Networks

Introduction

CTO @ Birchbox

What languages/frameworks do you use (Java, .NET, PHP, Ruby, etc.)?

@ Birchbox we currently use Ruby, Java, Python and PHP (Magento + EE)

What topics might you be interested in?

Everything pretty much - technical topics, engineering management, product design, etc

Do you have any specific areas of expertise? Would you be willing to share it with the group?

I did a PhD in CS @ CMU. I've done a bunch of work in the "personal assistant" agent space from the machine learning algorithms that drive the software, to how it is best presented to the user.

What is your favorite unit test framework and why?

Depends on the language.

What is your favorite version control system and why?

Git