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“How to rock a technical interview”: Tonight at 6 p.m.!

With the post-pandemic “Great Resignation” (which is expected to happen soon if it isn’t happening already) comes a great number of job opportunities, especially in the tech sector. For many techies, it’s a chance to move to the next step in their career, and for people just getting into tech, it’s their moment to land their first job in the field. That means a tech job search, which in turn means tech job interviews.

Would you like to be ready to rock your next technical interview? If so, you’ll want to catch tonight’s online event, How to Rock a Technical Interview, hosted by Women Who Code Tampa. You can sign up for the event on its Meetup page, which will make the event link available to you.

Kasandra Perez

The event will be hosted by Kasandra Perez of Computer Coach, who’s worth getting to know if you want to get into tech and need to pick up some skills. She’ll walk you through the three core areas of the technical interview. namely:

  1. Coding skills,
  2. Problem-solving, and
  3. Personality.
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Flow Davis

Providing extra insight into rocking the tech interview will be guest speaker Flow Davis, who’s a Tampa Bay techie with over 13 years of experience developing Digital Marketing Websites and applications for Agencies, Startups & Fortune 500 companies.

At the time of writing, almost 70 people have signed up for this session, which means there are almost 70 Tampa Bay techies who are going to learn tech interview tips, tricks, and techniques that you might not know. Sign up, catch the session, and don’t get left behind!

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What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 21, 2021)

Here’s your list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events — plus a little area tech news — for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, June 21 through Sunday, June 27, 2021.

This is a weekly service from Tampa Bay’s tech blog, Global Nerdy! For the past four years, I’ve been compiling a list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events happening in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. There’s a lot going on in our scene here in “The Other Bay Area, on the Other West Coast”!

By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.

This week’s ONLINE and OUTDOOR events

I’m holding off on listing indoor in-person events for a little longer. In the meantime, enjoy this list of events that are either online or in-person and outdoors!

Monday, June 21

Tuesday, June 22

Wednesday, June 23

Thursday, June 24

Friday, June 25

Saturday, June 26

Sunday, June 27

Tampa Bay area news

Tampa Bay Tech’s “Tech Tracks 2021” virtual event this Thursday

Tampa Bay Tech is holding Tech Tracks 2021, its big Q2 virtual event on Thursday afternoon. It will feature tech talks provided by Tampa Bay area technologists, for Tampa Bay area technologists. Tickets are $25.00, and are cheaper for Tampa Bay Tech members. Here’s the agenda:

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Video: Tampa Bay’s biggest strengths, weakness and opportunities, according to Silicon Valley executives

In this video, Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Lauren Coffey chats with three tech execs on why they moved to Tampa:

Tampa Bay Wave welcomes 15 startups to latest accelerator cohort

From “several hundred” applications, Tampa Bay Wave selected fifteen tech startups from the U.S. and beyond to be admitted to their 2021 TechDiversity Accelerator. Find out more about them here.

7 questions to ask before relocating your startup to Florida

If you’ve got a TechCrunch “Extra Crunch” subscription, you can read the entirely of this article by Embarc Collective’s Lakshmi Shenoy. I don’t have one, so could somebody please tell me what the final 4 questions are?

Do you have any events or announcements that you’d like to see on this list?

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What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 14, 2021)

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It’s mid-June!

Here’s your list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, June 14 through Sunday, June 20, 2021.

This is a weekly service from Tampa Bay’s tech blog, Global Nerdy! For the past four years, I’ve been compiling a list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events happening in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. There’s a lot going on in our scene here in “The Other Bay Area, on the Other West Coast”!

By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.

How long will this list contain only ONLINE and OUTDOOR events?

A month ago, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that anyone who is fully vaccinated — meaning that they had their final vaccine two weeks or longer ago — can now stop masking and social distancing, including indoors in many cases. That means this list will start including in-person events, right?

Not just yet. This list will stick to online and outdoor events for the time being.

As I write this:

  • 41.0% of the Florida population has been fully vaccinated (I’m one of them), and 50.8% has had their first dose.
  • 43.1% of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated, and 52.5% has had their first dose.

Those numbers are a good sign, but they could be better. I’m holding off on listing indoor in-person events until after the 4th of July for the following reasons:

  • Most of the events aimed at a tech, entrepreneur, or nerd audience are still being held online.
  • The CDC’s announcement depends on people exercising good judgement. We live in Florida. Do the math.
  • If the CDC’s call was right, we’ll know by July 4th. If the CDC’s call was wrong, we’ll also know by July 4th.

