Every month or two, the C/C++ group gets contacted by people with business ideas who aren't programmers...but require technology talent to actualize their vision. So for this month's Coffee-and-Career talk, we'll focus on the jump from traditional employment to being a co-founder (or other major role) at a startup. If you've thought about building your own company or hooking up with people who are taking a crack at that, this discussion will hopefully be for you.
I've invited Marty Dytrych to speak with us. He is currently looking for a technical co-founder for his media company, but has a background in billboard advertising:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/billboardsbuildbrands
Last month we got good insight into how recruiters see C/C++ experience and how that sells around town. For those of you who didn't catch Mark Cunningham's follow-up from our discussion, he wrote about it here:
http://markcunningham91.blogspot.com/2012/03/job-market-for-c-developers.html
But this time we'll discuss Marty's experiences around & about in the Austin startup community, and how C/C++ experience is viewed (to the extent it's understood at all? :P) by that crowd.
This meetup leans a little more toward career networking than the North one. But it also does double-duty as our South Austin programmer-talk gathering, so you certainly don't have to be unemployed or underemployed to attend! We can talk about code, or just ramble about technology in general...
Last time I did this on a Tuesday, but we'll try a Thursday for this one. If you can't make the day but would have liked to come on a Tuesday or Wednesday, then write some feedback along with your "No" RSVP.
NOTE: The venue has food--as well as wine and beer--in case anyone was worried.
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