Info Session 2024 _ GBM FA24 with SWE at Google
- 1. Welcome GBM 2024! with Justin Scofield Software Engineer @ Google NYC UIC Alumni ‘23 Friday, Sept. 20, 2024 Fall 2024 University of Illinois Chicago Thanks for joining us! Please check in with the QR code or URL below to let us know you were here.
- 2. Announcement! We are being in the process of rebranding. GDSC is now GDG. Google Developer Groups! University of Illinois Chicago
- 3. Meet the Team! University of Illinois Chicago
- 4. GDG at UIC Core Team Faculty Advisor / Professor David Hayes GDSC Lead / President Tam Le Vice-President Lisset Rico Treasurer Vacant Technical Lead Animesh Nema Creative Lead Vacant Communications Lead Seth Traman Marketing Lead Bushra Yazjanova Event Director Vacant
- 5. Join the team! Grow your leadership skills, gain more experience. If you see a fit for any of the positions below, consider applying! - Treasurer - Creative Lead - Event Director Submit by Friday, September 27 at 11:59pm. Google Form Link for the application and more details.
- 6. What is GDG? University of Illinois Chicago
- 8. Our Mission Connect - Meet other students interested in developer technologies at UIC Learn - Learn about a range of technical topics and gain hands on experience Grow - Apply new learnings to build great solutions for local problems. University of Illinois Chicago Connect • Learn • Grow
- 9. Events & Workshops University of Illinois Chicago
- 10. Stuff we do We’re not just limited to these! We cover technologies outside of the Google ecosystem that is useful to know. Don’t see something here? Let us know! Web Firebase Maps AI & ML Cloud Assistant Flutter Android
- 11. What We’ve Done ● Build a Linktree Page from Scratch ● An HTML, CSS, JS Crash Course ● Introduction to Microservices ● Building with Node.js: Making a Discord Bot ● Astro Framework ● Solution Challenge ○ Design Sprint ○ UX & Product Design ○ Technical Architecture
- 12. What We Have Cookin ● More Workshops!!!! (In several areas of tech) ● Future Q&A and talks with SWE in the tech field ● Community Projects ● Any suggestions from club members will be highly considered
- 14. Solution Challenge 2023 Eligibility Who can participate? ●University students (undergraduate and graduate) ●Above the age of majority in the country, state, province, or jurisdiction of residence (often this age is 18 years old) ●Open to any GDSC members ●Each person can only join one team Team Building Rules ●All team members must be a part of a GDG chapter ●At least one person on the team must be a GDG member at their own university. Other team members can join a GDG chapter at any university ●Teams can be 1 - 4 people (no more than 4) ●Team members can be from ○Different universities ○Different GDSC chapters
- 16. Prizes Top 100 Receive customized mentorship from Googlers and experts to take solutions to the next level, a branded T-shirt, and a certificate. Final 10 Receive additional mentorship, a swag box, and the opportunity to showcase solutions to Googlers and developers all around the world at Demo Day live on YouTube. Winnings for each qualifying team will be $1,000. Winning 3 In addition to the swag box, each individual from the Winning 3 teams will receive a Cash Prize and a feature on the Google Developers Blog. Winnings for each qualifying team will be $3,000.
- 17. Resources Check out last year’s winners! Use these resources and tools to prepare for events and build your Solution Challenge project solutions. 2024 GDG Solution Challenge Resources
- 18. Connect with us!
- 19. GDSC at UIC Discord Channels & Roles | Select what you’d like to be notified of in the server! Get pings for languages & subjects you know or want to learn. #server-roles | Be notified of stuff relevant to you. Resources Board | Events and resources from GDSC and the extended Google Community ecosystem. language-talk | Have a problem? Need suggestions on something language specific? Make a post here! #project-talk | Discussing projects, getting feedback, finding contributors Need project help? Post all the errors you’re getting! Joinable at https://bit.ly/gdscuicdiscord
- 20. The GDG Event Platform Become a member at: GDG UIC Events organized by us are posted to our chapter page. We post events organized by Google and Google Developer Experts in our Discord!
- 21. Justin Scofield Software Engineer @ Google NYC UIC Alumni ‘23 University of Illinois Chicago
- 22. Who am I? Career Journey ● 1 internship (Google NYC) ● 1 job (Google NYC) Google Cloud AI Contact Center Insights Hobbies ● Super Nintendo ROM Hacking (65816 Assembly) ● Skateboard What do I do at Google? What did I do at UIC? Links ● Portfolio/Resume ● Personal Projects
- 24. Thank you for joining us! Be sure to become a member at the GDSC at UIC chapter page! Join our Discord server to keep up to date with events, projects, and Google events! https://gdg.community.dev/gdg-on-campus-university-of-illinois-chica go-chicago-united-states/ https://bit.ly/gdscuicdiscord @gdscuic
Editor's Notes
- #16: Global challenge, all GDSC chapter participating Like a hackathon that goes on for several months Plenty of time to learn and work Mentorship and resources from Google Team of 4