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         Gate Keepers of Tech Jobs

Starting May 11th, Playa Tech will be hosting a digital event, Owning Your Job Search! In this 4 part bootcamp, you’ll learn how to own your job search, build a meaningful connection with anyone you meet, and get interviews without needing to constantly apply online. The bootcamp includes a virtual networking event with recruiters/hiring managers from companies like Amazon, Google, Tastemade, Buzzfeed, and more.

Want to make strides in your career, but feeling overwhelmed where to start? Whether you’re in the job market, looking to build your network or considering a career change, this 4 part digital bootcamp will provide you with insight and actionable steps to build meaningful connections, get “insider tips” from recruiters and hiring managers on how they approach their own job hunts, perfect your resume and LinkedIn profile, and overall make great impressions by having solid tools at your fingertips!

  1. Monday 5/11, 6:30PM - 8:00PM PT — Bootcamp Kick off + Networking 
  2. Tuesday 5/12, 6:30PM - 8:00PM PT — Resume + LinkedIn
  3. Wednesday, 5/13 6:30PM - 8:00PM PT — Interviews
  4. Thursday, 5/14 6:30PM - 8:30PM PT — Virtual Networking Event

To Register, please click the Owning Your Job Search link!

Past Events

























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​​7/18/19

Playa Tech Neighborhood Happy Hour: Securing Seed Capital for your Startup

Playa Tech partnered with Early Growth Financial Services to bring you a crash course in perfecting your pitch deck.  Early Growth's Business Development Manager Kory Chapelle provided a walkthrough of a winning pitch, then accompany Moonshots Capital investor Jawhara Tariq for a joint question and answer session. 

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2/26/19

24 Hour Designs dissect rapid-prototyping and app design

 
Join Playa Tech and 24 Hour Designs as we deep dive into the product development process. Entrepreneur and design consultant Jay Whitley will walk you through a product design journey.  Moderated by Sheena Yang, Sr. Voice Designer at Amazon.  
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8/08/19
Introduction to Coding with Python:

Nathan Danielsen led the Python for beginners workshop.  It reviewed some basic elements of the python programming language and will dive deeper into useful data types and common operations.

A high emphasis was placed on working with other students to debug and troubleshoot code.  Its a great way to learn.  



5/09/19

​Women in Tech:


How I got there Join Bird and Playa Tech for an evening of established ladies in Tech discussing their journeys in their careers.

Fe
atured Panelists:  Dana Fleur, Sr. Director of Engineering, Dollar Shave Club Prema Sampath, Senior Product Manager, Google Chandra Morando, Director, Americas Operations, Bird Moderator:  Carolann Neale, Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Bird
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1/30/19
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Behind The Scenes with Rival: Going Serverless with AWS


Featuring Michael Dodsworth (Director, Engineering, Rival) & Randall Hunt - Sr. Technical Evangelist, AWS​


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10/29/18
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How to Succeed in Product Management


Featuring MarkThomas (Google), Sean Kanamori (Ring), Katie Bolz (Goop)

6/25/18
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Voice Design


Featuring Sheena Yang (Amazon Alexa)



03/20/18

Athena.LA + Playa Tech

Featuring Cat Chen, Founder of Skyler Body

08/30/17
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​Playa Tech Neighborhood Happy Hour


1/25/17
Fireside Chat with Kirk Ouiment
Kirk Ouimet is the Co-Founder at Scan (acquired by Snapchat). Discussed how he raised money and his acquisition

8/17/16
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Playa Tech Neighborhood Happy Hour

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