Name: Topic: Lightning Talks!
Start: 2024-12-11T17:30:00-07:00
End: 2024-12-11T20:30:00-07:00
Location: Thrive Workplace

5:30-6:00: Food, Soda, Beer and Networking

6:00-6:15: Announcements

**6:15-7:45: Lightning Talks**

For our December meetup, we'll be doing lightning talks!

**What is a Lightning Talk?**
Lightning Talks are short, powerful presentations lasting 5 to 10 minutes that focus on a single idea, insight, or topic. They’re fast-paced, engaging, and designed to leave a lasting impression. This is your chance to share your knowledge, spark conversations, and inspire the audience—without the long-form commitment of a full presentation.

Speakers:

**1\. Gordon Weakliem\, Efficient Interviewing for Java Developers**
Coding questions are an unfortunate reality of interviews and Java isn't the most efficient language to crank out quick and dirty solutions. Yet there are techniques to improve your performance. I'll cover some basic tricks of the trade.

**2\. Gabe Hamilton\, AI Trust**
How do you Trust your AI Agents? Did my agent find me a good deal or get fooled by Ads? Did it make a biased decision? I'll present some techniques for building AI Trust and Reputation systems for individuals and companies.

**3\. Graham Shalvoy\, AI did what to my resume??**
Have you ever applied to a job that you were an absolute ringer for and never got a call? AI is being used to screen resumes in 90% of the Fortune 500 companies. But the problem is, it's not very intelligent. In this short session, we will talk about how AI for ATS's work and give you an idea on how to beat the machine.

**4\. Christina Naff\, Cracking the Code: How I Landed a Job in Today’s Tough Market**
Most of us have heard stories about top-notch developers with solid experience applying for countless jobs and getting no call-backs. Or maybe you've experienced this yourself. What's going on here? Could it all just be attributed to the soft job market for IT Professionals? I'll share some insights and best practices I picked up during my long, arduous job search this year. Some of these you may already know, but others might surprise you. My hope is to help you navigate and potentially speed up your own job search. And for those who are gainfully employed, count your blessings—but grab a pen, too. You never know when you might find yourself navigating the unpredictable waters of the job market.

**5\. Jarek Krych\, Distributed Software for the Next\-Generation Distributed Power Grid**
Key highlights
\* Vision of our future power grid (Distributed Energy Resources DERs, data-driven operations, real-time data, optimization, reliability, resilience);
\* Power grid and distributed software system analogies.

**6\. Greg Ostravich\, Rubik’s Cube Primer**
Teach some basic moves of the Rubik’s cube, walk through the first few steps together of the 8 steps to solve using the layered method. Attendees can bring their own cube.

7:45: Door prizes

Thanks to our sponsors!

* [TEKsystems](https://www.teksystems.com/)
* [Talent Groups](https://www.talentgroups.com/)
* [Agile Developer](https://agiledeveloper.com/)
* [JetBrains](https://www.jetbrains.com/)
* [Thrive Workplace](https://www.thriveworkplace.com/centennial/)

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