At NE:Tech in October, Hugh Kaznowski, Software Engineer at Thought Machine, will discuss Distributed Systems, discussing the pitfalls of such systems and how we can tackle these challenges head-on.
Going to University of Bristol's virtual Tech and Data Careers Fair? Be sure to visit the Scott Logic stand and speak to Laura Warren, Matt Dunderdale, Edward Brown and Jessica Holding about our Graduate Programme and what it's like to work at Scott Logic.
Join 'The great remote working retrospective' at Agile North East to share your insights on how your organisation has adapted to remote working during the pandemic, how this evolved over time & the lessons we can learn as we move into the future, whether that be continuing to work remotely, returning to the office or some hybrid of the two.
It’s the inaugural event of this new meetup group dedicated to promoting the use of open source in large enterprises, and we have three fantastic speakers lined up: Sukhvinder Panesar, Chief Engineer, Lloyds Banking Group; Colin Eberhardt, CTO, Scott Logic; and James Robertson, Software Engineer, Mixcloud.
The Computer Skills of Average Joe (Worse than you think)
September 24, 2021
It should not be *that* surprising that our users find something difficult that we, as IT professionals, might consider easy. A survey of developed countries found that much of the population is unable to complete medium-complexity tasks. This is something that we all need to consider when building software solutions, as Paul Graham's talk will explore.
Inclusive Design: How diversity is the key to building better technology
September 23, 2021
When creating services, products or spaces, the decisions we make can directly enhance or inhibit the participation of people and communities. In this talk, Alex Ternar will offer a taster of the vast world of Inclusive Design by exploring how understanding human diversity leads to the creation of better, more human products.
Although trying to prevent possible failures to a system is certainly worthwhile, we can also embrace failures and learn how to adapt. In this talk, James Leftley will explore some of the foundations and common approaches for designing resilient systems in cloud environments—and how experimenting with our systems, by deliberately introducing failures, can help us better understand their behaviour.
We live in a world that seems increasingly more divided and polarised. Platforms we use are designed to reinforce our views. Can cultivating empathy be a solution to that and how could we improve that skill? In this talk, Tamara Chehayeb Makarem will present empathy as a skill that can be cultivated and explore ways of doing that, as well as empathy's practical application in our day-to-day jobs.
In 'GitHub Copilot - Life with an AI-powered pair programmer' at NE:Tech in August, Scott Logic CTO will share his experiences so far of using Copilot and explore some of the issues it raises – from licensing concerns (is this really fair use of open source code? and what about attribution?) to the existential (are we going to be replaced by robots?).
At South West Test in July, Marie Drake will discuss some of the myths around accessibility testing, how you can shift accessibility testing to the left and how you can easily integrate it into your development and testing workflows.
