By Tian DuBelko
Every week, we bring you the top tech events happening around the city. This week, we have the Less Talk, More Action open forum, the DevOpsDays Seattle, plus more. Check out our top picks below, then head over to our blog to catch up on everything tech-related in the Seattle area.
Less Talk, More Action: How Top Tech Companies Innovate with Inclusion, April 25, 4:00 pm
Despite more awareness and billions invested, tech companies aren’t seeing the diversity needle move. In this open forum, leaders from Expedia, Zillow, Substantial, and others will share their challenges and successes in attracting diverse talent—from expanding their pipeline to vetting nontraditional candidates to leveraging the unique backgrounds of new hires.
DevOpsDays Seattle, April 26, All Day
Held at McCaw Hall in the Seattle Center, DevOpsDays is back to Seattle in 2017. Like Devopsdays around worldwide, this one will cover topics like automation, testing, security, and organizational culture. This conference will also cover topics of software development, IT infrastructure operations, and the intersection between them.
Tech Talk: Engineering through Cost and Efficiency, April 27, 6:00 pm
Seattle tech leaders from TUNE, Convoy, and Zillow will be at the Spring Tech Talk to discuss topics such as challenges with AWS and the key learnings from the the February outage. Learn how these local successful entrepreneurs evolved and scaled their AWS strategy, reduced cost, increased efficiency and key learnings along the way.
Fundamentals for Startups: Minimal Viable Product, April 28, 12:00 pm
These startup sessions will have a topic and an area expert providing key insights and knowledge regarding the topic in a 20-30 minute seminar format. After the seminar, the attendees will break into working sessions to engage with the topic as it relates to them. Listen to speakers on topics such as “Minimal Viable Product” and “Trademark and Copyright 101.”
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