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Start. Dev. Change : Day 1

8:00 AM-9:30 AM PDT

Welcome and Keynote

Arrive for the meetup at noon, get settled, enjoy the complimentary refreshments and catered lunch, and network with your colleagues. Don't forget your business cards.

9:30 AM - 4:30 PM PDT

Sessions

Convene in the main hall at 1:30pm. Philip Rene will introduce the subject matter for the meetup and the panelists. 

4:30 PM - 4:55 PM PDT

Career Panel Discussion

Our panelists, Hannah Green, Melissa Reid, Ulrich Campbell, Terry Hval, and Jeanine Michaels will have a discussion led by moderator Philip Rene at 2:30pm. A peer-reviewed audience question and answer session will follow. 

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM PDT

Recap & Closing

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8:00 AM - 8:35 AM PDT

Welcome and Keynote

Meet your hosts Dona Sarkar and Seth Juarez as they welcome you to Start. Dev. Change! Keynote by Scott Hanselman to follow.


Keynote "The Art of Computers"

Scott Hanselman, Microsoft 

8:35 AM - 8:50 AM PDT

Career Switcher Stories

Join this group of inspiring professionals as they share a bit about their personal stories into their exciting tech careers.

Panelists: 

Danny Thomas 

April Speight

iAsia Brown

9:00 AM - 9:25 AM PDT

"Hello, World!" in 3 Languages

Hello, World! Are you new to coding? In this session you'll get a taste for a few popular languages. Compare and contrast C#, Python, and Javascript in one quick session.

Shana Matthews, Microsoft

 

Take Your First Steps with Python 

9:30 AM - 9:55 AM PDT

Computer Science Fundamentals with Python

It is such an amazing thing to get involved in Computer Science. There is so much happening around various topics like machine learning, privacy, virtual reality, and cloud computing just to name a few. As exciting as those topics are, they can be extremely intimidating if you are not familiar with the fundamentals. In this session, we will review some of the foundational concepts that are important for every computer science student to understand. We'll be using the Python programming language to help drive some examples, but these ideas are all applicable across most programming languages.

Cecil Philip, Microsoft


 Take Your First Steps with Python

10:00 AM - 10:25 AM PDT

Intro to Visual Studio Code with NodeJS

What is a code editor? What is JavaScript and what is NodeJS?! In this session you will learn how to setup and get started with Visual Studio Code (VS Code) and see how you can start building JavaScript applications with NodeJS. You will see how you can use VS Code features to create and test a very simple web application. After this session you will have the building blocks to start building for the web with VS Code! You will learn things like what the package.json is, the node package manager (npm) tool, how to set up and run tests with Jest and how to debug your code with VS Code. After this session you will have the building blocks to start building for the web with VS Code!

Chris Noring, Microsoft


Develop web applications with Visual Studio Code

Build JavaScript applications with Node.js

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM PDT 

Hello Cloud Computing World!

"There is no cloud, it’s just someone else’s computer”. Maybe you heard that joke, and of course it’s true. But of course when that someone is Microsoft, and the computers are thousands and thousands of servers, people start paying attention. In this presentation, Laurent Bugnion, a Microsoft Azure Cloud Advocate will guide your first steps into the cloud. We’ll discover some key cloud services, see how you can deploy your code easily, and understand what tools can be used to manage the remote infrastructure. The cloud can be scary at first, but we’ll take you by the hand and guide you step by step.

Laurent Bugnion, Microsoft


Azure Fundamentals

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM PDT

Build a Beautiful Web site the Easy Way Using Azure Static Web Apps

Want a quick, painless way to deploy your web sites? Let’s learn together how to build out the front end and back end of your web site using Azure Static Web Apps. Together, we’ll build a web site and host it in the cloud with ease!

Jen Looper, Microsoft


Publish an Angular, React, Svelte, or Vue JavaScript app and API with Azure Static Web Apps

11:30 AM - 11:55 AM PDT

Introduction to GitHub

Whether you're working on your own project, contributing to an open source project, or working with a team to build something new, GitHub provides you with the support and structure to plan, develop, and share your code with confidence. In this session, you will learn the basic flow of GitHub, how to get started on new projects, the importance of communication, and best practices for contributing to open source. No coding or GitHub experience required, it is recommended you sign up for GitHub prior to joining so you can click along!

Sarah Guthals, Microsoft


Introduction to GitHub

12:00 PM - 12:25 PM PDT 

Quickly coding with Codespaces

When you start writing code the first thing you normally have to do is configure your computer environment for development. This involves installing tools, updating programming packages, and following confusing steps, but all the environment configuration is done for you with Codespaces! By using Codespaces, you can quickly access an already configured and fully functional development environment straight from your browser! We'll explore how to get started with Codespaces, bring in your existing code, and start writing!

