ComingUp

RSVPS on Meetup WILL NOT register you for the event.
You MUST Register on the NTNW website (https://www.newtechnorthwest.com/events/new-tech-eastside/).
** There are NO sales at the door! **

More than just a meetup, we're a community that loves and supports people, the Northwest and tech.

+ the crowd:
The Northwest’s smart, fun, creative, innovative tech community – software and application developers, company owners, startup founders, recruiters, hackers, job seekers, executives, investors, community leaders, and people who are new to the area.

+ the speakers:
Founders, leaders & innovators sharing their passion & new tech through 5 minute presentations & 3 minutes of your Q&A. Presenters flow from early stage startups to enterprise companies.

Stably presented by Kory Hoang - Connecting wealth to the blockchain economy.

Technology at the Eye's Wavefront presented by Dr. Sean Batson - Any irregularity or deviation from a perfectly shaped cornea or lens will produce errors of different magnitudes, but many significant aberrations have historically been impossible to fix. Amazing research is being done to quantify the “wavefront” of the eye, describing how light is bent by the cornea and lens, to analyze and eventually make possible, truly perfect eyesight.

TextWik presented by Kenneth Momanyi - Industry-leading SMS marketing software for sending bulk text messages, generate leads, increase customer engagement, drive traffic and Boost Sales.

Swurveys presented by Zachary Rozga - Swipe + Survey. The branded and fun way to discover customer insights and qualify leads in real-time.

+ the format:
Connecting & community building >community shoutouts >sponsor shoutouts >presentations >afterparty

+ the vibe:
Neighborhood block party – fun, friendly & relaxed. You’ll laugh, smile, and have a fun night out with[masked] Seattleites,[masked] Eastsiders or[masked] Tacomans.

+ the experience:
Discover innovative, creative and inspirational new technology (or smarter use of old tech). Could be VR, IoT, Apps, Fintech, Mobiletech, Healthtech, Cloudtech, Spacetech… you get the idea.

+the afterpary
Continue connecting to fantastic people in our community at 520 Bar and Grill (http://520barandgrill.com/) after the show ends!

Register Now at http://www.newtechnorthwest.com (http://www.newtecheastside.com)

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TBA

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• What we'll do
Our weekly meetup at Spotted Cow in Everett. We will be working on projects and talking about code. This is a good chance to share new ideas and get some coding done on that project you have been meaning to do. Please make sure to RSVP if you plan to attend and let us know if you can not make it as seats are limited.

* Parking
There is parking behind and in front of Spotted Cow. Additional parking is in the parking garage under the building that is opposite of Spotted cow. The entrance to the garage is opposite of Azules.

* How to find us.
I will have a small double-sided green sign at the table I'm sitting at. One side says "Code && Caffiene" the other side says "C && C". I will put out this sign between 5:30 and 5:40PM to help early comers find me.

There is also parking behind the clock tower that is opposite of the fitness center.

Disclaimer: This is not a recruitment event. We welcome developers and aspiring developers to come and talk shop or work on projects. As seats are limited and we wish to keep the talk on topic, we request that non-technical members and recruiters do not attend. We have discussion forums for project/job postings and a place to ask the group questions.

To support continued skill development, portfolio project enhancements, and networking for the greater Seattle development community, we are launching a weekly Programming Night at Code Fellows in collaboration with Seattle JS Hacker & She's Coding. This event will be open to the following audiences:

Current Code Fellows students, seeking graduates (Career Accelerator Participants), alumni

JS Hack Night Members

She's Coding Members

Individuals interested in getting into coding

Experienced developers who want to mentor and give back to the community

We ask that all attendees abide by the core principles of the Code Fellows Code of Conduct to keep this a safe and inclusive environment, which includes in summary:

Be Kind

Be Honest

Be Respectful

Seattle JS Hackers

Seattle JS Hackers is an open and inclusive after-hours community of JavaScript hackers who learn and hack in JavaScript together. We are entrepreneurs, creatives, professionals, tinkerers, computer scientists, educators, marketers, and more – all working to ignite and amplify our personal productivity and collaboration.

