Welcome to our next {dev.talk} event: "The one with Creatives & Coders at Cottonwood"

This is a ticketed event, Tickets are FREE, and available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/devtalk-the-one-with-creatives-coders-at-cottonwood-tickets-1261177177889?aff=oddtdtcreator

Venue

We are being hosted by Meyrick Estate Management at Cottonwood Hotel this time.

WARNING - There are 2 sets of stairs to navigate to the event room within the venue, and no ramps or lifts at the property to aid.

Doors open at 6:50pm

Event starts at 7pm

Event finishes at 9pm

Parking will be available on site, or on the roads surrounding, as they should be free to park on at that time of day.

It is a 10 min walk from the Lansdowne Roundabout.

Speakers

We will be having 3 speakers, with 2 lightning talks and a single longer session all provided by our amazing community members, this will give us a variety of topics, and lots of time to network too.

George Buckingham is a Head of Development, and will tell us about "PHP Today: Evolving, Growing, and Thriving" (30 mins)

Let's take a look at the state of the modern PHP ecosystem and why you should seriously be considering it for your next development project.

Miguel Salvador is a Full stack Software Engineer and will take us through "No CS Degree != No Job" (10 mins)

Getting a job in the industry without a CS degree, and strategies to persevere through the whole process.

Kerry Oliver is a Content Creator for the Just Pick One UK YouTube channel and will take us through "My first year in YouTube" (10 mins)

I will tell you the ups and downs of starting and maintaining my YouTube channel through its first year.

Who is {dev.talk}

A small team of people who are passionate about the local software engineering community, who realised that a lot of the needs are not being met, so pushed through their fears, and are trying to "Be the change they want to see in the world".

We come together regularly and share knowledge allowing us all to learn and grow in our chosen fields and careers.

It is a relaxed environment where everyone is welcome from all backgrounds and technical levels.

We will be aiming for talks (& lightning talks) that are of any level, and any software engineering based skill. This will include deep dives into technical subjects, soft skills, mental health, career progression etc.

All levels of speaking/presentation skills will be accepted, and actively encouraged.

We want {dev.talk} to feel like friends who support each other.

More details about us, and how to get involved are here: https://devdottalk.uk/

The event space for this session is kindly provided by Meyrick Estate Management and the Cottonwood Hotel.

We are additionally supported by the good people at re:connect and JustPickOneUK

Website - https://devdottalk.uk/

Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/devdottalk.uk

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@devdottalk

Discord - https://discord.gg/N4JGyRthDt