Christopher Harrison, Microsoft 

12:30 PM - 12:55 PM PDT

Intro to Data Concepts and Databases

You’ve probably heard the term “data driven”, but what does that even mean? Data is a vital piece of the choices we make, from important business decisions to what we eat for dinner (yes, seriously!). Data affects the world around us and can come in many shapes, sizes and formats. In this session you will learn the fundamental concepts around storing and working with data. We will learn how to create a SQL database in the cloud, run basic queries and connect to your database from an application. After this session you will understand how you can organize and process data, the difference between relational and non-relational databases, and how data is handled through transactional processing.

Jasmine Greenaway, Microsoft


Azure SQL Fundamentals

1:00 PM - 1:25 PM PDT

What is an API?

When you start coding, you begin to see the word "API" a lot. Which is great. Because that's just what you always wanted - another TLA (three letter acronym). I remember when I first started my career I was confused by the concept of an API. What is an API? This code I'm using calls itself an API. And that website says it has an API. And this tutorial just said that I was writing an API. WHAT ISN'T AN API!?! In this session, we're going to demystify the idea of the API. Where did this phrase come from what does it really mean, and for goodness sakes, why does everything have to be an acronym?

Burke Holland, Microsoft


Build Serverless APIs with Azure Functions

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM PDT

Intro to Cyber Security

Our world is more digital now than it has ever been and with that change has come an ever-growing urge to protect ourselves and others while online. This session will introduce you to cybersecurity, how it affects us and how we can protect ourselves, our friends and family and our employers by learning basic security hygiene. Topics like password management, antivirus scanning and program updates will be covered. You'll also get some fun tips on social engineering and how to navigate social engineering attacks in the future.

Stephanie Ihezukwu


Fundamentals of Network Security

2:00 PM - 2:25 PM PDT

Rethink the Modern Mobile App: An Intro to Mobile Development

Almost half of daily internet access occurs via mobile with the average user engaging with their device over 2500 times per day! And while many have 80+ apps installed, most users engage with <10 apps on a regular basis, with ~40% of apps being uninstalled due to lack of use. What does this mean to you as a new developer? Mobile app development is both a huge opportunity and a constant challenge. In this talk we’ll look at the mobile development landscape – from native apps to multi-platform development and mobile web. We’ll talk about design challenges and personalizing user experiences to match diverse contexts. And we’ll look  at emerging paradigms in dual-screen and multi-posture devices (e.g., Surface Duo) and talk about how we can leverage these technology advances to rethink the modern mobile app.

Nitya Narasimhan, Microsoft

 

Build dual-screen Xamarin.Forms apps by using TwoPaneView
Introduction to Dual Screen Devices

2:30 PM - 2:55 PM PDT

How to Start Contributing To Open-Source

Open-source software has become a foundational piece of modern software engineering, existing as the platform for everything from personal projects to the most successful products. Open-source is often framed as a good way to garner both visibility and experience, but in that assertion there's a lot of assumptions about how you'll participate. In this talk, we'll cover basics of contributing to open-source and discuss tooling, etiquette, and self-care with the goal of preparing you to start making meaningful contributions to an existing open-source project.

Tierney Cyren, Microsoft

 

Build Community-Driven Software Projects on GitHub

3:00 PM - 3:25 PM PDT

Working Smarter: 5 Steps to Getting Unstuck

A personal story from my first tech job that change my outlook on "there is no such thing as a dumb question." In this session we will learn 5 points with examples of asking effective questions on the internet (stack overflow, medium, google in general) and to team members. We will walk through an example of a technical problem that might get you stuck (with code samples) and how to go through the 5 steps to getting unstuck. With summarizing 5 steps, talk aways, and ending with story from personal experience how using these steps have helped me work smarter and decreased levels of imposter syndrome by not feeling my questions "were dumb questions".

Rukia Sheikh-Mohamed

3:30 PM - 3:55 PM PDT

Confusion is the Sweat of Learning

Learning a new skill? That means, at some point, you’re likely to find yourself confused. That perplexion, the murky and unclear state of being out of sorts, can be daunting. The fear of never being able to understand can be hard to overcome, let alone eventually understanding the concept itself. However, it is more important than you think to be confused. In this session, you’ll learn that confusion is an important part of the process of learning. We’ll talk about identifying it, what steps to take when you’re confused, and why the act of finding the answer is more important than the answer itself.

PJ Metz

4:00 PM - 4:25 PM PDT

Intro to Twitch: Join the Live Coding Community!

