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Apply by Mon 22 Nov to be a Graduate Software Developer or a Graduate Test Engineer at our Newcastle HQ and get your career off to the very best start! You can find out more on our website about all the great opportunities we offer to graduates. Our Assessment and Interview Days will be Wednesday 24 November–Friday 26 November, so be sure to keep them free! #GraduateJobs #GraduateProgramme #NewcastleJobs #SoftwareDeveloperJobs #SoftwareTestingJobs #TestEngineerJobs
Presenting: the winners/survivors of the Battle of the Bots! Last week, Patrick Armstrong, Emma Clennett and Matthew Fennell had a great time running a team hackathon with Newcastle University undergraduates, in which the students were tasked with creating AI bots to play against other teams in a battle to the (artificial!) death. There were prizes in the form of Amazon vouchers for the top three teams, which were: • 1st Place – Code Executioners (Dale, Jack and Mark) • 2nd Place – Team Tetra (Nathan and Jesse) • 3rd Place – Bulbasaur (Jack, Michalina and Warren) We had great feedback from the teams and we can truly say that the bots were some of the best we’ve seen!
Tamara Chehayeb Makarem has been shortlisted in the Outstanding Returner category at the Women in Tech Excellence Awards and will be a panellist on a discussion about ‘Helping returners’ at the Women in Tech Festival on 22 November. In this Q&A with Computing, she explains why the topic of the panel is so important to her and what companies can do to help more women return to work.
You can now watch 'Fast Forward: Lightning talks on innovation' on YouTube. Hosted by Lead Developer Paul Graham, 'Fast Forward' brings together six speakers whose talks cover bleeding-edge technologies, new ways of working, and innovative uses of existing tech: • Colin Eberhardt, CTO – 'Copilot – Life with an AI-powered pair programmer' • Stewart Pavitt, Technical Architect – 'Removing the opportunity for confrontations in Code Reviews' • Jevon Beckles, Senior Developer – 'Prepping the bar: Insights from cleaning and labelling a cocktail dataset' • Catriona Koris, Delivery Principal – 'Tips for a Connected Workforce in a Remote World' • Jan Volmut, Senior Developer – 'Visualising API responses with Postman' • Chris Price, Solutions Architect – 'GPT3 – Creativity from Determinism'
It was great to check in on Monday with the Autumn 2021 cohort of the 'Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation in Scotland' initiative, which we’re proud to sponsor. During the day’s workshops, Catriona Koris—Scott Logic Delivery Principal and member of the EWLDT programme panel—gave a talk on her leadership journey. And then at the social event in the evening, we were pleased to be able to give each member of the cohort a copy of Brené Brown’s 'Dare to Lead', with a message from our CEO. It was an inspirational day and we’re really looking forward to checking in with these future leaders again for Graduation Day in December! Follow the link to find out more about this programme.
This afternoon at 2pm, joins us to ring in the new with 'Fast Forward: Lightning talks on innovation' as part of Digital Leaders' Innovation Week. Hosted by Lead Developer Paul Graham, Fast Forward brings together six speakers whose talks will cover bleeding-edge technologies, new ways of working, and innovative uses of existing tech. Our speakers are: • Colin Eberhardt, CTO • Stewart Pavitt, Technical Architect • Jevon Beckles, Senior Developer • Catriona Koris, Delivery Principal • Jan Volmut, Senior Developer • Chris Price, Solutions Architect
The importance of finding purpose, nurturing talent, and building a sustainable future: these are the three top things that resonated with Tamara Chehayeb Makarem at last week's Women of Silicon Roundabout Conference, as she explains in her latest blog post.
Ever wanted to learn Rust or to find out why everyone is so hyped about it? Look no further: in his latest blog post, James Strachan has curated a wide range of interesting resources to get you started!
Next Thursday, join us for an evening of tech talks and networking at our Newcastle HQ—with cocktails and mocktails prepared for you by expert mixologists, and talks on a wide range of topics: James Leftley will explain how to build resilient systems; Molly Pace will draw lessons for AI from neuroscience; Chris Brown will reveal the mathematics of encryption; and Martha King will discuss how to factor the behaviours of different generations into software engineering. Book your place here! 🍸
Join us for Fast Forward during Digital Leaders' Innovation Week. Hosted by Lead Developer Paul Graham, Fast Forward brings together six speakers whose sub-ten-minute talks will cover bleeding-edge technologies, new ways of working, and innovative uses of existing tech. Our speakers are: • Colin Eberhardt, CTO • Jevon Beckles, Senior Developer • Catriona Koris, Delivery Principal • Stewart Pavitt, Technical Architect • Jan Volmut, Senior Developer • Chris Price, Solutions Architect 🗓️ Weds 10 November 🕑 14:00
