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The 100 Mistakes You'll Make from...
by Elaine Wherry
11:15 AM Saturday Room 1401
At your first job, you filled your shelves with obscure books to impress your colleagues. As a first-time manager, you probably tried to be a super hero to save a project but were confused when your team seemed unhappy afterwards. In senior leadership, you probably realized you needed to hire a team but regretted not spending more time expanding upon your nine LinkedIn connections. As a VP, you were probably surprised when you had to repeat a goal not once, not twice, but fifty times before anyone took notice. For six years, I chronicled my hundreds of mistakes co-founding Meebo. I initially assumed that my faults were my own but after hiring folks to fill my shoes, I realized that everyone weathers similar rites of passage as we move from individual contributor, to manager, to senior leadership. I've spent countless hours hand-illustrating the scenes for this professional tell-all with the hope of helping others avoid "I wish someone had told me that!" moments.

Elaine Wherry was Co-Founder and Chief Experience Officer (CXO) for Meebo, a consumer Internet company that enabled millions of users to chat, share, and connect with their online friends before being acquired by Google in 2012. Wherry authored Meebo's initial JavaScript framework in 2005 and went on to lead the Web, Product Management, and User Experience teams.

Elaine Wherry Elaine Wherry was Co-Founder and Chief Experience Officer (CXO) for Meebo, a consumer... http://www.ewherry.com/ /Presenter/2012/Elaine-Wherry-8704 California elainewherry
325 startup
472 Entrepreneurship
544 management
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The 100 Mistakes You'll Make from Contributor to CTO

At your first job, you filled your shelves with obscure books to impress your colleagues. As a first-time manager, you probably tried to be a super hero to save a project but were confused when your team seemed unhappy afterwards. In senior leadership, you probably realized you needed to hire a team but regretted not spending more time expanding upon your nine LinkedIn connections. As a VP, you were probably surprised when you had to repeat a goal not once, not twice, but fifty times before anyone took notice. For six years, I chronicled my hundreds of mistakes co-founding Meebo. I initially assumed that my faults were my own but after hiring folks to fill my shoes, I realized that everyone weathers similar rites of passage as we move from individual contributor, to manager, to senior leadership. I've spent countless hours hand-illustrating the scenes for this professional tell-all with the hope of helping others avoid "I wish someone had told me that!" moments.
Recruiting Hacks for Engineers - how to hire the...
by Dan Arkind , Jeff Winner , Peter Soderling , Aki Taha
1:15 PM Sunday Room 5015
Want to work on an amazing team? Don’t leave the job to someone else. This lively panel will share from-the-trenches, battle-tested tactics from elite talent hackers including how to: • More effectively tell the story of your product and tech • Create powerful talent magnets that attract the best and brightest • Build a unique engineering brand • Reduce the # of false-positive hires If you want to get better at hiring, you’ll walk away with actionable ideas on how to build a better team

Dan co-founded JobScore, a freemium online hiring solution now used by over 1000+ employers. Dan is a 15 year veteran of the tech startup talent wars that helps companies get better at recruiting, helping them tune their internal “hiring machines” – In the past few years he’s helped Twilio, Tagged, RedBeacon, IMVU and more double the size of their teams in > 9 months.

Dan Arkind Dan co-founded JobScore, a freemium online hiring solution now used by over 1000+... www.jobscore.com /Presenter/2012/Dan-Arkind-8654 @danarkind

Jeff Winner, Co-founder & CTO at cardspring.com As a software engineer and serial entrepreneur, Jeff has been building top-performing software engineering teams since 1993. He’s hired 100s of engineers for multiple growth organizations. He graded with an MSCS form MIT in 1986. At cardspring he’s helping bring real time payment integration to web and mobile developers.

Jeff Winner Jeff Winner, Co-founder & CTO at cardspring.com As a software engineer and serial... www.cardspring.com /Presenter/2012/Jeff-Winner-8662

Biz hacker, g33k and developer advocate with a bicoastal habit (NYC & SF)

Peter Soderling Biz hacker, g33k and developer advocate with a bicoastal habit (NYC & SF) http://g33ktalk.com /Presenter/2012/Peter-Soderling-8659 petesoder

Aki has been recruiting for web and software companies for over a decade. He held different recruiting and HR roles in the US and overseas at Google, then joined Greylock Partners as its director of talent, providing recruiting support to the venture firm's startups. He was the director of recruiting and HR at Dropbox, and now runs a consulting firm, Persona, which works with startups to put in place the hiring fundamentals they need to recruit. Aki went to Brown, and lives in San Francisco.

