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I had a brief clip air on Global TV BC this evening, commenting on the news that Facebook is opening a temporary office in Vancouver. Here’s a link to the written article. Thanks to Greg for tracking down the Global TV News Hour clip (starts at 15:20).
I do think that the difficulty in getting a US Visa is a contributing factor to make Canada / Vancouver an attractive place to put an office. It was back in July 2007 that the Microsoft opening an office news broke. Looking back, the Microsoft office out in Richmond was basically a non-impact on the local community. So, where Facebook puts its office and how much it interacts with the local community will be the determining factor on the potential impact of having them here.
I’d like to talk about local Vancouver talent. My general feeling is that the developer and designer talent that Vancouver does have are treated like raw resources. Like our logs and other natural resources, we do very little "secondary processing", and the best are shipped off elsewhere.
Igor Faletski, CEO & Co-founder of Mobify, did a great write up right after the news broke: What the new Facebook office means for the Vancouver tech scene
I agree with his summary, that this is a good thing - Facebook will bring talent from around the world to Vancouver (and some will stay), and that another strong link between here and the Valley is a good thing for the community.
The main downside is the hiring pressure. Mobify is a growing company, and in his last blog post covering what startups should focus on, Igor said "Companies - and people - that don’t master hiring can’t scale, so spend at least a quarter of your time on it."
My observation on "talent in Vancouver" has always been three fold:
Also, with generally smaller companies and/or "branch office" locations (and so nowhere for people in the following disciplines to gain experience), Vancouver is in dire need of soft skills in marketing, business development, sales, product management, recruiting, etc. etc. etc.
Since these are the critical factors in scaling a company past a couple of co-founders, this is likely an even bigger issue than "I can’t find a Ruby programmer to hire".
Also related to being underpaid, this has had an interesting side effect - since salaries are low/career opportunities are few, doing a startup feels less risky. However, since we also have very limited angel capital, the best startup teams again head south where there is more angel capital at higher valuations.
Is there lots of "great" talent in Vancouver already? I’d say that there are many talented juniors, but in general it’s hard to find people who are more senior / have lots of relevant experience. However, because of the generally low pay, hiring people away from existing companies (that likely also have less interesting career paths available) is going to be easy for new entrants like Facebook, Salesforce, and Amazon.
Comments on Twitter (see full collected responses on Storify) underline this:
[Dan Udey: "after I was hired, I watched the founders interview for six months without hiring"](https://twitter.com/danudey/status/313429680382423041 )
Dan works at A Thinking Ape (aka ATA), which is a company that relocated to Vancouver from Silicon Valley. ATA has done a great job of running new grad focused job fairs across Canada. And that’s the point (again): hiring great people is hard, and we need to a) invest in getting good at it and b) great people are everywhere, and we have to go looking for them.
We need to invest in our talent to keep them here with both competitive salaries and great career opportunities. Or they will leave. Just like the raw logs that we export.
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These files include training in the [[AWS Practictioner Certification]] and straight [[Linux Certification]] as part of [[The Porter Plan]]
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| aws | awscertifiedbigdataspecialty2019indepthandhandson.zip |
| aws | awscertifiedcloudpractitionerclfc01 |
| aws | awscertifiedcloudpractitionerclfc01.zip |
| aws | awscertifieddeveloperassociatecertification.zip |
| aws | awscertifiedsecurityspecialty.zip |
| aws | awscertifiedsysopsadministratorassociateguide.pdf |
| aws | awscertifiedsysopsadministratorassociateguide_Code.zip |
| compti | comptiaaplus2019certification1002thetotalcourse.zip |
| linux | comptialinuxpluscertificationguide.pdf |
| compti | comptialinuxpluscertificationguide.pdf |
| compti | comptianetworkceritificationguide.pdf |
| compti | comptiasecuritypluspracticetestssy0501.pdf |
| microsoft | microsoft365certifiedfundamentalsms900examguide.pdf |
| professionalcloudarchitectgooglecloudcertificationguide.pdf | |
| salesforce | salesforceadvancedadministratorcertificationguide.pdf |
| salesforce | salesforceadvancedadministratorcertificationguide_Code.zip |
| salesforce | salesforcecertifiedadministratorrevisionguide.zip |
| salesforce | salesforceplatformdevelopericertificationguide.pdf |
| salesforce | salesforceplatformdevelopericertificationguide_Code.zip |
| sscp | sscpcertificationsystemssecuritycertifiedpractitioner.zip |
| tableau | tableaudesktopcertifiedassociateexamguide.pdf |
| tableau | tableaudesktopcertifiedassociateexamguide.zip |
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A collection of ClojureScript resources - still to be organized…
[[Introduction to ClojureScript]] - David Nolan talking at Devnexus 2015.
