The document discusses the benefits of being part of a technology community both locally through meetups and conferences as well as online. It encourages joining local meetup groups in Utah like AngularUtah and PyLadies SLC to gain skills, find jobs, and meet new people. Attending conferences provides opportunities to learn, network, and socialize. Online communities like Forge Utah on Slack allow asking questions quickly and coordinating projects. Overall, being part of a tech community enhances skills, career opportunities, and connections.
HOW SPOTIFY STAYS LEAN FROM SMALL START-UP THROUGH RAPID-GROWTH (JOAKIM SUNDE...Lean Kanban Central Europe
In a few years Spotify has grown from a small startup in Sweden to a pretty big company with more than 30 engineering teams in four different development offices on two different continents. And we have no intention of slowing down. Such rapid growth carries big challenges. How can we continue to improve our product at great speed, while growing the number of users, employees and supported platforms and devices? How do we stay lean and agile when we grow from a small startup to a big corporation? In this talk we will present how Spotify is addressing these challenges. We will talk about autonomous squads, tribes, guilds, hack weeks, road managers, and a lot of other ideas we’re experimenting with.
Presented in Oct 31st in Agile Tour 2015 Chennai
During the Agile transformation agile project and Program Manager needs to take multiple forms to support it.
Adopting agile methodologies in a large organization is never easy.
We'll talk about some of the challenges associated with Scaling Agile and show you some easily-implemented use cases for common agile rituals such as PI planning, release planning, and backlog grooming, at scale.
Adopting agile methodologies in a large organization is never easy.
We'll talk about some of the challenges associated with Scaling Agile and show you some easily-implemented use cases for common agile rituals such as PI planning, release planning, and backlog grooming, at scale.
HOW SPOTIFY STAYS LEAN FROM SMALL START-UP THROUGH RAPID-GROWTH (JOAKIM SUNDE...Lean Kanban Central Europe
In a few years Spotify has grown from a small startup in Sweden to a pretty big company with more than 30 engineering teams in four different development offices on two different continents. And we have no intention of slowing down. Such rapid growth carries big challenges. How can we continue to improve our product at great speed, while growing the number of users, employees and supported platforms and devices? How do we stay lean and agile when we grow from a small startup to a big corporation? In this talk we will present how Spotify is addressing these challenges. We will talk about autonomous squads, tribes, guilds, hack weeks, road managers, and a lot of other ideas we’re experimenting with.
Presented in Oct 31st in Agile Tour 2015 Chennai
During the Agile transformation agile project and Program Manager needs to take multiple forms to support it.
Adopting agile methodologies in a large organization is never easy.
We'll talk about some of the challenges associated with Scaling Agile and show you some easily-implemented use cases for common agile rituals such as PI planning, release planning, and backlog grooming, at scale.
Adopting agile methodologies in a large organization is never easy.
We'll talk about some of the challenges associated with Scaling Agile and show you some easily-implemented use cases for common agile rituals such as PI planning, release planning, and backlog grooming, at scale.
Agile Vietnam shared at the T3Con, one of the biggest web conference at it's region in Phnom Penh. The goal is to kick-off an agile community in Cambodia by sharing how Agile Vietnam has done it in the past 1.5 years.
AUGNYC Hosted the first event of 2018, with three talks.
1. Jira & Trello: When to use Each? - Trevor Longino, Unito.IO
2. A Lightning Talk on Giving a Lightning Talk - NYC AUG Leaders & You
3. Starting Small with Jira, but Planning for Growth - Craig Castle-Mead, Y&R
Why Open Source Products Are Important by a Google Tech ManagerProduct School
This talk was geared towards a non-technical audience interested in the magic and wonder of open source. Danny Rosen went over what open source is, why it's important, what it means to have an open source product and why it's important to customers.
He also discussed what it's like to be involved in the open source community from the perspective of a user, a product manager and a developer, and the challenges and opportunities related to community management and community involvement.
Do you know how to remain a programmer? To avoid being “promoted” into positions away from technology and code? Did they teach you at university that you need social skills to be a good developer? What other skills do you need that aren't technical? Did you know that all development roles are not created equal? Is it true that moving jobs a lot is a Bad Thing? In this session, Trisha Gee (Java Champion, 2015 MongoDB Master, 2016/2014/2012 JavaOne Rock Star & Technical Advocate for JetBrains) will share some lessons she learnt the hard way over nearly twenty years of managing her career as a Java developer. She'll talk about what's really important to developers when thinking about their careers, and give you tools for working out what your next steps are. If nothing else, you’ll get to laugh at the (many) mistakes I’ve made in my search for The Perfect Job.
If you are inspired during practical and hands-on sessions during the three days at Devoxx UK 2015, have you thought about how you might pass on this knowledge and experience to others? If so, then we have just the right solution for you! Running a Hackday, either at your workplace or within your local community, can be very rewarding. Come along to this session and learn all about the art of running hack session from Richard Warburton, author of Java 8 Lambda and regular organiser of hackdays in the London Java Community.
