The 71st day of the Gregorian calendar (12th March) is not only Aaron Eckhart’s Birthday (who played the supervillain Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight), but also the date of the NE:Tech March meetup. Last month brought us excellent talks by Colin Eberhardt and Stephen Powers and March is set to not disappoint with a superb talk from Leigh Rathbone and a surprise for the NE:Tech community.
Please welcome your speakers:
Leigh Rathbone, Test Principal @ The Very Group
- The future of tech, and the role of the mobile phone
- Intermediate experience required
- Tags: Tech, Mobile Phone, Future
This is a slight re-work of a talk I've given last year at around 15 events. I'll bring to life my journey through tech, and why I do that is I predict what tech is going to look like in the future, the role of the mobile phone, and what skills will be needed in order to survive.
A little about Leigh:
I've been in tech for 21+ years now, worked at 10 different companies, across 10 different industries. I love tech, I love thinking about how building and testing code in the future will challenge us. I'm a family man, and for my sins I'm also an Aston Villa fan - I must have done something really bad in a previous life. By the time I come and talk, Villa will have gotten battered at Wembley by Man City. I have two kids, they are my world, and I love real ale. I used to do live beer reviews on Facebook, live, but they just got too messy. I'm a believer of self development, and its a key driver in my life. I dislike people that judge others, without knowing the life they've had.
