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Event Date: Mon, 15 July 2024
Venue: NTUC
NTUC Centre, One Marina Boulevard Level 8, Room 801.

Venue Sponsor: NTUC
Food Sponsor: ArmourZero
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Presentations

Topic : Are You Getting a Fair Deal? Understanding Employment Contracts
Speakers:

Description:
Are you joining a new tech company or shifting to the tech industry? Or you just received a job offer & want to know if the employment contract is fair? Pick up tips on what to look out for in your employment contract before signing on the dotted line

Join us to:
•⁠ ⁠Get expert advice from experienced professionals who have helped tech professionals understand their employment contracts better.
•⁠ ⁠Learn how to navigate the complexities of employment contracts, ensuring you are well-informed and protected.

Speakers:
Herjeet: Experienced negotiator and ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC). Successfully assisted 350 individuals with workplace disputes and guided over 1,500 professionals in career advancement.

Pei Zhen: Certified Behavioural and Career Coach with over 5 years of experience. Coached nearly 500 professionals and mediated over 50 employee-company disputes.

Topics Covered:

  • Employment Contracts for Tech: Key aspects to look out for.
  • Non-Compete Policies: Legal insights on joining competitor companies.
  • Leave Entitlements: Understanding annual, hospitalisation, medical, unlimited, and garden leave.
  • Welfare and Well-being: Ensuring your company meets minimum requirements.
  • Essential Checklist: Top 5 things to look for in your contract and where to get help.

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Topic : Getting started with Pair-Programming
Speaker: Michael Cheng, Software Engineer, GovTech
LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miccheng/

Description:
Learn more about how to do pair-programming at work.

- Benefits of Pair Programming.
- When and how to implement do so.
- How to implement with your work besties.

We will also have a demo of Pair-Programming with Melody.

About Michael:

Michael Cheng is a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer with over 20 years of expertise in software engineering. He possesses a strong background in full-stack development, proficiently working with both front-end and back-end technologies. Michael's technical skills encompass JavaScript, Objective-C, Ruby on Rails and Go Lang, along with extensive knowledge of agile development methodologies such as TDD, BDD, Scrum, and Kanban.

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Event Schedule:
7:00 to 7:30 - Event Registration & Networking
7:30 to 7:35 - Introductory Remarks by Michael Cheng
7:35 to 7:45 - Opening Remarks from Irene and Natasha by NTUC ICM cluster to share about NTUC support for Tech Workers
7:45 to 7:55 - Message from ArmourZero
7:55 to 8:40 - Employment Contracts 101 by Career Coach Herjeet and Pui Chun
8:40 to 8:50 - Break
8:50 to 9:20 - Getting Started with Pair Programming
9:20 to 9:45 - Q&A and Networking

About JuniorDev SG:

JuniorDev SG is a developer interest group that focuses on providing a place for junior developers to learn and network with each other.
At the same time, we seek to be a support system to help junior developers break into tech, navigate their careers as well growing them to one day become senior developers or tech leaders in the tech industry.

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