z2018 whoami - SoCraTesUK/socrates-uk GitHub Wiki

Tell us who you are :)

Rachel D

  • JS Developer at Tes.com
  • attended Socrates UK every year
  • interested in learning how to work more effectively as a remote developer
  • will bring walking map of the area and boots for tramping around muddy paths

David H.

  • Developer at GDS
  • attended Socrates UK 2 years ago
  • Tech lead on GOV.UK Pay
  • Previously Ruby/Rails, these days Java/Devops and technical leadership
  • Interested in CI/CD, testing approaches for microservices especially contract testing, nonviolent communication, team building, leadership

Markus D.

  • From Giessen/Germany
  • Attending SoCraTes since 2014, first time at SoCraTes UK; thinking about SoCraTes BE as well this year
  • Can juggle balls and C# Syntax ;)

Rainer S.

  • from Darmstadt, Germany
  • first time at SoCraTes
  • Java and Web-developer since good old Netscape 4.05
  • interested in distributed computing, event driven programmin and, graphic design and discussing strategies to test legacy code

Zsolt Sz. Sz.

  • from Hungary
  • first time at SoCraTes
  • Full-stack with JS/Ruby/Java, but nowadays mainly Platform engineering / DevOps

Daniele Occhipinti

  • Developer at GDS on GOV.UK Pay
  • never attended SoCraTes before
  • Java, PHP, Javascript
  • Apart from software, I am interested in fitness (I am a qualified Pilates teacher), well-being in general and Oriental culture.

Amélie C.

  • Developer at the European Bioinformatics Institute
  • attended Socrates France last year, UK 2 & 3 years ago. BE later this year :)
  • Mostly Java, mostly backend, some typescript/angular. Devops!
  • Interested in incremental steps to improve all the things all the time (code, test approaches, deployment, processes, collaboration, ...)
  • I bring a few games and a set of Speedminton (outdoor version of badminton)

Ian R.

  • agile software developer
  • attended Socrates UK most years
  • Mostly F#/C#, mostly backend, some javascript
  • Interested in functional and distributed programming.
  • Love doing katas/dojos.

Tom O.

  • Working at Armakuni
  • Attended SocratesUK enough times to claim to be a regular now
  • Software design and testing fanatic
  • Looking forward to late night coding
  • Will probably try and talk to you about Haskell at some point

Paulo Clavijo

  • Originally from Spain, living in Ireland.
  • Working at Dell.
  • My first time in SocratesUK. Attended Socracan 17 and 18 and last years Software Craftsmanship London.
  • I organise the Cork Software Crafters community