Tech Coffee Chat, Networking & Speed Mentoring
This will be a casual event where you can get to know cool tech people in Vancouver, potentially find interesting collaboration opportunities, as well as perhaps problem-solve right in the cafe if you decide to bring your laptop!
It’ll be a tech-agnostic, community-focused event, so it doesn't matter if you're a frontend or backend developer, a product person, a data person, a marketer, a founder, or an AI enthusiast.
No matter where you are in your tech journey, whether you're an introvert, an extrovert, shy, outgoing, or anything in between - we'll have a place for you!
Once you're with us, we'll do our best to help you feel comfortable and welcomed, and we'll try our best to connect you with as many people as possible (as long as you feel comfortable with that) so you feel like your time there is well spent.
We'll also have several mentors ready to assist you at this event:
Qingyue(Annie) Wang - Software Engineer & Career Coach at Google
She's ready to give you advice on early career development.
YK Sugi - Founder of CS Dojo, Senior Developer Advocate at Propel Data
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.
Het Mehta - Marketing, Sales and Business Strategy mentor (ex-Google and Disney)
She’s happy to have conversations on building transferable skills, value of strong interpersonal relationships and embracing fluidity in career growth.
Scarlet Nguyen - SWE Intern @ Dropbox | Prev @ Google, LinkedIn, Slack
With a plethora of internship experience at various tech companies, she can help you with getting internships, growing your career, as well as using LinkedIn effectively.
Taman Islam - Founder of Jhotika, ex-Google ex-Meta
If you have any questions about software engineering or building software products in general, please ask him!
Sam Huo - Senior Software Engineer, Software Architect and Entrepreneur
He's happy to talk about topics in: Software Development, Cloud, AI, Open Source and Entrepreneurship.
Kasey Fu - Product Manager at Planview, previously at Microsoft.
You can ask him about product management and AI!
Sonya SHI - COO/Co-Founder at Kontech Insights, UX and PM at Kaizor Innovation.
She is happy to help with UX and PM related questions.
Amy Zhu - Senior Product Designer at Assent, Cat mom of @orange_tabby_chicken on Instagram.
Amy will be happy to talk about UX, UX portfolios, and tips on understanding what hiring from a company's point of view is like.
Please note: this event is only for people on the "going" list. If you're on the waitlist or "pending approval", please do not show up... (Can't believe we have to say this but this has happened before, so just to be sure.)