How we do it: We organize hacking sessions at WiFi-ready offices, cafes and bars around Seattle each week. Our hacking sessions encourage peer ideation and review, knowledge sharing, new champions for causes and projects, personal productivity, and a heightened sense of community.

Join our Slack group to keep in touch with the community and stay on top of events, announcements, and more!

She's Coding

She's Coding (http://shescoding.org) is a supportive, safe place for anyone identifying as woman or non-binary person in tech. We are a nonprofit organization with the main goal to help close the gender gap in tech, which we do via: (1) An open-source website that educates women, allies and companies about the gender gap, developed in mentorship-based volunteer groups. (2) A mentorship program, as well as an offline and online safe community for women in tech. And (3), an effort to support women in their tech industry job searches via events, collaborations, and a yearly conference with career fair and workshops.

We currently run monthly 'regular' meetups with lots of networking and talks by our community members, extended duration codeathons, weekly technical interview preparation meetups, as well as mock interview events with partnering companies. All our meetups are open to women and non-binary folk.

Join our Slack group to keep in touch with the community and stay on top of events, announcements, and more!

Brief Summary:

Implications (tax and otherwise) of equity based compensation and pre-liquidity considerations for employees/owners; and how the new tax laws impact individuals and early stage companies

What attendees will learn:

An overview of how different equity compensation is taxed and strategies for minimizing taxes in the event of liquidation.

Who should attend:

Founders, equity compensated employees, and those interested in how the new tax laws could impact them.

About PwC:

Our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. In an increasingly complex world, we help intricate systems function, adapt and evolve so they can benefit communities and society - whether they are capital markets, tax systems or the economic systems within which business and society exist. We help our clients to make informed decisions and operate effectively within them.

About Kyle Talley, Tax Director, PwC

Kyle is a Tax Director with PwC’s Personal Financial Services group. In this role, Kyle works with individuals and business owners with income, gift, and estate planning compliance services, as well as wealth transfer strategy planning.

Background and Experience

Kyle joined the firm in 2007 as a tax intern and rejoined in 2008 after completing his Master of Professional Accounting (MPAcc) in Taxation from the University of Washington.

Education

B.A. in Business Administration, Accounting, from University of Washington.

Masters in Professional Accounting, Tax, from the University of Washington. CPA - Washington State

** RSVP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-a-web-app-with-javascript-jquery-tickets-48965000635 **

JavaScript is the language of the browser. Every website you’ve ever used is built with JavaScript, with interaction powered by the popular jQuery library. Even Stanford’s intro to Computer Science course now uses JavaScript as its teaching language. Learn how to use JavaScript and jQuery and build a simple web app in this workshop.

Together we’ll learn key jQuery concepts like manipulating the DOM and using event listeners to update our app in real time. See an example before you come: this web app was made by an attendee at one of our past events!

Before you come:

Experience with HTML/CSS is ideal.

Be sure to bring a laptop. If you don’t have one, we can pair you with someone who does.

This is a casual meetup! Come work on your project, ask questions, help others, or collaborate on a project!

Everyone from all skill ranges are welcome!

Never programmed before? We can help you get started!

Working on an online course? We'd love to see what you're working on and help!

Lets learn new things and meet new people!

In a world where Microservices and CI/CD is the norm, how do we make software testing simpler? How do we make it easy to explain, to understand and to write? Can we provide developers and framework makers a unified testing tool to make their lives simpler? I think we can, but first, we have to define the job to be done and reimagine software testing.

SPEAKER: Sharmarke Aden

Sharmarke is a software engineer who loves software craftsmanship and testing. He has worked at companies of various sizes, from startups to Fortune 50 companies. His primary passion and focus is in backend software development. Currently, Sharmarke works at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America where he’s building the next generation connected car cloud service. He spends some of his spare time working on Testify Project, a Java software testing tool that applies systems thinking to make software testing easy to understand, write and run. When he’s not coding, Sharmarke is playing with his infant son and trying to teach him sign language.

Thanks to Overops for sponsoring food and drinks!

Gather to talk about web development in downtown Seattle.

We follow the [Lean Coffee](http://leancoffee.org/) format, which allows us to talk about a diverse range of topics.

