PyLadies SF at Vonage

​Join us for an evening of pizza, Python, and networking! A big thank you to Vonage for sponsoring our meetup!

​Tentative Agenda

• ​6:30 pm: Networking and Food

• ​7:25 pm: Welcome and Community Announcements

• ​7:30 pm: Sponsor Presentation: Seeking validation: An introduction to Pydantic

  • ​Liz Acosta, Developer Advocate, Vonage

  • ​Description: Thanks to the power of Rust, Pydantic offers developers a quick, flexible, and reliable solution to wrangling Python’s dynamic typing when getting it right the first time really matters.
    
    But what does it really mean to define stricter models and is seeking validation always applicable? We’ll take a look at a Python SDK before and after adoption of Pydantic to find out!

• ​7:50 pm: What Builders Need to Know About Securing Agent Access

  • ​Semona Igama, Developer Advocate at Okta

  • ​Description: Earlier this year, one engineer connected an AI note-taking app to their work account and clicked "Allow All" — months later, that stolen OAuth token gave attackers six weeks of silent access to a major cloud platform's internal systems and customer secrets.
    
    Meanwhile, we're all vibe coding apps that connect to AI agents around the clock, using OAuth patterns built for humans clicking buttons. In this talk, we'll unpack how that breach unfolded and explore the emerging open standard, making these connections "secure by design" — no security background required. If an enterprise customer asked how your app grants, scopes, and revokes access, would you have an answer?

• ​8:10 pm: Lightning Talk: How I Roast my Coworkers I just met with Python, Slack, and Google APIs

  • ​Elizabeth (Lizzie) Siegle, Developer Advocate at Entire

  • ​Description: My company is remote and I just met them all in-person at our off-site. The vibes were so good and people were fun and funny in-person. I want to keep that going and built an app to help me roast them based on meeting transcripts and emails and messages sent to me.

• ​8:20 pm: How to Land an AI Job in 30 Days (Without a PhD)

  • ​Mohana Medisetty, Founder, Vemora | AI Engineer & Startup Consultant

  • ​Description: AI is evolving faster than traditional education can keep up. In this talk, I’ll share a practical 30-day roadmap for breaking into AI engineering, covering the core skills, tools, projects, and mindset needed to become employable in today’s AI market.
    
    Drawing from my experience building production AI systems, consulting with early-stage startups, and founding Vemora, an AI-powered fashion technology startup, I’ll discuss what companies are actually looking for and how aspiring engineers can stand out in a competitive market.

• ​8:40 pm: Networking

• ​9:30 pm: End of event

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