Tech Career Events for Software Engineers
If you don't have a Taro Premium membership, you can get it with a discount with Bikram's special link here: https://www.jointaro.com/r/bikramk104/
In this #taro-bookclub discussion, we'll go over Chapter 1 of "The Pragmatic Programmer" by Andrew Hund & David Thomas
Here's the agenda:
- It's Your Life
- The Cat Ate My Source Code
- Software Entropy
- Stone Soup and Boiled Frogs
- Good Enough Software
- Your Knowledge Portfolio
- communicate
Please send your questions ahead of time to Bikram Kashyap in the Taro Premium Slack, so that they can be included in the discussion. If you don't have the book or want more details on how this all works, check out the #taro-bookclub channel in the Taro Premium Slack as well!
Get ready for another engaging and informative session!
Here's Session 2: https://www.jointaro.com/event/taro-book-club-the-pragmatic-programmer-session-2/
Join us for our monthly virtual get together and connect with other Women in Tech!
Topic: What is it like to live and work in The U.S.A. as a female in Tech???
We have many ladies who are not based stateside; let's compare the differences and what it takes, physically and mentally, to continue moving forward with our head up in Tech America 🏃🏻♀️🇺🇸.
For those of you who are overseas, this month's topic is the perfect opportunity to grill us with questions and curiosities you have!!! 🌎 🌍 🌏
Tarodactyls of Toronto unite!
Meet other ambitious engineers in the Toronto area. Taro will cover your drinks and snacks up to $10 USD per person.
For more details and any help finding the event, contact Lynn on the Taro Premium Slack and keep an eye on #g-toronto-meetup!
Let's meet up in Fremont & have some pizza! I'll be out of country next meetup, so I'd like to meet some folks (both new & old) and say hi. The pizza place is vegetarian (with vegan options), so there'll be food for nearly all diets.
Transit info:
- There is ample free parking nearby.
- The location is a long walk/short drive away from the Fremont BART stop. BART only does clipper cards for payment now, so look to have that set up beforehand.
(If 50 people show up, maybe Mr. Beast will finally connect with me on #LinkedIn...)
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Join us for a round of behavioral mock interviews!
Here's some great resources to master the behavioral interview:
Some ideas for behavioral interview questions to ask: https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-question/437082/Amazon-Behavioral-questions-or-Leadership-Principles-or-LP
There will be a single mock interview that others can spectate.
The advancement of large language models (LLMs) for real-world applications hinges critically on enhancing their reasoning capabilities. In this paper read, we explore the reasoning abilities of LLMs through a geometrical framework. We establish a connection between the expressive power of LLMs and the density of their self-attention graphs.
The analysis performed in this work demonstrates that the density of these self-attention graphs defines the intrinsic dimension of the inputs to the MLP blocks. In particular, it shows, through theoretical analysis and toy examples, that a higher intrinsic dimension implies a greater expressive capacity of the LLM. Additionally, it provides empirical evidence linking this geometric framework to recent advancements in methods aimed at enhancing the reasoning capabilities of LLMs.
Don't miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of how geometrical insights can drive improvements in AI reasoning. Whether you're an AI researcher, practitioner, or enthusiast, this talk promises to offer valuable perspectives and groundbreaking ideas.
Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02678
(Accompanying paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.01648)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.17813
The Paper discovers that the recall of approximate HNSW search, in comparison to exact K Nearest Neighbours (KNN) search, is linked to the vector space's intrinsic dimensionality and significantly influenced by the data insertion sequence. Our methodology highlights how insertion order, informed by measurable properties such as the pointwise Local Intrinsic Dimensionality (LID) or known categories, can shift recall by up to 12 percentage points. We also observe that running popular benchmark datasets with HNSW instead of KNN can shift rankings by up to three positions for some models. This work underscores the need for more nuanced benchmarks and design considerations in developing robust vector search systems using approximate vector search algorithms. This study presents a number of scenarios with varying real world applicability which aim to better increase understanding and future development of ANN algorithms and embedding
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Meetup for Austin Tarodactyls August 3rd. Rescheduled to accommodate community preference for Saturday.
Keep an eye on the #g-austin-meetup channel for more details and potential last minute logistics: https://taropremium.slack.com/archives/C05AJN7QSTT/p1720463667050139
Group Office Hours are a very simple event type with a very important goal in mind: Get you the career support you need in a safe, communal setting. This means:
- These sessions are never recorded
- All AI summary and note-taker bots will be kicked out
- If you want to ask your question 100% anonymously, just change your display name and ask it in the chat
So how does it work? Easy: Drop in whenever, raise your hand 🤚 to ask a question (or put it in chat), and leave at your own convenience.