We follow the Contributor Covenant code of conduct: https://github.com/patrick-minton/seattle-webdev-coffee/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md

Our agenda:

8:00 - 8:10 mingle and generate topics
8:10 - 8:15 topic voting
8:15 - 9:15 discussions
9:15 - 9:30 takeaways, wrap up

Many thanks to RealSelf for hosting us!

Thanks,

Patrick Minton

NOTE:
To join this virtual session you have to register at:

http://pages.datree.io/how-to-build-an-alexa-skill-in-less-than-30-minutes-using-nodejs

In this ONLINE code components global meetup, Andrea Muttoni - Sr. Solutions Architect and Technical Evangelist at Amazon Web Services - will provide a live walkthrough of how to build a voice experience in Node.js with Amazon Alexa and the latest Alexa Skills Kit. He will also include basic foundations of voice design, as well as some AWS services like AWS Lambda and DynamoDB.

We're looking for speakers! If you're interested, please contact [masked]

Our Weekly meetup at Cafe Ladro in Bothell. We will be working on projects and talking about code. This is a good chance to share new ideas and get some coding done on that project you have been meaning to do.

Please make sure to RSVP if you plan to attend and let us know if you can not make it as seats are limited. We use the information in the RSVP question to prep for the meetup so please do not skip it.

Disclaimer: This is not a recruitment event. We welcome developers and aspiring developers to come and talk shop or work on projects. As seats are limited and we wish to keep the talk on topic, we request that non-technical members and recruiters do not attend. We have discussion forums for project / job postings and a place to ask the group questions.***

Open Seattle meets regularly on the fourth Wednesday of every month to discuss new and existing projects; any general member business; and to have some dedicated project work time.

MEETING AGENDA:

6:00 - 6:30: Eat food! Talk to awesome people who care about civic tech!

6:30 - 7:00: Open talks/pitches - your opportunity to hear what members are working on and how you can get involved, and/or to pitch or provide an update on your own project. Ping the #getinvolved Slack channel or email us at [masked] and we can add you to the agenda.*

7:00 - 8:00: Open project time

*You don't have to be on the agenda to talk. We always leave open time for members to discuss projects/events.

WHAT TO BRING:
You'll probably want a laptop (or be prepared to team up with someone that has a laptop, or work on projects that don't require a computer).

HOW TO CONNECT:
We plan things, ask/answer questions, and discuss projects using Slack.
Join the Open Seattle Slack channel here: http://openseattleslack.herokuapp.com/

GETTING TO SOCRATA:
Enter the main doors at 705 5th Ave S. If the doors are locked, somebody should be there to let you in. Head inside and to your left to find the elevator lobby; Socrata is on the 6th floor. Once you're up there, follow the signs to reach Socrata's cafeteria at the west end of the building.

If you arrive and the door is locked:
Leave a comment on this page or call the number on the sign to get let in!

Angular Seattle is beating the August heat with talks from our community at Globant. Come hear about rewriting webdriver-manager, state management techniques, and Protractor!

🍋 Lightning talk: Rewriting webdriver-manager (Craig Nishina)

Working with a CLI is great unless it starts forcing users down a path that may or may not work for their use case. A reflection on node module testing and design and where do we go from here...

Craig Nishina is a software engineer at Google working on Ads and previously on the Protractor team. In a previous career, Craig worked as a civil engineer designing buildings, but he much prefers writing code over building structures. When he is not contributing to open source projects like Protractor and webdriver-manager, he enjoys playing golf and traveling.

🤠Lightning talk: Quick 'n' Dirty State Management (Nicole Oliver)

No time to implement NGRX? No problem, there are other ways to manage state! In this quick talk, we'll look at some lightweight techniques for inter-component communication in a small to medium-sized Angular application, without sacrificing flexibility and composability.

Nicole is a full-stack web developer specializing in UI, and currently working at Nintendo of America. She aspires to help others with a non-traditional computer science background (like her) to find a confident and happy place in tech.

