Tech Catchup, Networking & Mentoring | Theme: Thriving in the age of AI
Welcome to Tech Catchup, Networking & Mentoring hosted by CS Dojo!
This is going to be an energetic morning with great company, familiar faces as well as people who are new to our community, and even some casual mentoring opportunities.
Join us if you will be there to:
- Make friends and be a good community member
- Support each other on our tech journeys
- Meet awesome mentors from our local tech community
Don't worry if you're shy or introverted - we welcome all voices and the host and cohosts will do their best to introduce everyone to each other and help everyone feel comfortable.
No matter if you're a software engineer, product manager, a CTO, a founder, or a marketer, we'll have a place for you.
So, what are you waiting for?
Join us!
Location
We booked a private venue in downtown Vancouver.
Theme and questions of this session
"What's a theme?"
It's a topic and a set of questions you can optionally use to get the conversation started.
It's not a strict rule to follow - it's more of an ice breaker in case you aren't sure what you should talk about!
For this session, the theme is: Thriving in the age of AI
Suggested questions:
How has AI impacted your field?
How can you stay competitive in the market as AI becomes more prevalent in your field?
What are some of your favorite AI tools and how do you use them?
Do you feel more excited or more scared about the upcoming advancements of AI?
Confirmed mentors
Justin Wong - CTO & Co-founder of Battlefy
He can advise you on startups, interviewing, as well as general career growth strategy.
Nivedita Gaur - Silicon Architect (AR/VR) at Meta
She can provide mentorship for career development, including utilizing existing skills to expand your applications and improve your current skill set. She can also assist with resolving workplace issues, offering job hunting tips, and editing resumes.
Pardis Noorzad - Founder and CEO at General Folders
YK Sugi - Founder of CS Dojo
He can help you with quick tips on: general career development, getting a job, content creation, etc. as well as potentially introducing you to other people with expertise in different fields.
Atena Razm - Frontend Game Developer | Unity & C#
She can help you with resume updates, personal branding on LinkedIn, React and Unity project technical support, as well as motivating and inspiring.
Jennifer Chou - Founder of Vegan Tech Nomad
She can advise you on your career in growth marketing.
Kasey Fu - AI Product Manager, Planview Copilot | Ex-Microsoft, Unity
He can provide support to mentees interested in product management and provide insight into AI, writing (as a published author), as well as public speaking.
Sam Huo - Senior Software Engineer & Entrepreneur
He can help you with software & software architecture.
Yang Su - Staff Software Engineer at ApplyBoard
Ankita Mehta - Software Engineer (Data/Machine Learning) at Arista Networks
Waquas Mohammad - Machine Learning Engineer
He can help you with anything related to LLMs as he is currently specializing in computational linguistics.
Riya Eliza - Master's in Data Science at UBC ('24)
She can help you with getting started in data science.
Fauwial Khan - Economic Data Analyst/Engineer
He can help you with all things AI and LLM, drawing on his extensive experience with the USDOT, where he developed algorithms, economic policies, and theoretical AI models now utilized by the US government. He's a published researcher in these areas and has led cross-functional teams across the US.
Kris (KK) Krüg - Founder & CEO | Community Builder & Media Maker
Confirmed cohosts
Minru Sherry Wu - Product Manager | UX/UI Designer
Tony - Thawatchai Saengthamchai - Full Stack Developer
Johny Kuang - Software Engineer @ Axon | Ex-Amazon
Charlotte Hou - Research Assistant in Integrated Science Lab
Waquas Mohammad - Machine Learning Engineer
Grace Guan - Product Manager
FYI
*Premium members can get up to $7 off the ticket: https://www.patreon.com/csdojo2
**Please note: This will be a BYOD (bring your own drink) event unless we have enough ticket sales to cover the cost of drinks and cups. We’ll keep you updated on the event page.
Update on this: we'll most likely be able to get drinks and cups as well as name tags using ticket sales. Let us know if you have specific preferences for those.
***Also note: If you have any questions about what’s expected of cohosts and mentors, please take a look at this page: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19O9UHrSDStISmH6EV5LF8mHBxACk0nrh0f5VbF8k_pg/