You will be able to answer your own questions like: Why you should run a hackday ? What’s involved in running one ? Examples of successful hackdays Tips for being successful
So Now You’re a UiPath Developer – What’s Next? Who are the Stakeholders?DianaGray10
When choosing the right Stakeholders for your UiPath projects, you want to consider what stakeholders you need to support. In this session we'll cover the following topics:
Is there over-all buy in from all players? What cultural challenges will you encounter?
Is IT aligned and how is it aligned?
Are you supporting Citizen Developers?
Do you have assigned Business Analysts and/or Project Managers?
Who are your ultimate customers and how do you support the customer?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior RPA Engineer @ Gamestop and 2X UiPath MVP
So Now You’re a UiPath Developer – What’s Next? Who are the Stakeholders?DianaGray10
When choosing the right Stakeholders for your UiPath projects, you want to consider what stakeholders you need to support. In this session we'll cover the following topics:
Is there over-all buy in from all players? What cultural challenges will you encounter?
Is IT aligned and how is it aligned?
Are you supporting Citizen Developers?
Do you have assigned Business Analysts and/or Project Managers?
Who are your ultimate customers and how do you support the customer?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior RPA Engineer @ Gamestop and 2X UiPath MVP
Be your own boss - An intro to freelancingTarek Alabd
A simple and quick introduction to Freelancing.
Be your own boss.
You can find everything about:
- What is freelancing?
- Why freelancing?
- What should you freelance in?
- How to start smartly?
- How to find clients?
- What if the freelance marketplaces have gone?!
- Some important notes.
In this presentation, I talk about some of the best practices for software engineer to refine their resumes for getting better opportunities in the software industry.
Join Sitecore MVP, Eric Ramseur, in a discussion on becoming a Sitecore Entrepreneur. Learn from past and current engagement experiences to discover new methods to elevate your career.
Presentation Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHtENP7JoFE&t=2s
In this episode, we will focus on open sourcing how we run Netflix's open source program. Netflix has been using and contributing to open source for several years. Over the years, Netflix has released over one hundred Netflix Open Source (aka NetflixOSS) libraries, servers, and technologies. Netflix engineers benefit by accepting contributions and gathering feedback with key collaborators around the world. Users of NetflixOSS from many industries benefit from our solutions including Big Data, Build and Delivery Tools, Runtime Services and Libraries, Data Persistence, Insight, Reliability and Performance, Security and User Interface. With such a large and mature open source program, Netflix has worked on approaches and tools that help manage and improve the NetflixOSS source offerings and communities. Netflix has taken a different approach to building support for open source as compared to other Internet scale companies. Come to this session to learn about the unique approaches Netflix has taken to both distribute and automate the responsibilities of building a world-class open source program.
YOUR OPEN SOURCE PROJECT IS LIKE A STARTUP, TREAT IT LIKE ONE, EYAR ZILBERMAN...DevOpsDays Tel Aviv
From idea to execution, the challenges of publishing an open source project are very similar to initializing a startup when it comes to creating a successful product that people will love and use.
Most open source projects are not “taking-off”, although they are really good! This is because developers (which are usually the creators of open source projects) think that writing the code is the hard part and “neglect” the other parts of publishing a good open source project.
In this talk, I will use my experience as a contributor to open source and product head of a startup, to go beyond writing the code itself and cover the other central aspects of creating an open source project, like MVP, product/market fit, marketing and more.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Agile Vietnam shared at the T3Con, one of the biggest web conference at it's region in Phnom Penh. The goal is to kick-off an agile community in Cambodia by sharing how Agile Vietnam has done it in the past 1.5 years.
AUGNYC Hosted the first event of 2018, with three talks.
1. Jira & Trello: When to use Each? - Trevor Longino, Unito.IO
2. A Lightning Talk on Giving a Lightning Talk - NYC AUG Leaders & You
3. Starting Small with Jira, but Planning for Growth - Craig Castle-Mead, Y&R
Why Open Source Products Are Important by a Google Tech ManagerProduct School
This talk was geared towards a non-technical audience interested in the magic and wonder of open source. Danny Rosen went over what open source is, why it's important, what it means to have an open source product and why it's important to customers.
He also discussed what it's like to be involved in the open source community from the perspective of a user, a product manager and a developer, and the challenges and opportunities related to community management and community involvement.
Do you know how to remain a programmer? To avoid being “promoted” into positions away from technology and code? Did they teach you at university that you need social skills to be a good developer? What other skills do you need that aren't technical? Did you know that all development roles are not created equal? Is it true that moving jobs a lot is a Bad Thing? In this session, Trisha Gee (Java Champion, 2015 MongoDB Master, 2016/2014/2012 JavaOne Rock Star & Technical Advocate for JetBrains) will share some lessons she learnt the hard way over nearly twenty years of managing her career as a Java developer. She'll talk about what's really important to developers when thinking about their careers, and give you tools for working out what your next steps are. If nothing else, you’ll get to laugh at the (many) mistakes I’ve made in my search for The Perfect Job.
If you are inspired during practical and hands-on sessions during the three days at Devoxx UK 2015, have you thought about how you might pass on this knowledge and experience to others? If so, then we have just the right solution for you! Running a Hackday, either at your workplace or within your local community, can be very rewarding. Come along to this session and learn all about the art of running hack session from Richard Warburton, author of Java 8 Lambda and regular organiser of hackdays in the London Java Community.
