z2019 whoami - SoCraTesUK/socrates-uk GitHub Wiki

Tell us who you are :)

Fox

  • Regular
  • Runs the London Code Dojo
  • Likes Tai Chi and other martial arts (they're not scary, really)
  • (Works in LISP)

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

Amélie C.

  • Developer at ThinkAnalytics
  • Going round the various Craft unconfs (last one CodeFreeze, and regular at SocratesUK)
  • 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)

Jakob Durstberger

  • Android Developer at Moonpig
  • Attending SoCraTes UK for the second time, this time as an organiser
  • Interested in Haskell, Purescript, Functional Domain Moddeling
  • Intrigued by high performing teams and companies
  • Besides software development I am into weightlifting, running, cooking and GO

Matthew Butt

  • Lead Developer at Runpath
  • A regular at SoCraTes UK (and BE), and one of the facilitators this year
  • I love refactoring, idiomatic design, and helping teams improve their skills and collaboration.
  • Also interested in languages, music and philosophy

David C.

  • Dev/QA at ThoughtWorks
  • First timer at SoCraTes, and unconferences as a whole :D
  • Plenty of breadth (DevOps, back-end, front-end, TDD, automation, CI/CD, refactoring, clean code, soft skills)
  • In need of depth (Continuous Testing, better approaches to quality for the whole team)
  • Fan of k-pop, practicioner of tae-kwon-do, wannabe linguist, world's ok-est guitar player
  • Just shy, not anti-social (do say hi :D)

Nicky Chorley

  • Developer at Springer Nature
  • Third time at SoCraTes UK
  • Currently work in Scala, but also enjoy Kotlin and have built some small things in Clojure, too
  • Enjoy working incrementally and collaboratively
  • Also enjoy running and chess, so I'm bringing two chess sets with me

Pawel Duda

  • Java Developer working in London
  • Been to SoCraTes UK twice, to SoCraTes Germany once, to SoCraTes Canaries once
  • Interested in testing, refactoring, limited red society (parallel change), and a few other things :)
  • Don't kill me in Werewolf ;-)

Kit M.

  • Developer at Intent HQ
  • First time attending SoCraTes
  • Mostly Scala/Typescript but some Go/Rust for smaller projects
  • Looking to improve testing strategy and reduce knowledge siloing in teams
  • Also interested in walking, sci-fi & fantasy, (video/board) gaming and anime
  • Hides in the kitchen at parties

Keith Maxwell

  • First time attending SoCraTes
  • Mostly Python and JavaScript developer; also recently cloud and DevOps
  • Big Linux and Open Source fan
  • Travelling from Belfast
  • Also love sailing

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