our group? Need to join our Slack channel? Looking for free resources? Check out our website @ www.pdxpythonpirates.org for all of that and more!

This isn't so bad right? This week we will be clarifying all material pertaining to sections 1.3 and 2.1. Bring your laptops and any questions you may have. This will be a debrief on debugging. We will use the white board and some code to review this process.

In addition we will begin to think about is how to style your code. PEP 8 is a style guide which you can read about in the link below. I will do a simple walk through on how to set up your computer to automatically detect if some code you write aligns with these guidelines so you can begin writing proper code from the very beginning.

A lot of times there is parking right in front of the building. If this is not the case I recommend trying 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Ave. There are usually spots down that way. Parking isn't free until after 7pm so don't forget to pay! There is also a lot right next door if you don't want to mess with street parking.

I look forward to seeing you all for our second review session!

PEP 8 Style Guide: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/

This will be a hands on Python and computer vision machine learning so bring a laptop. We will be doing code alongs in a Jupyter Notebook using the Gap NLP/CV Data Engineering framework for Machine Learning. The code along will focus on a variety of ways of using the framework to get images into machine language ready data, storage/retrieval, and mini-batch generation.

Gap is a new open source project in Portland in a pre-launch stage (v0.9 - alpha). For more information on Gap, see: https://github.com/andrewferlitsch/Gap

Come join us every Tuesday at the Tech Academy. This is an interactive and immersive instructor lead meeting. This week we will cover the basic foundations of neural networks, covering introduction to the perceptron, artificial neural networks (ANN), convolutional neural networks (CNN), recurrent neural networks (RNN), and wrap up with adversarial attacks on neural networks.

We use a digital project and whiteboard. The course is given at a comfortable pace, so that any attendee can interrupt and ask a question. No question is too small or wrong.

We ask all the attendees to be patient so that everyone attending learns at the same pace so that all attendees are at the same level at the end of the two hours.