Can't make the event? No worries, just ask your question anonymously in the Taro forum: https://www.jointaro.com/questions/create/
In this #taro-bookclub discussion, we'll go over Chapter 2 of "The Pragmatic Programmer" by Andrew Hund & David Thomas
Here's the agenda:
- The Essence of Good Design
- DRY
- Othogonality
- Reversibility
Please send your questions ahead of time to Bikram Kashyap in the Taro Premium Slack, so that they can be included in the discussion. If you don't have the book or want more details on how this all works, check out the #taro-bookclub channel in the Taro Premium Slack as well!
Get ready for another engaging and informative session!
Join Taro and Jordan Cutler, a Senior Engineer at Pinterest and High Growth Engineer author to learn 21 rapid-fire ways to become a better engineer. You'll learn the top underused tips and skills to grow in your career.
We'll cover:
- Career growth
- Influence
- Communication
- Managing up
- Leading projects
- Technical skills
- Productivity
Be ready for practical and actionable advice. No BS included.
See you there!
Tarodactlys of London unite! Join us for a fun evening of networking and learning. Taro will cover your drinks and snacks up to $10 USD (~£8) per person.
🗓️ Date: Saturday, August 10
🕓 Time: 4 PM to 7 PM
Looking forward to catching up! 😊
Whether you are just starting your career or have years of experience in Big Tech, startups can be a powerful accelerator for your career and expose you to unique opportunities.
Join us for an interactive discussion with Ben Rudolph, cofounder and CTO of Peregrine. Ben built Peregrine from within the San Pablo homicide Investigations Unit where, among other cases, he worked with detectives to help solve a high profile cold homicide case. After spending a year embedded onsite with the customer and securing their first contract, Ben has overseen the growth of the company from 2 to 100+ people. Their technology now serves over 30 million citizens and ingests approximately a million data points every 10 minutes.
Topics covered:
- Understanding how the right startup can offer unique experiences not available in Big Tech.
- Deciding if and when to explore startups for your next career move.
- Effectively evaluating the potential of a startup.
- Common traits of top-performing startup engineers.
- Comparing the mindset required for success in startups vs large tech companies.
Related discussions on Taro:
- How to evaluate a startup?
- How Effectively Do Big Tech Engineers Perform In Startups?
- What questions to ask a CTO of a startup?
Peregrine is hiring Senior Engineers in the SF/DC area (or open to relocation) who have 4+ years of experience. Taro members can use this link to get expedited feedback: https://www.peregrine.io/taro
Chicago Tarodactyls unite!
Come by and network with other talented tech folks in the Taro community! Taro will be providing up to $10 in drinks and snacks per person.
Rahul (cofounder of Taro, formerly at Meta and Pinterest) will be visiting Chicago and hosting this meetup at a cafe.
For more details and last-minute logistics, keep an eye on #g-chicago-meetup in Slack.
Group Office Hours are a very simple event type with a very important goal in mind: Get you the career support you need in a safe, communal setting. This means:
- These sessions are never recorded
- All AI summary and note-taker bots will be kicked out
- If you want to ask your question 100% anonymously, just change your display name and ask it in the chat
So how does it work? Easy: Drop in whenever, raise your hand 🤚 to ask a question (or put it in chat), and leave at your own convenience.
Can't make the event? No worries, just ask your question anonymously in the Taro forum: https://www.jointaro.com/questions/create/
A Taro Premium* fortnightly standup dedicated to flourishing a strong side-project/start-up community within Taro.
To be used as an accountability tracker and to discuss what you've been working on.
Taro Resources:
- [Masterclass] How To Build And Grow Tech Products To 500k+ Users For Free - Taro Video (jointaro.com)
- Startup Employee To Startup Founder: What I Wish I Knew - Taro Video (jointaro.com)
- Selling for Technical Founders (B2B) - Taro Video (jointaro.com)
Start-up Resources:
- PG Essays
- Y Combinator Videos
- Sequoia Capital Videos
- Sarah Guo & Elad Gil's Podcast
- Garry Tan Videos
Referral Link: https://www.jointaro.com/r/devon838/
Notes:
- These sessions are never recorded
- All AI summary and note-taker bots will be kicked out
- *For now
In this #taro-bookclub discussion, we'll go over Chapter 2 continued of "The Pragmatic Programmer" by Andrew Hund & David Thomas
Here's the agenda:
- Tracer Bullets
- Prototypes and Post-it Notes
- Domain Language
- Estimating
Please send your questions ahead of time to Bikram Kashyap in the Taro Premium Slack, so that they can be included in the discussion. If you don't have the book or want more details on how this all works, check out the #taro-bookclub channel in the Taro Premium Slack as well!
Get ready for another engaging and informative session!
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Join us for a discussion about wealth creation and preservation for engineers. We'll also talk about financial independence / retire early (FIRE), a dream for many tech workers. Most engineers earn a high income relatively early in their career -- $200K+ total compensation per year is not uncommon for US software engineers.
