OkCupid Labs Tech Talks featuring Sam Yagan, Founder of OkCupid

Ever wonder how the matching system OkCupid uses to bring people together came about? Curious about the next apps coming out of OkCupid Labs? Then join us for an evening of tech talks at Jillian's at the Metreon!

This is a great opportunity for Engineers and Designers to:

Get to know more about the science behind people matching Learn about the tools we're using to develop our new products Get a sneak peak of our cool new product prototypes Have some food, drinks, and conversation with developers at OkCupid Labs Agenda:

6:00pm - 6:30pm Networking/ refreshments 6:30pm - 8:00pm Tech talks 8:00pm - 8:30pm Wrap

Featuring talks by:

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/7/0/e/event_139786862.jpegSam Yagan, OkCupid's Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer

About Sam: Sam has spent 13 years as an entrepreneur, first as Co-founder and CEO of TheSpark.com, Inc. More recently, he has served as President of MetaMachine, Inc., developer and distributor of the world’s leading P2P file-sharing application, eDonkey.

The Talk: The Science Behind Matching, applying lessons from the world's best dating site to the Labs

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/a/6/6/event_127123622.jpegShawn Drost, Software Engineer

The Talk: Backbone is not a framework

• plumbing vs. engineering

• building parts vs. building structure

• practical lessons

• do you want a framework?

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/a/a/2/event_127123682.jpegBen Pellow, Software Engineer

About Ben: programmer, Android developer, likes Git

The Talk: Online Dating has Problems

• No recruiters please