Vancouver Tech Podcast

Drew and James have a long show this week. First, they cover some ideas on leveling the playing field with remote and local employees. Drew went to a ton of meetups, so there is an excellent breakdown of each day. We have lots of links for this episode, so check the show notes! The interview this week is with Kiri Nichol - small yellow duck. The interview starts at 0:42:36. Kiri Nichol is a data science junky! When she is not organizing her Kaggle competitions, she is competing against others. She has a Ph.D. in Physics and has a real passion for problem solving. Links Remote 1 Year Retail Zipline Job Try Git on Github Try Git on Code School CensusMapper.ca Interview Links Wiki Art Kiris Kaggle Competition Meetups for the week of May 16th Women In IT Week Monday, May 16th EdTech (UBC Studios, 0110 - 2329 West Mall) 1:00 PM Git Help! & 0-Tech (Decentral, 436 West Pender) 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Kids Code Jeunesse (Launch Academy, #300 - 128 West Hastings) 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Ideas Meeting (Creative Cow