Name: May 2025 - JuniorDev Adelaide - Navigating Your Tech Career - Panel Discussion
Start: 2025-05-15T08:15:00.000Z
Location: Flinders University City Campus

Junior Dev Adelaide is back with a super exciting panel event with some amazing panellists to answer all of your questions.

**🌟 About the Event 🌟**

Our expert panel will explore key topics including job search strategies, standing out during interviews, navigating your first role, thriving in team environments, and effectively leveraging AI as a developer.

Whether you're starting your career, looking to level up, or curious about the evolving role of AI in tech, this event offers practical advice, industry insights, and answers to your most pressing questions.

Capacity limits are in place. So register early to secure your spot.

NB: Please note this will be located at a ***new venue*** *to previous events* (Flinders University City Campus.)

**🌟 About the Panellists 🌟**

**Isaac Mann - Staff Engineer - Quoterite**

Isaac has 20 years of experience in start-ups, including seminal Adelaide stories like SolveIT and HappyCo. He has had roles from implementation, to customer-facing, to executive; building products, high performing teams and recruiting pipelines including graduate and internship programs.

Isaac follows a path alternating between executive (CTO) and individual contributor roles (software engineer), is currently a Staff Engineer at Quoterite, and loves helping people grow and develop to be the best version of themselves.

**Dr Jamie Sherrah - Managing Director - Inject AI**

Dr. Jamie Sherrah, a leading AI expert with over 25 years of experience in machine learning, computer vision, and AI-driven innovation, is the founder of [Inject AI](https://inject.ai/), where he transforms advanced AI concepts into practical solutions that drive business growth and efficiency.

His career spans academia, industry, and defence, including roles as an imagery scientist at DST Group and a technical director for Defence at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning, where he continues to serve as an Associate Professor.

Jamie’s work with Inject AI has led to pioneering achievements, such as award-winning satellite image processing and the creation of Australia’s first AI-brewed beer. With over 40 published papers, five patents, and a deep commitment to the entrepreneurial community, Jamie is dedicated to helping businesses leverage AI for a competitive edge in today’s rapidly evolving landscape.

**Meghan Ede - Human Resources Lead - Comwire IT**

Currently supporting a national team at Comwire IT in the role of Human Resources Lead, Meghan’s career in Human Resources spans multiple industries from Retail and Education through to Real Estate and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.

Believing that great relationships and a consistent work ethic are the cornerstones of success, and that a sense of humour never goes astray, Meghan’s approach to HR is centred in kindness, applying a human approach to people management that balances driving business objectives and supporting individual growth.

**Sam Greenwood - Head of Engineering - LMG Asset Finance**

Sam Greenwood is a technology leader with over 15 years of experience across software, infrastructure, and leadership roles. He has led teams in fast-paced industries like fintech and telecommunications, delivering complex solutions across a broad range of technologies.

Sam is passionate about developing people—supporting engineers as they grow their skills, build confidence, and shape their careers. He believes great teams are built on trust, curiosity, and a shared commitment to continuous learning.

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This is a Free Event.

Event officially ends at 7pm but will kick on for drinks at the Strathmore for anyone interested.

**🙌 Event sponsored by:**
Encode Talent
[www.encodetalent.com.au](http://www.encodetalent.com.au/)
or contact Simon Cook via the heapsgooddev slack or at [[simon@encodetalent.com.au](http://simon@encodetalent.com.au/)]([mailto:simon@encodetalent.com.au](http://mailto:simon@encodetalent.com.au/))

**👋 Come say hello**
Jump on over to the heapsgooddev slack to have a chat. Follow the slack invite link from [https://heapsgood.dev](https://heapsgood.dev/) [[https://heapsgood.dev](https://heapsgood.dev/) ](https://heapsgood.dev)to join.

🙏 A big thank you to Flinders University for hosting the event.

Junior Developers Adelaide

Paul Horowitz

Simon Cook

Karan

Yong Kheng

Pablo Souza Giaccon

EM GNOW

xuanding feng

PIN-HAN SUNG

Sam Greenwood

Keshav

Dhondup Lama 

Shawn Liu

Kanani Deep

Juli

Alex Nguyen

hemant

Achint Mathews

Luke Fielke

Janqui 

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