Some things we can talk about in this session (August):
- Monetizable AI projects.
- Revenue-generating projects, e.g. writing a book, starting a podcast, teaching a course.
- Rahul to share an update on his YouTube income
As a reminder, this session will not be recorded. Group Office Hours are a private, communal way to get the personalized career advice you need.
Resources:
Group Office Hours are a very simple event type with a very important goal in mind: Get you the career support you need in a safe, communal setting. This means:
- These sessions are never recorded
- All AI summary and note-taker bots will be kicked out
- If you want to ask your question 100% anonymously, just change your display name and ask it in the chat
So how does it work? Easy: Drop in whenever, raise your hand 🤚 to ask a question (or put it in chat), and leave at your own convenience.
Can't make the event? No worries, just ask your question anonymously in the Taro forum: https://www.jointaro.com/questions/create/
In this #taro-bookclub discussion, we'll go over Chapter 3 of "The Pragmatic Programmer" by Andrew Hund & David Thomas
Here's the agenda:
- Power of Plain Text
- Shell Games
- Power Editing
- Version Control
- Debugging
- Text Manipulation
- Engineering Daybooks
Please send your questions ahead of time to Bikram Kashyap in the Taro Premium Slack, so that they can be included in the discussion. If you don't have the book or want more details on how this all works, check out the #taro-bookclub channel in the Taro Premium Slack as well!
Get ready for another engaging and informative session!
If you don't have a Taro Premium membership, you can get it with a discount with Akshika's special link here: https://www.jointaro.com/r/akshikw802/
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Discover the benefits of CI/CD pipelines: Learn how CI/CD pipelines streamline the model building, testing, and deployment processes, enabling rapid iteration and continuous improvement.
- Containerize your ML code: Understand the steps and advantages of containerizing your machine learning code to ensure consistency, portability, and efficient resource management.
- Leverage the AWS stack for ML workloads: Explore how to effectively utilize AWS as your cloud infrastructure provider to run and scale your machine learning workloads with ease and reliability.
WHY THIS TOPIC MATTERS
MLOps isn't just about fancy models - it's about getting them working for real! Learn how to deploy, maintain, and collaborate on ML projects, making you a highly-demand expert who can turn machine learning into real-world impact.
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This session is for early entrepreneurs and wantrepreneurs (someone who wants to leave their full-time job and do a company).
In the last two decades, more money and attention have gone to early-stage startups. It's easier and cheaper than ever to start a startup, especially if you're an engineer!
Sample discussions:
- Get feedback on the clarity of your idea, along with the opportunity size. Do you want a VC-scale outcome, or a "lifestyle business"?
- Should you get pre-seed funding (generally $100K - $500K) from an accelerator?
- How and when should you launch your product?
Also happy to share honest thoughts and feedback on well-known accelerators: Y Combinator, PearX, TechStars
What you get:
- Hear ideas from other ambitious engineers to make your own idea/pitch better.
- Taro (this platform!) is a YC-funded startup from S22. Rahul can share thoughts about how Taro got in and what he learned.
- Rahul has personally reviewed and recommended 10+ companies that have gotten funding and launched their product.
Relevant resources:
- How To Approach "Doing Your Own Thing" -- Startup Discussion And Feedback
- [Taro Top 10] Entrepreneurship And Tech Startups
- "How did you decide to quit your job and make a startup?" (by Alex)
- How To Prepare To Leave Big Tech For A Startup
- Taro at YC's Demo Day (Summer 2022)
This session will not be recorded. Group Office Hours are a communal way to get the personalized career advice you need.
In this #taro-bookclub discussion, we'll go over Chapter 5 of "The Pragmatic Programmer" by Andrew Hund & David Thomas
Here's the agenda:
- Decoupling
- Juggling the Real World
- Transforming Programming
- Inheritance Tax
- Configuration
Please send your questions ahead of time to Bikram Kashyap in the Taro Premium Slack, so that they can be included in the discussion. If you don't have the book or want more details on how this all works, check out the #taro-bookclub channel in the Taro Premium Slack as well!
Get ready for another engaging and informative session!
In this #taro-bookclub discussion, we'll go over Chapter 4 of "The Pragmatic Programmer" by Andrew Hund & David Thomas
Here's the agenda:
- Design by Contract
- Dead Programs Tell No Lies
- Assertive Programming
- How to Balance Resources
- Don't Outrun Your Headlights
Please send your questions ahead of time to Bikram Kashyap in the Taro Premium Slack, so that they can be included in the discussion. If you don't have the book or want more details on how this all works, check out the #taro-bookclub channel in the Taro Premium Slack as well!
Get ready for another engaging and informative session!
