Diversify Tech #310

Hi! Welcome to Diversify Tech's Professional Edition. This newsletter is for underrepresented people in tech; specifically curated for mid-senior level folks. Every Tuesday, we share jobs, events, and other career opportunities.

In this week's issue,

💼 Geocaching HQ and Hillspire are hiring
⭐️ ffconf2024 is offering inclusion scholarships
📆 AWS Innovate is coming up
🗣 Tips for submitting a proposal for Red Hat Summit by Angela Andrews

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JOBS

Opportunities from our hiring partners

• Lead Product Designer, Geocaching HQ, Seattle, WA, $118,340 - $191,710

• Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, Hillspire, New York, NY, $180,000 - $220,000

Opportunities from our partner, Indeed

Please note that these roles have not been vetted by our team! Make sure to do your own research.

• Sr Cybersecurity Platform Operations Consultant - Broadcom Top Security, Health Care Service Corporation, Chicago, IL, $97,600 - $176,300 a year

• Linux Systems Administrator, Signature Performance, Inc, NE, $105,000 - $115,000 a year

• Leader of Machine Learning Engineering, Credit Acceptance, Remote, $179,688 - $342,500 a year

• Director of Business Intelligence, Marin Community Clinics, Novato, CA, $195,000 - $215,000 a year

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CELEBRATE

• Camille Fournier’s new book Platform Engineering is coming out soon

• Ali Diamond and Serena launched a new podcast, Breaking The Internet

• Dr Sasha Luccioni was included on Time’s 100 AI list for her work on Climate and AI

• Kimberly Barnes’ Salesforce for Admins course on LinkedIn Learning has crossed 20K learners since launching in April

• Sy Brand’s new book on Building a Debugger is now available on Early Access

EVENTS

• Oct 9 - 10 Tech Week Singapore

• Oct 9 - 10 Tech4Girls at Mobile World Congress 2024

• Oct 12 - 13 Circuit Breakers

• Oct 15 AWS Innovate: Migrate, Modernize, Build

• Oct 16 - 17 BrunCon in Denver!

• Oct 17 A Manager's Guide to Dealing With Toxic Employees

• Oct 18 - 20 Cal Hacks 11.0

• Oct 22 Resume Reviews with Black Code Collective

• Oct 25 The Bletchley Institute’s Technology Summit (Use code BITS2024FRIENDS for a discount. The tix are first come first serve, if the promo code runs out.)

• Oct 29 AMA with Jonathan Stark on independent consulting

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SPEAK

• Mar 13 - 13 AzureDay Poland-2025. Apply by Oct 14.

• Nov 14 Conf42 Prompt Engineering 2024. Apply by Oct 14.

• Nov 6 - 8 MLOps + Generative AI World 2024. Apply by Oct 18.

• May 19 - 22 Red Hat Summit. Apply by November 13.

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RESOURCES

🗣 Tips for submitting a proposal for Red Hat Summit by Angela Andrews

💻 I can write the code. Getting something done is another matter. This talk is about everything else that a team needs to accomplish, besides writing the code.

💡Ghost jobs: What the rise in fake job listings says about the current job market

🎟️ ffconf2024 Inclusion Scholarship: FFConf is a single-day event featuring eight thoughtfully curated sessions for web-focused professionals who value learning and idea-sharing. The Inclusion Scholarship offers under-represented groups in tech the opportunity to attend FFConf, including travel and accommodation expenses. Apply by Oct 13!

🚨 Palestine Crisis Scholarship Scheme to study at Oxford