[[Developing ClojureScript with Figwheel]]
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Plugin.ComponentResources().quartz/plugins/emitters/componentResources.ts.great, community-based approach to working on climate where you can connect with people already in the field and even dip your toes in with part-time and project-based work. This is less of a jobs database and more of a community of people helping others to transition their careers, meaning that you will need to invest time into being a member of the community and building relationships in order to identify and jump into opportunities.
https://techjobsforgood.com/jobs/?q=&impact_areas=Environment
definitely more of a database where you can search for all kinds of that tech workers could contribute to, at impact-oriented organizations and companies
This is an initiative and accompanying Slack community focused on tech workers, particularly engineers, particularly in large tech organizations.
I use [[anarchist library]] for a lot of material
there is also [[JSTOR]] for research papers
I use [[moon reader]] on [[android]] and I’m currently trying out [[calibre]] on linux
In this digital era, knowledge, data, and information have become critical production resources.
– [[Bridging the Digital Divide Between the Left and Capitalism, an Urgent Mission for Left Movements]]
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In 2001 the OER movement began in earnest, when the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) announced its Open CourseWare initiative. MIT’s goal was to make all the learning materials used by its 1800 courses available via the internet, where the resources could be used and repurposed as desired by others, without charge.
– Open University
Many resources on the web are ‘free’, and while ‘no cost’ is a key component of this, what is also central to this definition is the stress on the licence that permits free use and re-purposing. In order to satisfy the definition, it is not enough to simply be free (‘no cost’), it also has to be reusable.
– Open University
Group works pattern language project webpage
Article Structuralism and a Pattern Language for Online Environments
Slide deck Pattern Language 3.0 and Fundamental Behavioral Properties
Article Pattern languages as a tool for group alignment
Article Permaculture Patterning, a design framework for systemic transformation
Webpage with many languages
Article/Page: A pattern language for natural homes
Article: The practice of the pattern language to resolve information distortion
Webpage: Informal pattern languages #architecture
Film Places for the soul
RT @konrad@social.coop The most awesome archive is on Mastodon: The Internet Archive is here! internetarchive #archives #openaccess #histodons #primarysources https://t.co/kEDsJqsXZ0
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3 développeurs seront mobilisés pour le projet, 1 graphiste, 1 chef de projet ainsi que des animateurs, community manager, facilitateurs de communauté pour transmettre et communiquer avec les communautés d’usagers finaux.
Nous bénéficions de toute la technique et l’expérience accumulées avec les années du projet COmmunecter et de l’association Open Atlas. Très active en animation de divers filières (numérique, écologie, déchet, océanographie…) localement à La Réunion, mais aussi à Lille ou à Lyon. A cela s’ajoute l’expérience du réseaux de partenaires mobilisés sur le projet qui apportent une belle vision, des objectifs concrets nous permettant une bonne vision des besoins du secteur de la culture.
L’association existe depuis 2009 et investit souvent dans des projets qu’elle considère d’intérêt général et oeuvre un peu en incubateur social et numérique, en aidant grâce à son expérience à accélérer le déploiement de projets qui ont du sens pour la société de demain. L’association est en train de passer sous forme coopérative et participe financièrement au coût financier du projet en temps homme et en hébergement des serveurs.
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3 développeurs seront mobilisés pour le projet, 1 graphiste, 1 chef de projet ainsi que des animateurs, community manager, facilitateurs de communauté pour transmettre et communiquer avec les communautés d’usagers finaux.
Nous bénéficions de toute la technique et l’expérience accumulées avec les années du projet COmmunecter et de l’association Open Atlas. Très active en animation de divers filières (numérique, écologie, déchet, océanographie…) localement à La Réunion, mais aussi à Lille ou à Lyon. A cela s’ajoute l’expérience du réseaux de partenaires mobilisés sur le projet qui apportent une belle vision, des objectifs concrets nous permettant une bonne vision des besoins du secteur de la culture.
L’association existe depuis 2009 et investit souvent dans des projets qu’elle considère d’intérêt général et oeuvre un peu en incubateur social et numérique, en aidant grâce à son expérience à accélérer le déploiement de projets qui ont du sens pour la société de demain. L’association est en train de passer sous forme coopérative et participe financièrement au coût financier du projet en temps homme et en hébergement des serveurs.