Abstract: The Recurse Center (RC) hosts self-directed, community-driven educational retreats for programmers. Attendees of all experience levels come to work on whatever excites them - compilers, tools, languages, games, research, machine learning, art - alongside a group of thoughtful, curious peers.
Emily, the retreat facilitator at RC, will share how RC works, what makes its culture and structure unique, and some of the wonderfully weird and ambitious things people make there!
Bio: Emily Bernier is a senior facilitator at the Recurse Center, the retreat where curious programmers come to recharge and grow. She studied computer science and psychology in college, worked in a robotics lab, briefly pursued a PhD in developmental psychology, and then spent a decade building software and leading engineering teams. She’s excited to now support folks at RC in pursuing transformative technical experiences.
