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2022 Lightning Talks Speaker Info

Rahat Chowdhury - 12:05 - 12:20​

@Rahat Chowdhury

  • Topic Title: Prioritizing Mental Health During the Job Search

  • Bio I'm a web developer, blogger, writer, rapper, and Pokemon Master.

  • Description: My main purpose with these talks is to make it easier just to talk about it and remove a lot of the stigma behind it. The job search can be a very long, lonely, and frustrating process. I would love to share my own experiences and hopefully show others they aren't alone in whatever they might be going through.

  • https://www.beautiful.ai/player/-MMaCxwrKl0ijI8Gi7WW

Courtney 12:20-12:40​

  • Slack: @Courtney Landau
  • Title: Firebase: And Introduction and Demo

-I'm a full-stack software engineer in PA, USA. I've got a master's degree in Information Systems and experience in healthcare and education technology.

Mike Rogers 12:40-12:50​

  • Slack username: @MikeRogers0

  • Topic title: Developing in Multiple Languages

  • I'm Mike Rogers, a Web Developer from London I've specialised in making performant Ruby on Rails applications since 2012

  • A Final Talk Description: How to use asdf to install multiple versions of languages

  • Slides (if applicable, as a back-up): https://talks.mikerogers.io/installing-multiple-languages/#1

  • Talk length: 10 minutes!

Karen 12:50 -12:55​

  • Slack: @Karen Dickenson

  • Title: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome as a Freelancer

  • Karen Dickenson is a frontend developer/engineer who uses HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to theme and build out database-driven websites (specifically WordPress and Drupal).

  • Description: Working as a remote freelancer/contractor doesn't provide you with structured feedback on how your career is going. Find your own 'tribe' to provide the support you need.

Nick Taylor 12:55-1:00​

  • Slack username: @nickytonline

  • Topic title: Words Matter: Conventional Comments

  • I am a Senior Software Engineer at Forem/DEV working on all things Forem. I do not get along with spiders.

  • A Final Talk Description: Talking about conventional comments (https://conventionalcomments.org), and how they can help improve how you interact with others in issues and pull requests.

  • Slides (if applicable, as a back-up): https://www.iamdeveloper.com/lightning2020 (they're live, but I'm still editing them. They'll be ready for Friday)

  • Talk length: 5 minutes most likely. True lightning. It might be a bit more as I give a few examples.

Lucia 1:00-1:20​

  • @Lucia Cerchie
  • Why do we index from zero?

-Hi! I’m a software engineer from Phoenix, Arizona. I enjoy knocking out solutions in JavaScript and Python.

Dan Uhl 1:20-1:30​

  • Slack username: @Daniel Uhl

  • Topic title: Finetuning Frontend Platforms

  • I’m a software engineer at Wayfair in Boston. Interesting fact about me is that I hike every day with my 3yo cavachon (dog)

  • A Final Talk Description Working on a platform team at a large company we do everything from building all-in-one tooling to simply pointing folks in the right direction. This talk is about striking a balance between "magic" tooling and custom configuration to increase stack adoption, increase developer velocity, and increase engineer happiness.

  • Slides (if applicable, as a back-up): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Vvmm3e6E_4vvgatm3F4rSGStZV50EdCD150sdZhWGiU/edit?usp=sharing

  • Talk length: 10min

Gant Laborde 1:30-1:45​

  • @Gant
  • Titel: TensorFlow.js

-Gant Laborde is an owner of Infinite Red, mentor, adjunct professor, published author, and award-winning speaker. For 20 years, he has been involved in software development and continues strong today. He is an “open sourcerer”, team leader, and aspires to one day become a mad scientist. He blogs, videos, and maintains popular repositories for the community.