Have you heard about Twitch.tv? Twitch is a live streaming platform that allows you to connect, ask questions and learn by watching developers code live! It’s a great place to join virtual communities to continue your learning journey. In this session we'll share everything you need to know to get started with twitch and live streaming - whether you want to watch them or produce your own. You won’t want to miss this session and opportunity to learn from Brian Clark who's been live coding for over two years!

Brian Clark, Microsoft


Join the Twitch Microsoft Developer Community!

4:30 PM - 4:55 PM PDT

Ask Me Anything: Career Switchers Panel

Tune into this career panel to learn from and talk to people with a variety of tech journeys. They will be there to answer your questions and talk about their path into tech. We have a variety of backgrounds and experience levels from just got their first tech job to a decade of experiences as a software engineer. You wont want to miss this opportunity to ask questions to people that are already on their coding journey.


Panelists:

Danny Thompson, Philip (PJ) Metz, iAsia Brown (Microsoft), Cecil Phillip (Microsoft), and Sophia Li.

Panel Moderator:

Cassie Breviu, Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM PDT

Day 1 Recap 

Closing day 1 with a recap from your hosts Seth and Dona and an overview of what's to come for day 2! 


Day 2 Session and Speaker List

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Nitya Narasimhan

Senior Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Nitya is a PhD and Polyglot with over two decades of software development experience spanning mobile, web and distributed systems. She is a Senior Cloud Advocate in the Mobile & Fusion Devs Advocacy team within Microsoft Developer Relations. Her focus is on empowering native, multi-platform, web and citizen developers to rethink mobile experiences to leverage modern dual-screen, cloud and AI capabilities. Follow her adventures on https://dev.to/nitya.

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Rethink the Modern Mobile App: An Intro to Mobile Development

burke holland

Developer Advocate, Microsoft

Burke Holland is a front-end developer living in Nashville, TN; the greatest city in the world according to science. He enjoys JavaScript a lot because it's the only way he Node to Express himself. Get it? Never mind. Burke blogs only slightly better than he codes and definitely not as good as he talks about himself in the third person. Burke works at Microsoft on where he spends most of his time on VS Code. You can find him on Twitter as @burkeholland.

Speaking on:

What is an API?

Rukia Sheikh-Mohamed

Soona-Full Stack Developer

Speaker & Developer at Soona.

Speaking on:

Working Smarter: 5 Steps to Getting Unstuck

CECIL PHILLIP

Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Cecil Phillip is a software developer with almost a decade of experience in the software development. Over his career, he’s worked in different roles and created software solutions for various industries such as finance, education, HR, and healthcare. Today, he's a Developer Advocate at Microsoft where he helps guide students and developers get up to speed with cloud technology.

Speaking on:

Computer Science Fundamentals with Python and Career Panel Q&A

Shana matthews

Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Shana Matthews is a program manager at Microsoft focused on technologies to improve how we teach cloud computing. She strives to make cloud computing intuitive for new programmers by improving products, documentation, and learning resources. Previously, Shana was a software engineer on the Windows Maps team where she created geospatial APIs for 3rd party developers.

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"Hello, World!" in 3 Languages

pj metz

Future Developer

Greetings, I'm Pj Metz and I’m an English teacher in Orlando, Fl. I’m beginning my journey into tech after ten years in the classroom. When I’m not grading papers, working with the marching band, or providing tech support to my fellow educators, I’m learning to code live on Twitch. You can watch me make tons of mistakes and laugh about them Here. I’ve also built a website, Your New Favorite Poem. I’m excited to meet others that are also beginning their journey into tech! I’m proud to be a part of this conference and part of the emerging tech community!

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Confusion is the Sweat of Learning and Career Panel Q&A

jasmine greenaway

Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Jasmine is a New York City based developer and Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. Her years of software development experience has led her to different development environments and industries, such as in retail, gaming, and developer tooling. She also teaches the basics of web development as an adjunct professor at a local college. Outside of work, she volunteers as a co-organizer at BrooklynJS, a monthly meetup held Brooklyn, NYC.

Speaking on:

Intro to Data Concepts and Databases

Danny Thompson

Software engineer and GDG Memphis Leader

A software engineer with a passion for helping others who has helped more than 60 people land their first jobs in tech.

Speaking on:

Career Switcher Stories

jen looper

Cloud Advocate Lead, Microsoft

Jen is a Google Developer Expert and a Cloud Advocate Lead at Microsoft on the Academic Team with 20+ years' experience as a web and mobile developer, specializing in creating cross-platform mobile and web apps. She's a multilingual multiculturalist with a passion for hardware hacking, mobile apps, Vue.js, machine learning and discovering new things every day. With a PhD in medieval French literature, Jen's area of focus is currently in applied machine learning, applying new techniques to rediscover ancient artifacts. Founder and CEO of Vue Vixens Inc, an international nonprofit charity that promotes diversity in the Vue.js community. Visit Jen's personal website.