🤖 Pragmatic testing of Angular applications with Protractor (Igor Soloydenko)

It's very well known how much effort the industry has put into making unit-testing popular and better understood. Arguably, the unit-testing exposes fundamental limitations when it comes to testing integration-heavy systems. End-to-end testing is a gap-filling technique that makes quality assurance process more complete when it comes to detecting integration-related defects.

Igor Soloydenko is a full-stack software engineer with the mission of helping teams succeed by catalyzing their gain of technical strength. Being in (micro)service development territory for many years he has accumulated useful knowledge about automated testing practices at all levels. Igor dedicates his free time to reading, amateur photography, and visiting parks with his wife, daughter, and dog, because not everything is about work.

**RSVP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-python-for-data-science-tickets-49139960946 **

Learn the fundamentals of programming as you get introduced to Python, the second popular language on the job market. Join this workshop and start your journey towards becoming a developer or data scientist.

We'll cover everything you need to know to start learning the language, including different data types, variables, and functions. We'll finish the workshop with a roadmap you can follow to continue learning Python after the meetup.

Be sure to bring a laptop. If you don't have one, we can pair you with someone who does.

*** REGISTER ONLINE HERE: ***
https://www.newtechnorthwest.com/what-every-business-owner-needs-to-know-about-cash-management/
* RSVPing on this meetup page will not register you for the event. *

Note that complimentary lunch is provided. :)

Learn what every CEO or business owner should know about Cash Management in this special workshop in partnership with Insperity.
Why you do it. How you do it, and some tricks of the trade.

Cash flow is a barometer of your business’ health. As long as you have cash flowing in and out of your business, you can keep the doors open for business, even if you are not profitable.

Gain a broad understanding of the basic principles and practices of cash and liquidity management and an understanding of its importance to the business.

While different market sectors have different cash flow dynamics, there are common cash management issues that affect all organizations to some degree. To prepare you for these issues the presentation examines the basic building blocks of cash management from the domestic perspective.

The presentation is delivered in a safe environment for you to ask questions and learn practical skills you can immediately apply back in the workplace. You’ll meet like-minded people and hopefully make some great contacts too.

Presenters:
Mark Mitchell, President of Creekside Consulting Company is an entrepreneurial senior executive. He has spent the past 20 years as an executive and consultant who integrates a broad range of skills and experience for early stage and growth companies.

Mark brings a valuable operational perspective as well as financial management, banking, insurance, and risk management experience with public and private companies. As President of Creekside Consulting Company, Mark has advised senior executives with technology and non-technology companies on financial and operational issues as a part-time CFO or COO.

Bruce Follansbee, from Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA). ERA has found that most companies do a good job of managing their core expenses, but yet they are still leaving 10%-30% on the table across many large overhead expense categories. ERA has over 600 consultants that validate this every day, and they continue to surprise companies by how much, and where, they find additional savings for their ERA clients.

With twenty-five years of experience in recovering additional cash flow for clients, ERA is in a unique position to describe the specific dynamics in the customer-supplier relationship that contribute to this problem, and
I will reveal the Top 10 most common Misconceptions about procurement held by most professionals in procurement roles and how those misconceptions further contribute to the problem.

The largest segment of the presentation is dedicated to sharing the Top 10 Best Practices that will show the audience how they can get similar results as ERA and take their expense management strategies from good to exceptional. We will describe key principles that financial executives will be able to implement in their own organizations to begin recovering significant cash flow to put back to work in their business.

Focus on your business growth

New Tech Northwest is presenting this workshop in partnership with Insperity. They work with SMB’s to offer a comprehensive and customized HR / Business Performance Solution designed to help businesses become stronger and more strategic. Through their dedicated service team and award-winning technology platform, they help contain costs, minimize risk/liability and administrative burden, while increasing employee productivity and engagement. Learn more about how they can help your company here: https://www.insperity.com/partner/newtech/

REGISTER:
https://www.newtechnorthwest.com/what-every-business-owner-needs-to-know-about-cash-management/

*** REGISTER ONLINE HERE: ***
https://www.newtechnorthwest.com/what-every-business-owner-needs-to-know-about-cash-management/
* RSVPing on this meetup page will not register you for the event. *

Note that a complimentary lunch will be provided. :)