Colorado Tech Weekly brings you the top 10 technology stories of the past week and the best upcoming local tech events every Monday morning (Unless Monday was a holiday. I hope you had a happy Memorial Day!)!
I’m proud of myself for finally writing a blog post that wasn’t a Colorado Tech Weekly post. I need to do that more often. My latest post offers to let you design your own entry level developer by asking for opinions about which Computer Science electives I should choose this fall semester. I also wonder how much CS electives really matter to the people that do the hiring. Please let me know!
This week I’m highlighting the BuiltinColorado post about 6 tech companies that are really looking for developers. It’s an encouraging thing to see however I still think there’s a skill gap that can only be solved with time and experience. Looking at the jobs listed, it looks like getting my first developer job is going to be the hardest job to get. Although it is encouraging to see companies like Boulder’s NetApp advertise jobs for college graduates.
Next week I might actually make it to a meetup I’ve been wanting to go to for a long time. I’ve always wanted to go to a DOSUG meetup because I want to get involved in open source development but jumping into a project without a mentor has always kinda felt like showing up to someone else’s garage with my own tools and a bewildered look.
Have a great week!
Top Colorado Technology News
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Washington insurance technology firm, Vertafore, moving HQ to Denver and plans to hire 300 workers [DenverPost]
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Google I/O Rundown [CardinalPeak]
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Growing pains: How these Colorado tech companies stay connected as they scale [BuiltinColorado]
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Galvanize, CU Denver announce new partnership targeting tech-savvy students [DBJ]
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Boulder’s Sphero announces interactive race car based on Disney Pixar movie [InnovatioNews]
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Boulder-based Tendril Networks raises $5M in capital [BizWest]
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2017 Go Code challenge winners focus on water, noise and farmers [SecretaryofState]
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Broomfield software platform for local government, TownCloud raises $1 million [BizWest]
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6 Colorado tech companies brimming with software engineer jobs [BuiltinColorado]
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The story behind Ibotta, Denver’s most popular mobile app, and why it needed to change [DenverPost]
Top Upcoming Events
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5/31 – Denver WordPress Meetup – Workshop: Building Single Page Apps with React, GraphQL and WordPress
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5/31 – Ember.js Denver – A whirlwind tour through the Ember Addon ecosystem with Steve Szczecina
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5/31 – General Assembly – The Future of Media + Technology
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6/1 – COVR – Walkthrough talking to us about AR/VR in RealEstate
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6/1 – North Denver Metro C++ Meetup – C++11’s Quiet Little Gem: by Charley Bay
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6/3 – Girl Develop It – UX201 User Research [DENVER]
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6/4 – Denver UX – UX Hike
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6/5 – Denver/Boulder Cybersecurity Meetup – Security 101: What is NetSec?
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6/6 – BDNT – New Tech Boulder
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