I’m looking forward to life getting back to normal, but I’m also happy to exercise a few weeks’ worth of caution because I think it’s worth it.

Stay home, stay safe, stay connected, and #MakeItTampaBay!

This week’s events

Monday, June 14

Tuesday, June 15

Wednesday, June 16

Thursday, June 17

Friday, June 18

Saturday, June 19

Sunday, June 20

Other area news

Tampa Bay’s tech startup future is female-led
Be sure to check out the recent piece by Tampa Bay Business Journal on the women behind Tampa Bay’s major startup organizations. It’s one of the things that sets Tampa Bay’s tech scene apart from the others.

Celsius Network’s CTO moved to Tampa
Celsius Network’s CTO Nuke Goldstein (an action hero name, for sure!) visited Tampa Bay for a month and ended up moving himself and his family here in May. He’s already had meetings with Mayor Jane Castor and Embarc Collective CEO Lakshmi Shenoy. He says: “I met more friends and connections in one month in Tampa than I did in three years in New York. The people are so friendly and open and energized.”

Company that expanded to Tampa is on a hiring spree
Drift, the Boston-based company that expanded into Tampa, and whose platform assists with B2B buying, has already hired 50 people locally, and is looking to add 40 more.

Tampa fintech startup accepted to prestigious 1871 accelerator program
Trustate, a company that aims to help streamline and automate the estate administration process, has been accepted to the “WMN-FINtech program,” a joint project of BMO Harris Bank and 1871, the Chicago-based incubator that gave us Embarc Collective’s Lakshmi Shenoy.

Do you have any events or announcements that you’d like to see on this list?

Let me know at joey@joeydevilla.com!

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What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 7, 2021)

Here’s your list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, June 7 through Sunday, June 13, 2021.

This is a weekly service from Tampa Bay’s tech blog, Global Nerdy! For the past four years, I’ve been compiling a list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events happening in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. There’s a lot going on in our scene here in “The Other Bay Area, on the Other West Coast”!

By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.

How long will this list contain only ONLINE and OUTDOOR events?

A month ago, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that anyone who is fully vaccinated — meaning that they had their final vaccine two weeks or longer ago — can now stop masking and social distancing, including indoors in many cases. That means this list will start including in-person events, right?

Not just yet. This list will stick to online and outdoor events for the time being.

As I write this:

  • 39.6% of the Florida population has been fully vaccinated (I’m one of them), and 49.7% has had their first dose.
  • 41.6% of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated, and 51.5% has had their first dose.

Those numbers are a good sign, but they could be better. I’m holding off on listing indoor in-person events until after the 4th of July for the following reasons:

  • Most of the events aimed at a tech, entrepreneur, or nerd audience are still being held online.
  • The CDC’s announcement depends on people exercising good judgement. We live in Florida. Do the math.
  • If the CDC’s call was right, we’ll know by July 4th. If the CDC’s call was wrong, we’ll also know by July 4th.

I’m looking forward to life getting back to normal, but I’m also happy to exercise a few weeks’ worth of caution because I think it’s worth it.

Stay home, stay safe, stay connected, and #MakeItTampaBay!

This week’s events

Monday, June 7

Tuesday, June 8

Wednesday, June 9

Thursday, June 10

Friday, June 11

Saturday, June 12

Sunday, June 13

Do you have any events or announcements that you’d like to see on this list?

Let me know at joey@joeydevilla.com!

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What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 31, 2021)

Welcome to June!

Here’s your list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, May 31 through Sunday, June 6, 2021.

This is a weekly service from Tampa Bay’s tech blog, Global Nerdy! For the past four years, I’ve been compiling a list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events happening in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. There’s a lot going on in our scene here in “The Other Bay Area, on the Other West Coast”!

By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.

How long will this list contain only ONLINE and OUTDOOR events?

Three Thursdays ago, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that anyone who is fully vaccinated — meaning that they had their final vaccine two weeks or longer ago — can now stop masking and social distancing, including indoors in many cases. That means this list will start including in-person events, right?

Not just yet. This list will stick to online and outdoor events for the time being.

As I write this:

  • 38.9% of the Florida population has been fully vaccinated (I’m one of them), and 49.0% has had their first dose.
  • 41.0% of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated, and 50.1% has had their first dose.

