DDD by Night February - Hybrid event

It's DDD but *lightning*.

The evening will be a hybrid event hosted by the DDD Melbourne crew and consist of short & sharp presentations of fifteen minutes in length on a dev related subject.

ONLINE ATTENDANCE
You can join us on zoom, we'll aim to get the call started somewhere around 6pm before we have our introductions and first speaker. --> https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89588020033?pwd=WEFGKzkzVENaekhENTBRdVlPa0J3QT09

You can ask questions of our speakers via Slido. We'll try to ask your questions as they come through on Slido, but otherwise we'll be asking speakers to come back to them asynchronously --> https://app.sli.do/event/f44zUoA8zhQr7TXUzQxXUA

MASTER OF CEREMONIES/HOST
Our MC for the evening will be the amazing Gretchen Scott!

Gretchen is a former Community Manager at Cloudflare and a leading executive in tech. She is a Director at Women Who Code Melbourne and a founder of Tech Diversity Lab; the only platform with technology focused career growth frameworks.

SCHEDULE
5.45pm Open doors

6.15pm Intro and three talks

Career pathways for software engineers: Michelle Gleeson
(Pitched at software engineers, from early career to those embarking on leadership)
Navigating a career in software can be tricky. How do you know if you want to stay technical or manage people? If you do know your path, how do you even get there? This talk is a quick intro in how to think about choosing the right path for you and taking the next step toward growing your career.

(Unfortunately Brad Thomas, and their talk "APIs explained", can no longer join us. We'll have them at a future DDD by Night)

Slim your Docker images in less than a handful of steps: James Liu
(Pitched at anyone building or consuming Docker images)
It's time for your Dockerfiles to hit the gym! In this talk, we'll examine a few easy steps you can take to slim down your production Docker images without breaking a sweat, or your keyboard.

7.15pm Break for some Food

7.45pm Three more talks

Web 3 The Great Con - Alexander Karan
(Pitched at anyone in tech)
Have you ever looked at an NFT and wondered why they sell for outrageous sums of money?

Looking closer at the blockchain, have you wondered how a write-only database is better than what you currently use?

When bombarded with marketing and other developers telling you Web3 is the future, do you find that the bad parts get glossed over with a hand wave?

Join me as we pull apart these rose tinted glasses of the Web3 future and look at the damage it causes.

Learn about the pitfalls of Web3, Blockchain and Crypto. Learn how to see past the distorted dreams of the Web3 crowd. Most importantly, gain a reflection on the impact the systems we build can have.

Speech to Text: Making Podcasts and AI Accessible - Akanksha Malik
(Pitched at general tech users with a base understanding of cloud tech and usage)
Cloud solutions - especially those involving machine learning - can often be viewed as enterprise only solutions. However, there are countless use cases where it should be utilised in everyday life to make things more accessible. Azure ML has been making large headway in making this a possibility with low code solutions.

Join me in a session as I go through how I leverage Azure Cognitive Services in my life to transcribe a podcast in efforts to make it as inclusive and accessible as possible. See how you could have a speech to text service up and running in minutes.

Debunking Common Consulting Myths - Lachlan Wright
(Pitched at anyone in tech)
Do I need to wear a suit? Won't I just be making PowerPoints all day long? Will I ever see a terminal again? A lot of engineers have misconceptions about what technology consulting is actually like and as a result miss out on gaining valuable experience and learning priceless skills that can be applied to both professional and personal endeavours. In this lightning tall we'll clarify some of those misconceptions and talk about how consulting can really accelerate your career and professional and personal development.

8.45pm Close

The evening will be hosted by the DDD Melbourne crew.
https://www.dddmelbourne.com/

CODE OF CONDUCT
All DDD events are subject to the DDD Code of Conduct available at https://www.dddmelbourne.com/code-of-conduct/

VENUE, DRINK AND FOOD SPONSOR
https://www.azenix.com.au/