Aki Taha Aki has been recruiting for web and software companies for over a decade. He held... https://twitter.com/akitaha /Presenter/2012/Aki-Taha-8655
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Recruiting Hacks for Engineers - how to hire the best team imaginable

Want to work on an amazing team? Don’t leave the job to someone else. This lively panel will share from-the-trenches, battle-tested tactics from elite talent hackers including how to: • More effectively tell the story of your product and tech • Create powerful talent magnets that attract the best and brightest • Build a unique engineering brand • Reduce the # of false-positive hires If you want to get better at hiring, you’ll walk away with actionable ideas on how to build a better team
For New Managers: Learn How to be a “Good...
by Mary Mills
9:45 AM Saturday Room 4306
In this session, you’ll gain insights into the traits and behaviors of good and bad bosses. Learn the key areas that drive our behaviors and those of our direct reports. With these insights you will be able to improve the engagement and productivity of your team. Want to be an engaged and effective boss? Attend this session!

I'm an Executive Coach and Silicon Valley HR veteran. I'm passionate about working with clients who are eager to achieve their potential. The coaching methodology I use is based in neuroscience research and produces great results with executives as well as those early in their careers.

Mary Mills I'm an Executive Coach and Silicon Valley HR veteran. I'm passionate about working with... www.marywmills.com /Presenter/2012/Mary-Mills-6449
404 Career
406 Career Development
540 Coaching Skills
544 management
630 Productivity enhancer
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For New Managers: Learn How to be a “Good Boss.”

In this session, you’ll gain insights into the traits and behaviors of good and bad bosses. Learn the key areas that drive our behaviors and those of our direct reports. With these insights you will be able to improve the engagement and productivity of your team. Want to be an engaged and effective boss? Attend this session!
Crash Course: Managing Software People and Teams
by Ron Lichty
3:30 PM Saturday Room 8338
"We'd like you to manage the team now." That's about as much introduction - and training - as many of us get before our first day managing. Often preceded only by, "You're a great programmer and you've got some people skills." But while programming cred and facility with people are helpful qualifications, what do you really need to know to manage well? What makes a manager great? What are the qualities that meld teams and deliver great software? Those are among the questions that led Ron Lichty and his co-author Mickey W. Mantle to write "Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams" (Addison-Wesley, September, www.ManagingTheUnmanageable.net ), now available for pre-order online. In this interactive session, we'll examine the great managers each of us has experienced, and the qualities, skills, finesse and gifts of greatness that made them stand out. We'll talk about "the rest of the job": managing up, managing out, and other aspects of being a seasoned manager that reports mostly don't see. And you'll take away a few best practices that take most managers years to discover.

CTO-to-go. Programmer. Manager. Author, Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams (Addison Wesley, 2012)

Ron Lichty CTO-to-go. Programmer. Manager. Author, Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and... www.ronlichty.com /Presenter/2012/Ron-Lichty-2920 CA @RonLichty True True
406 Career Development
526 Team Management
540 Coaching Skills
543 Recruiting
544 management
545 team building
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Crash Course: Managing Software People and Teams

"We'd like you to manage the team now." That's about as much introduction - and training - as many of us get before our first day managing. Often preceded only by, "You're a great programmer and you've got some people skills." But while programming cred and facility with people are helpful qualifications, what do you really need to know to manage well? What makes a manager great? What are the qualities that meld teams and deliver great software? Those are among the questions that led Ron Lichty and his co-author Mickey W. Mantle to write "Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams" (Addison-Wesley, September, www.ManagingTheUnmanageable.net ), now available for pre-order online. In this interactive session, we'll examine the great managers each of us has experienced, and the qualities, skills, finesse and gifts of greatness that made them stand out. We'll talk about "the rest of the job": managing up, managing out, and other aspects of being a seasoned manager that reports mostly don't see. And you'll take away a few best practices that take most managers years to discover.
How to Become an Online Influencer
by David Spark
5:00 PM Saturday Room 8338
Attracting influencers will hopefully get you noticed. But becoming an influencer has financial benefits. Influencers are trusted and respected. Become an influencer and you can and will raise your rates. It takes work, but you can become an online influencer and a leader in your industry. Join me for this session and you’ll learn how to: - Use techniques to become an online influencer. - Produce great content quickly. - Blog when you have no time to blog. - Find your voice and brand as an influencer. - Use topical news and industry memes to get discovered. - Interview key industry influencers. - Be interviewed by other influential people. - Engage your audience in the right place at the right time. - Create special experiences for your audience—let them participate and share. - For some of the content you'll get out of this session, read this Mashable article, "HOW TO: Jump-Start Your Career by Becoming an Online Influencer" http://on.mash.to/OLcCUv