Those numbers are a good sign, but they could be better. I’m holding off on listing indoor in-person events until after the 4th of July for the following reasons:

  • Most of the events aimed at a tech, entrepreneur, or nerd audience are still being held online.
  • The CDC’s announcement depends on people exercising good judgement. We live in Florida. Do the math.
  • If the CDC’s call was right, we’ll know by July 4th. If the CDC’s call was wrong, we’ll also know by July 4th.

I’m looking forward to life getting back to normal, but I’m also happy to exercise a few weeks’ worth of caution because I think it’s worth it.

Stay home, stay safe, stay connected, and #MakeItTampaBay!

This week’s events

Monday, May 31

Remember, it’s Memorial Day, and a number of Meetup groups are regularly scheduled on “autopilot”. The events listed for this day may ro may not actually be happening — check with the organizers to be sure!

Tuesday, June 1

Wednesday, June 2

Thursday, June 3

Friday, June 4

Saturday, June 5

Sunday, June 6

Do you have any events or announcements that you’d like to see on this list?

Let me know at joey@joeydevilla.com!

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What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 24, 2021)

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We’re approaching the end of May and the Memorial Day weekend! Here’s your list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, May 24 through Sunday, May 30, 2021.

This is a weekly service from Tampa Bay’s tech blog, Global Nerdy! For the past four years, I’ve been compiling a list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events happening in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. There’s a lot going on in our scene here in “The Other Bay Area, on the Other West Coast”!

By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.

How long will this list contain only ONLINE and OUTDOOR events?

Two Thursdays ago, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that anyone who is fully vaccinated — meaning that they had their final vaccine two weeks or longer ago — can now stop masking and social distancing, including indoors in many cases. That means this list will start including in-person events, right?

Not just yet. This list will stick to online and outdoor events for the time being.

As I write this:

  • 36.8% of the Florida population has been fully vaccinated (I’m one of them), and 46.9% has had their first dose.
  • 38.9% of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated, and 49.1% has had their first dose.

Those numbers are a good sign, but I’m holding off on listing indoor in-person events until after the 4th of July for the following reasons:

  • Most of the events aimed at a tech, entrepreneur, or nerd audience are still being held online.
  • The CDC’s announcement depends on people exercising good judgement. We live in Florida. Do the math.
  • If the CDC’s call was right, we’ll know by July 4th. If the CDC’s call was wrong, we’ll also know by July 4th.

I’m looking forward to life getting back to normal, but I’m also happy to exercise a few weeks’ worth of caution because I think it’s worth it.

Stay home, stay safe, stay connected, and #MakeItTampaBay!

This week’s events

Monday, May 24

Tuesday, May 25

Wednesday, May 26

Thursday, May 27

Friday, May 28

Saturday, May 29

Sunday, May 30

Do you have any events or announcements that you’d like to see on this list?

Let me know at joey@joeydevilla.com!

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What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 17, 2021)

We’ve just passed the middle of May! Here’s your list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, May 17 through Sunday, May 23, 2021.

This is a weekly service from Tampa Bay’s tech blog, Global Nerdy! For the past four years, I’ve been compiling a list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events happening in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. There’s a lot going on in our scene here in “The Other Bay Area, on the Other West Coast”!

By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.

How long will this list contain only ONLINE events?

Last Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that anyone who is fully vaccinated — meaning that they had their final vaccine two weeks or longer ago — can now stop masking and social distancing, including indoors in many cases. That means this list will start including in-person events, right?

Not just yet.

As I write this, 34.6% of the Florida population has been fully vaccinated (I’m one of them), and 45.1% has had at least one dose. Those numbers are a good sign, but I’m holding off on listing in-person events until after the 4th of July for the following reasons:

  • Most of the events aimed at a tech, entrepreneur, or nerd audience are still being held online.
  • The CDC’s announcement depends on people exercising good judgement. We live in Florida. Do the math.
  • If the CDC’s call was right, we’ll know by July 4th. If the CDC’s call was wrong, we’ll also know by July 4th.

I’m looking forward to life getting back to normal, but I’m also happy to exercise a few weeks’ worth of caution because I think it’s worth it.

Stay home, stay safe, stay connected, and #MakeItTampaBay!

This week’s events

Monday, May 17

Tuesday, May 18

Wednesday, May 19

Thursday, May 20

Friday, May 21

Saturday, May 22

Sunday, May 23

Do you have any events or announcements that you’d like to see on this list?

Let me know at joey@joeydevilla.com!

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