PyLadies Toronto is back! 🥳 2023 Kickoff Talk Night


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New year new events - welcome back to PyLadies Toronto!
Our first talk night of 2023 features Erica Pisani and Josh Grant.
🐍 Talk #1. What the fuzz? An Introduction to Fuzz Testing by Josh Grant
Description:
Fuzz testing (or fuzzing) is a technique for finding functional bugs and security vulnerabilities in application code using automatically generated semi-valid inputs. Great, but what does that mean? In this talk, I'll give an introduction to what fuzz testing is, some basics of how it works and small demo of some fuzz testing tools for Python and otherwise.
About Josh:
Josh Grant has been working in test automation for over a decade. He's worked with end-to-end UI test automation, API test automation and, recently, fuzz testing. He's currently a Developer Relations Advocate at Code Intelligence and resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Website: https://joshgrant.online
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshin4colours
Mastodon: @joshin4colours@mastodon.social
GitHub: https://github.com/joshmgrant
🐍 Talk #2: Increasing your odds of career success with a ‘brag sheet’ by Erica Pisani
Description:
Do you sometimes feel like some of the meaningful work that you do gets overlooked when performance reviews occur at your company? Have you experienced high manager turnover during the 'great resignation' years and worry that this will impact your prospects of career advancement?
This talk is aimed at helping you become your best advocate by using a 'brag sheet' to help you make the best case for career advancement in your current role, regardless of external circumstances beyond your control.
By the end of the talk, we'll have covered:
* What is a brag sheet
* Why you should keep one
* Elements/categories to consider when constructing your own brag sheet
About Erica Pisani:
Erica is currently a Sr. Software Engineer on the integrations team at Netlify. She's worked in a number of startups across a variety of industries throughout her career, including financial/small business technology, human resources software, and pharmaceutical research technology. In her free time, she enjoys backcountry camping, attempting to learn the violin, and exploring new places in Toronto with her dog Ada.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-pisani-5b77ab84/
Website: ericapisani.dev
Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@ericapisani
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericapisani
Come join us online this month, and stay tuned for in-person events starting next month! 🥳

PyLadies Toronto is back! 🥳 2023 Kickoff Talk Night