2025 February Event hosted by Goodlord

Hi everyone! 👋

We are excited to announce our February in person event of 2025 🎉

Register now and join us for a wonderful evening hosted by Goodlord 🥳

Please provide us with your name for registration purposes.

(The Hickman, 2 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1EW)

Agenda

• 6:00 PM - Refreshments and registration
• 6:30 PM - Welcome and a few words from hosts
• 6:40 PM - 🗣️ Job Hunt in 2024: When Life Gives You Lemons - Lula Leus
• 7:10 PM - Break
• 7:30 PM - 🗣️ The Human Factor: Evaluating Soft Skills in Engineering Candidates - Frankie Malpass and Mollie Yates
  8:00 PM - Networking/Discussion
• 8:30 PM - Leave Goodlord offices. Optionally, go to a nearby pub.

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Job Hunt in 2024: When Life Gives You Lemons
Lula Leus
Every software engineer goes through the process of looking for a new job from time to time, making it a constantly relevant topic. In “Job Hunt in 2024: When Life Gives You Lemons”, I share my journey as an experienced software engineer navigating a tough job market in 2024.

This talk has two objectives - give advice and provide inspiration. To achieve the first, I provide practical advice on preparing for interviews from my recent experiences. I break down the engineering hiring process into five interview types: HR Initial, Tech Initial, Live Coding/Take Home Assignment, System Design, and Behavioral Interviews. I’ll describe each type and offer actionable preparation tips, including the most helpful resources I used.

To achieve the second objective and provide inspiration, I go beyond technical “how-to” advice. I share my personal story of a four-month job search involving 60 applications and many rejections. I shine a light on numerous hours of preparation and the heartbreak of being rejected repeatedly before receiving a few precious offers I worked so hard to get.

This talk aims to help women engineers currently job hunting with ready-to-use practical tips and inspire others with a feel-good story of resilience and perseverance.

TBA
Frankie Malpass
TBA

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