RethinkDB at Heavybit -- beginners workshop, great talks & demos!

Agenda

6:30 Food & Beer

6:30 - 7:30 Beginners workshop

• Learn how to get up and running with RethinkDB, get feedback from the team and individual support on your project, or get startup advice from the founders.

7:30 Talks

• Talk 1: Jake Klamka - Transitioning to a Career in Data Science or Data Engineering

• Talk 2: Étienne Laurin - A RethinkDB driver for Haskell

8:15 Social & Networking

8:30 End

Talk 1: Jake Klamka - Transitioning to a Career in Data Science or Data Engineering -- The rise of big data analytics in recent years has created a compelling opportunity for scientists and engineers to become data engineers or data scientists at fast growing tech companies. Unfortunately, for many academics and engineers, there exists a skills gap between their quantitative, machine learning, database and/or computer science fundamentals and the practical experience sought by leading data teams.

This talk will focus on strategies that engineers and academics, who are not currently working on a data engineers or data scientists, can use to break into the industry. Best practices of leading data teams will be discussed, along with specific approaches you can take to leverage your engineering or quantitative experience to become a successful member of one of these teams.

Jake is the founder of the Insight Data Science Fellows Program (http://insightdatascience.com/), a postdoctoral training fellowship which helps quantitative PhDs move into careers in data science. There are now more than 150 Insight Fellows working as data scientists and data engineers at companies including Facebook, LinkedIn, Square, Microsoft, Palantir, Airbnb, Jawbone, Intuit, Netflix and various startups. This summer Insight introduced the Insight Data Engineering Fellows Program (http://insightdataengineering.com/), tailored specifically to professional engineers (PhD NOT required) who want to become big data infrastructure engineers at a leading tech companies.

Talk 2: Étienne Laurin - A RethinkDB driver for Haskell -- Connecting to a schema-less database with a statically typed language.

Étienne is a programing language enthusiast from Montreal, Canada, currently working for RethinkDB.

• As our community continues to grow, we're eagerly seeking new projects to share at our events around the world. If you're interested in giving a talk or hosting a meetup of your own, contact Christina for more info (and plenty of swag): christina@rethinkdb.com