No One Knows What They're Doing (404: Career Not Found) | NY Tech Week
Tech Panel + Networking
Let's be real. Your next opportunity probably won't come from another job application. It's going to come from a conversation. The person next to you who knows about a role before it's posted. The founder who needs exactly your skill set. The recruiter who actually remembers your face.
This is that room.
We're putting a startup founder, a DevOps engineer, and a recruiting leader in one room to talk about what's actually working in tech right now. No fluff. No LinkedIn jargon. Just real talk about getting hired, building things, and figuring it out in 2026.
But honestly the panel is just the warmup. The real reason to come is the people around you. Engineers, founders, product folks, career switchers, and people who are one good conversation away from their next move.
Come meet them.
The Panel
Jim Hunter: Founder/CEO of nCent Holdings, former CTO of Delos, board director, and AI/platform strategy advisor to scale-ups and enterprises. Has built and led engineering teams from 0 to 70+.
William Hutson: Senior DevOps Engineer at Hyperscience, Vimeo alum (8+ years), and founder of Flushing Tech.
Bri Cougle: Head of Global Early Careers at Ancestry, with nearly a decade of experience recruiting top talent in data science, engineering, and product.
In the Room
The team from Materialize, a NYC-based streaming SQL database company, will be there to connect. If you're into data engineering, infra, or curious about what it's like working at a well-funded NYC startup, find them.
WAGMI-Connect, a NYC networking company dedicated to building a 'Third Place' where professionals, entrepreneurs, and creators can connect and mingle.
Doors open at 6 pm.