You will be able to answer your own questions like: Why you should run a hackday ? What’s involved in running one ? Examples of successful hackdays Tips for being successful
So Now You’re a UiPath Developer – What’s Next? Who are the Stakeholders?DianaGray10
When choosing the right Stakeholders for your UiPath projects, you want to consider what stakeholders you need to support. In this session we'll cover the following topics:
Is there over-all buy in from all players? What cultural challenges will you encounter?
Is IT aligned and how is it aligned?
Are you supporting Citizen Developers?
Do you have assigned Business Analysts and/or Project Managers?
Who are your ultimate customers and how do you support the customer?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior RPA Engineer @ Gamestop and 2X UiPath MVP
So Now You’re a UiPath Developer – What’s Next? Who are the Stakeholders?DianaGray10
When choosing the right Stakeholders for your UiPath projects, you want to consider what stakeholders you need to support. In this session we'll cover the following topics:
Is there over-all buy in from all players? What cultural challenges will you encounter?
Is IT aligned and how is it aligned?
Are you supporting Citizen Developers?
Do you have assigned Business Analysts and/or Project Managers?
Who are your ultimate customers and how do you support the customer?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior RPA Engineer @ Gamestop and 2X UiPath MVP
Be your own boss - An intro to freelancingTarek Alabd
A simple and quick introduction to Freelancing.
Be your own boss.
You can find everything about:
- What is freelancing?
- Why freelancing?
- What should you freelance in?
- How to start smartly?
- How to find clients?
- What if the freelance marketplaces have gone?!
- Some important notes.
In this presentation, I talk about some of the best practices for software engineer to refine their resumes for getting better opportunities in the software industry.
Join Sitecore MVP, Eric Ramseur, in a discussion on becoming a Sitecore Entrepreneur. Learn from past and current engagement experiences to discover new methods to elevate your career.
Presentation Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHtENP7JoFE&t=2s
In this episode, we will focus on open sourcing how we run Netflix's open source program. Netflix has been using and contributing to open source for several years. Over the years, Netflix has released over one hundred Netflix Open Source (aka NetflixOSS) libraries, servers, and technologies. Netflix engineers benefit by accepting contributions and gathering feedback with key collaborators around the world. Users of NetflixOSS from many industries benefit from our solutions including Big Data, Build and Delivery Tools, Runtime Services and Libraries, Data Persistence, Insight, Reliability and Performance, Security and User Interface. With such a large and mature open source program, Netflix has worked on approaches and tools that help manage and improve the NetflixOSS source offerings and communities. Netflix has taken a different approach to building support for open source as compared to other Internet scale companies. Come to this session to learn about the unique approaches Netflix has taken to both distribute and automate the responsibilities of building a world-class open source program.
YOUR OPEN SOURCE PROJECT IS LIKE A STARTUP, TREAT IT LIKE ONE, EYAR ZILBERMAN...DevOpsDays Tel Aviv
From idea to execution, the challenges of publishing an open source project are very similar to initializing a startup when it comes to creating a successful product that people will love and use.
Most open source projects are not “taking-off”, although they are really good! This is because developers (which are usually the creators of open source projects) think that writing the code is the hard part and “neglect” the other parts of publishing a good open source project.
In this talk, I will use my experience as a contributor to open source and product head of a startup, to go beyond writing the code itself and cover the other central aspects of creating an open source project, like MVP, product/market fit, marketing and more.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
10. Why? - Find Jobs
● Job boards are poison
● Meet recruiters and hiring
managers
● Learn about companies in the
valley and their opportunities
● Be the first one in line for a job
11. Why? - Meet new people
● Attend Meetups
● Give talks
● Support speakers
● Use tools
● Spark and interest
● Have a conversation
● Receive the benefit back from
the community
14. What are meetups
in Utah like?
● AngularUtah
● UtahJS
● Salt Lake City Developers
● PyLadies SLC
● Girl Development SLC/Provo
● Utah Go User Group
● Salt Lake CIty Data Science
● Machine Learning Utah
● Utah Vue.JS Meetup
● Salt Lake City Python
● Utah Ruby Users Group
● Utah Rust
● Google Developer Group Salt Lake
● Utah SQL Server Group
● Utah C++ User Group
● Utah OpenSource
● Utah AWS
15. Conferences ● Silicon Slopes
● Flow Factor
● Open West Utah
● WomenTechmakers Utah
● GDG Dev Fest
16. Conferences
● Gain Skills
● Network
● Present
● Learn
● Socialize
Left to Right @captainnobody1, @fransecs, @spf13, @mattholt6,
17. Why should I go? ● Gain Skills
● Network
● Present
● Learn
● Socialize
19. Why Should I invest
in an online
community?
https://bit.ly/forgeslack
● Announcements
● Get questions answered quickly
● Coordinate projects
● Give back?
20. For More information
Twitter: @forgeutah
@captainnobody1
Slack: https://bit.ly/forgeslack
Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/pro/forge-
utah/#groups
Github: https://github.com/forgeutah
