Syracuse Software Development Meetup

 
 
 

Join us for a special CODES Common Space day June 7th with a lunchtime tour of the TCGPlayer[1] offices and Authentication center (see below for details) which are just down the street!

As before the folks over at Common Space[2] have agreed to waive the daily fee for this group so come for the day, a few hours, or just for lunch & tour. They even have small meeting rooms if you need to take a meeting while you're there!

The TCGPlayer tour and lunch are optional but will be a great chance to see how a local technology company runs! The rough plan is to head over around lunch time, get a tour of both their unique offices & their partially automated Authentication center, then hear from one of their technical teams while enjoying a complimentary lunch while we talk, ask questions, etc….

To speed the process, we’ll need to gather the names and emails of those that want to go on the tour, although we can handle some unplanned attendees it will just save us some time.

Please RSVP, and if there are any questions - just ask!

See you there,
Jay

[1] https://careers.tcgplayer.com/about-us
[2] https://www.commonspace.com/work

 
 
 

What we'll do

• OpenHack is a casual social coding meetup with a simple purpose: Code together, on anything.

Here’s how OpenHack works:

• You can hack on anything! Any language, framework, public/open-source, personal projects, client work… anything!
• You don’t have to have an idea to hack on, you can come join someone else
• We’ll kick things off with a quick round of introductions, to say who you are, what you’re working on, and if you’d like help with your idea
• Food and drinks will be provided
• Feel free to join us - bring a laptop, a project, and a friend!

We welcome local developers and designers of all skill levels, interests, ages genders, you-name-it to get together to write code or push pixels. We’ll provide good food, good people, and creative energy.

See more at https://syracuse.io/groups/open_hack/

What to bring

• A laptop if you're bringing a project, but not required

Important to know

• Please review our Code of Conduct before attending: https://syracuse.io/code-of-conduct/

 
 
 

Comp Sci Book Club will continue our discussion of The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder. We'll discuss chapters 9-12 at the meeting. See you there!

Amazon | Barnes and Noble | IndieBound | Onondaga Co. Library
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We will be rotating discussion leaders each month. Let us know if you're interested in hosting a meeting and we'll add you to the schedule.

Join our Comp Sci Book Club on Amazon and suggest books for future Meetups here: http://bit.ly/compscibookclub

Book description:
"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, The Soul of a New Machine was a bestseller on its first publication in 1981. With the touch of an expert thriller writer, Tracy Kidder recounts the feverish efforts of a team of Data General researchers to create a new 32-bit superminicomputer. A compelling account of individual sacrifice and human ingenuity, The Soul of a New Machine endures as the classic chronicle of the computer age and the masterminds behind its technological advances.

​“A superb book,” said Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. “All the incredible complexity and chaos and exploitation and loneliness and strange, half-mad beauty of this field are honestly and correctly drawn.” The Washington Post Book World said, “Kidder has created compelling entertainment. He offers a fast, painless, enjoyable means to an initial understanding of computers, allowing us to understand the complexity of machines we could only marvel at before, and to appreciate the skills of the people who create them.”"

 
 
 

Comp Sci Book Club will be kicking off our new book: The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder. We'll discuss chapters 1-4 at the meeting. See you there!

Amazon | Barnes and Noble | IndieBound | Onondaga Co. Library
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We will be rotating discussion leaders each month. Let us know if you're interested in hosting a meeting and we'll add you to the schedule.

Join our Comp Sci Book Club on Amazon and suggest books for future Meetups here: http://bit.ly/compscibookclub

Book description:
"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, The Soul of a New Machine was a bestseller on its first publication in 1981. With the touch of an expert thriller writer, Tracy Kidder recounts the feverish efforts of a team of Data General researchers to create a new 32-bit superminicomputer. A compelling account of individual sacrifice and human ingenuity, The Soul of a New Machine endures as the classic chronicle of the computer age and the masterminds behind its technological advances.

​“A superb book,” said Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. “All the incredible complexity and chaos and exploitation and loneliness and strange, half-mad beauty of this field are honestly and correctly drawn.” The Washington Post Book World said, “Kidder has created compelling entertainment. He offers a fast, painless, enjoyable means to an initial understanding of computers, allowing us to understand the complexity of machines we could only marvel at before, and to appreciate the skills of the people who create them.”"