Speaking on:

Build a Beautiful Web site the Easy Way Using Azure Static Web Apps

Tierney Cyren

Senior Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Tierney is a member and chairperson of the Node.js Community Committee, a contributor to various Node.js working groups and initiatives focusing, on the continued growth and success of the Node.js community. He also participates in Electron, TC39, and the OpenJS Foundation CPC. He's been contributing to open-source since he was 16. Since then, his focus has largely been geared toward developer tooling and communities.

Speaking on:

How to Start Contributing To Open-Source

Sarah guthals

Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

Sarah Guthals is a Principal Program Manager in Azure Education at Microsoft and focuses her life on providing access to high quality computer science education to novices everywhere. With a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California, San Diego, her passion is to design content, software, and companies that focus on engaging learners. Sarah builds curriculum, teaches teachers, writes books for novices around coding, and is one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science for her work in Computer Science Education.

Speaking on:

Intro to GitHub

iAsia Brown

Program Manager II, Microsoft

iAsia is a self proclaimed, “Coolest Nerd You’ll Ever Meet”. She is currently a PM on the FastTrack for Azure Team.Her superpower is connecting wih people and helping them unlock or tap into pieces of themselves they didn’t know existed , while creating safe spaces for people to communicate. iAsia came to Microsoft after serving 16 years in the Marine Corps and is a combat veteran.

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Career Switcher Stories

laurent bugnion 

Senior Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Laurent works as Senior Cloud Developer Advocate for Microsoft Azure after almost 10 years spent working for IdentityMine and Valorem, two leading firms in Microsoft technologies. He codes in Azure, .NET, Windows, WPF, Xamarin (iOS and Android), ASP.NET (Core and Classic). On his free time, he writes for technical publications such as MSDN Magazine, publishes technical videos on YouTube and Microsoft Channel 9, and his blog is on blog.galasoft.ch. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional from 2007 to 2017, a Microsoft Regional Director from 2013 and a Xamarin Most Valuable Professional from 2015.

Speaking on:

Hello Cloud Computing World!

Stephanie Ihezukwu

Cloud Security Operations Analyst, Duo

Stephanie serves as a level 2 cloud security operations analyst for Duo. Outside of work, however, InfoSteph has filled her life with all kinds of cool activities. She speaks at conferences and virtual events on both soft skills and hard skill related subjects. She co-hosts a "happy hour" inspired podcast called Coolest Nerds in the Room, where conversations surrounding the lives of tech people are nurtured. She writes blog posts on her website. Stephanie recognizes those that inspired her or helped her get to where she is today and hopes that everything she does moving forward does the same for others. 

Speaking on:

Intro to Cyber Security

Brian clark

Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

DevRel @microsoft & @pluralsight Author

I like learning new things and sharing them with others. Join in at http://clarkio.live!

Speaking on:

Intro to Twitch: Join the Live Coding Community!

april speight

Senior Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Sr. Cloud Advocate working on Spatial Computing at Microsoft.

Speaking on:

Career Switcher Stories Panel

Scott Hanselman

Partner Program Manager, Microsoft

Scott is a web developer who has been blogging at https://hanselman.com for over a decade. He works in Open Source on ASP.NET and the Azure Cloud for Microsoft out of his home office in Portland, Oregon. Scott has three podcasts for tech talk, on developers' lives and loves, and for pop culture and tech media. He's written a number of books and spoken in person to almost a half million developers worldwide.

Speaking on:

Keynote: The Art of Computers

chris noring

Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Chris is a Cloud Developer advocate with Microsoft. He's been a developer for 15 years. He's also a public speaker and published author. Additionally he is a Google Developer Expert and Auth0 ambassador.

Speaking on:

Intro to Visual Studio Code with NodeJS

Christopher harrison

Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Web developer at heart navigating a complex world.

Speaking on:

Quickly Coding With Codespaces

Sophia Li

Software Engineer, FreeWill

Sophia is a software engineer at FreeWill where she builds products to help people use their estate plans to do tremendous good for the people and causes they love. She shares JavaScript tutorials, learnings from entering tech with a non-traditional background, and insights from coding projects on her [blog](https://sophiali.dev/blog). When she’s not coding, you can find her indoor rock climbing, practicing yoga, or baking sourdough bread.

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Career Switcher Stories Panel

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