David Spark is a veteran tech journalist and founder of Spark Media Solutions, a brand journalism firm that helps its clients be seen as leading voices in their field through brand-quality media production. The company has worked with clients such as Dice, Microsoft, Yammer, IGT, Sprint, Alcatel-Lucent, Tripwire, Riverbed, Zoho, and Indycar Racing. Since 1996, Spark and his articles have appeared in more than 40 media outlets including eWEEK, Wired News, PCWorld, ABC Radio, John C. Dvorak’s “Cr

David Spark David Spark is a veteran tech journalist and founder of Spark Media Solutions, a brand... http://www.sparkminute.com/ /Presenter/2012/David-Spark-4509 CA @dspark
363 SEO
394 entrepreneur
404 Career
406 Career Development
472 Entrepreneurship
651 publishing
652 blogging
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How to Become an Online Influencer

Attracting influencers will hopefully get you noticed. But becoming an influencer has financial benefits. Influencers are trusted and respected. Become an influencer and you can and will raise your rates. It takes work, but you can become an online influencer and a leader in your industry. Join me for this session and you’ll learn how to: - Use techniques to become an online influencer. - Produce great content quickly. - Blog when you have no time to blog. - Find your voice and brand as an influencer. - Use topical news and industry memes to get discovered. - Interview key industry influencers. - Be interviewed by other influential people. - Engage your audience in the right place at the right time. - Create special experiences for your audience—let them participate and share. - For some of the content you'll get out of this session, read this Mashable article, "HOW TO: Jump-Start Your Career by Becoming an Online Influencer" http://on.mash.to/OLcCUv
Cracking the Coding Interview
by Gayle McDowell
1:45 PM Saturday Room SmithWick
CS interviews are a different breed from other interviews and, as such, require specialized skills and techniques. Cracking the Coding Interview will teach you how to prepare for coding interviews, what top companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft really look for, and how to tackle the toughest programming and algorithm problems. This talk will be deeply technical and cover specific programming concepts, including data structures and algorithms. FROM THE AUTHOR OF AMAZON'S BEST-SELLING INTERVIEW BOOK, Cracking the Coding Interview. Rated 5 out of 5 stars on Amazon with 79 reviews: http://www.amazon.com/dp/098478280X

Gayle Laakmann McDowell is the founder and CEO of CareerCup.com and the author of Cracking the Coding Interview (Amazon.com's #1 best-selling interview book), and The Google Resume (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470927623). Gayle has worked as a Software Engineer for Google, Microsoft and Apple. She holds a BSE and MSE from UPenn in Computer Science, and an MBA from the Wharton School.

Gayle McDowell Gayle Laakmann McDowell is the founder and CEO of CareerCup.com and the author of Cracking... http://www.technologywoman.com /Presenter/2012/Gayle-McDowell-8367 CA gayle
339 Google
404 Career
405 Career Preparation
406 Career Development
407 Job Hunting
409 interviewing
540 Coaching Skills
543 Recruiting
550 Coding
554 Development
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Cracking the Coding Interview

CS interviews are a different breed from other interviews and, as such, require specialized skills and techniques. Cracking the Coding Interview will teach you how to prepare for coding interviews, what top companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft really look for, and how to tackle the toughest programming and algorithm problems. This talk will be deeply technical and cover specific programming concepts, including data structures and algorithms. FROM THE AUTHOR OF AMAZON'S BEST-SELLING INTERVIEW BOOK, Cracking the Coding Interview. Rated 5 out of 5 stars on Amazon with 79 reviews: http://www.amazon.com/dp/098478280X

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