JuniorDev Adelaide - Levelling Up - Panel Discussion

After an awesome first drinks meetup, Junior Dev Adelaide is back with a super exciting panel event with some amazing panellists to answer all of your questions.

🌟 About the Event 🌟

Find out direct from local Adelaide tech employers what they actually look for in potential hires and employees. Whether you're looking for that elusive first-job in tech, or looking to make the jump from Junior to Mid, this event is for you!

Capacity limits are in place. So register early to secure your spot.

🌟 About the Panellists 🌟

DAN HARRIS - Senior Engineer and Platform Team Lead at HappyCo

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dan-harris/

Twitter: www.twitter.com/danharris_io

Dan has years of experience in mentoring junior developers, along with a passion for growing the Adelaide development community. In addition to his day job, Dan is also co-organiser of both the Frontend ADL meetup (@frontenddevadl) and the Heaps Good Dev (heapsgood.dev) community.

JARROD SWIFT - General Manager Technology at Aligent Consulting

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarrod-swift-5bb0b119b/

Jarrod has 20 years of experience in web development and solution architecture. With a background as a back-end developer with over 10 years experience working with large scale AWS deployments, he now uses his experience to build the environment for a great development team. He is responsible for technical oversight of the development team and architectures, ongoing staff development, the technical strategic direction, recruitment and management of the development team.

PHOEBE SHAW - Lead Character TD at Mighty Kingdom

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phoebe-shaw-td/

After completing an Advanced Diploma, Screen and Media in 2016, Phoebe was immediately recruited to AIE as a lecturer before moving to world class Visual Effects studio Rising Sun Pictures as part of its Creatures department working on films which included Thor: Ragnorak. However, with Phoebe’s love of games, it wasn’t long before she decided to make the move and join Mighty Kingdom.

Since moving to MK in 2017, Phoebe has brought her knowledge of high end VFX pipeline to game development by implementing a proprietary, data centric pipeline for 3D content creation. Phoebe’s impact on rigging and tools was immediate. Developing more and more efficient pipelines, as well as setting the standard for character rigging have been hallmarks of her technical skill set.

Phoebe has always been an advocate for diversity both within Mighty Kingdom and the broader industry. Phoebe has and continues to act as a mentor for several programs including The Working Lunch and Mighty Kingdom's graduate program, which she is a key contributor to the development of, and a significant voice in improving communication, learning and feedback within Mighty Kingdom.

KRISTINE COOK - Partner at Encode Talent

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kristinecookencode/

Having worked for across telco, energy and entertainment, Kristine has a background in managing contact centres and large teams of people within customer service environments. After a decade in this space, Kristine then decided to consolidate her experience by undertaking a Masters of Human Resource Management. Kristine was fortunate to then join a talented management team within a growing utilities company where she was responsible for all things people and culture, including employee development and performance, recruitment and onboarding and HR strategy.

Kristine is now one half of Encode Talent, a boutique recruitment firm specialising in IT and software development roles in Adelaide and the eastern states. In this role, Kristine is able to put her vast experience across people management and HR to help her clients build great teams.

Big thanks to Encode Talent for sponsoring this event.