“Big Brains, Big Data, and Design to Test Cloud Services at Scale”

Hey Hackers,

Hope your summer was awesome! We can't wait to kick of another round of meetups this coming fall. First out we got some cool people from Microsoft coming to visit us. Big Thanks to Kalle for making this happen! Since we want Peking Hackers to be more of a collaboration between companies and students we will reserve 50% of the spots for companies this time. Meaning there are only 30 spots available. First come first serve and make sure to sign up for the waiting list if we're full.

Schedule below and more in depth details further down:

17.15-18.15: Workshop on how to get noticed by large tech companies (students only)
18.15-19.00: Mingle, drinks and food(students + companies)
18.30-21.00: “Big Brains, Big Data, and Design to Test Cloud Services at Scale” by Chris Mitchell Principal Development Engineer for Microsoft(students + companies)

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

Come and get some helpful advice on how to get noticed and successfully interview with any of the world’s top software development companies. Learn from an International Tech Recruiter and Principal Development Lead at Microsoft on what makes your CV/resume stand out and how to “own” your interviews.

ABOUT THE TALK

Title: “Big Brains, Big Data, and Design to Test Cloud Services at Scale”

Abstract: Unit and functional tests alone aren’t enough to test large cloud services at scale. Cloud services not only need monitoring, but they also need continual testing. We will explore use of big data and deep technical understanding to verify a cloud service is working on each and every request. This big data puzzle is filled with lots of ambiguity, very messy and heterogeneous data, and a dynamic and changing datacenter and codebase. Obstacles include how to gather all the data we need to make product decisions, respect privacy, and not drown in useless data.

About the Speaker: Chris Mitchell is a Principal Development Engineer for Microsoft Developer Center Norway focusing on search technologies. Prior to moving to Oslo, Norway, Chris worked at Microsoft in Redmond, WA on Microsoft Exchange Server focusing on performance, scalability, and optimization of both enterprise and cloud services with special emphasis on disk I/O and storage, server to server networking, and optimization of managed code (C#). Chris studied Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his hobbies include amateur radio and modernist cooking.

Hope to see you there!

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