Career 2.0

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Thursday, April 23, 2009
6:00 PM-8:30 PM
160 Shadyac Avenue, Memphis, TN 38105

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Who's Coming?

Jared Richardson from NFJS One will be in town to discuss how to take your development career to the next level.

We will probably have time for 2-3 lightning talks as well - please let me know ASAP if you'd like to give a talk. Thanks!

We will again be treated to dinner/snacks courtesy of our principal sponsor, Vaco Technology. We will also have several exciting door prizes!

Speakers:

  • Jared Richardson

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    Jared Richardson, co-author of Ship It! A Practical Guide to Successful
    Software Projects, is a speaker, consultant, and mentor. Jared has been in the industry for more than fifteen years as a consultant, developer, tester, and manager.

    Topic: Career 2.0: Take Control of Your Life

    Has your career been a random product of your manager’s whims or company’s needs? Never rely on your company to keep your skills current and marketable. Take control of your own career with a proven strategy.

    These are solid, repeatable steps to get your career in the trajectory you want. The first step is deciding where you want to go. We’ll walk through creating a long-term plan, then break it down into manageable steps. Learn to lead within your own company, then stretch out to your local, regional and national community, building your reputation as you go. From coding to writing to speaking, each step will move you closer to where you want to be: in a position of having options and in control of your career.

  • Matt Stine

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    Matt is the Group Leader of Research Application Development in the Research Informatics Division of Information Sciences at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital here in Memphis, TN. Matt has been developing and supporting enterprise Java applications in support of life sciences research for St. Jude since 2001. Matt is a committer to multiple open source projects and is the founding member of the Memphis/Mid-South JUG. Matt earned his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Mississippi, and was a graduating member of the inaugural class of the Sally McDonnell-Barksdale Honors College. His current areas of interest include Groovy/Grails, cloud computing, Java concurrency, and functional programming.

    Topic: Java Technology on Google App Engine Lightning Talk

    This talk will show you how to run your Java technology-based applications on Google's massive infrastructure.

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Directions:

We are meeting at the Information Sciences building (affectionately known as "Building X") of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, located at 160 Shadyac Avenue (formerly North Parkway) in downtown Memphis.

Please be aware that the entrance gate is on Third Street. Ignore any instructions from Google Maps to turn onto North Parkway/Shadyac Avenue. We are meeting in the building at the corner of Third Street and Shadyac Ave. - it has a blue awning over the front door (which is clearly visible on the satellite imagery, and now has the St. Jude logo as well).

You will need to buzz in at the gate and tell St. Jude security you are here for the Java User Group meeting.

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