ZENDCON ULTRA MEGA MEETUP

This is our annual Mega Meetup held on-site at ZendCon. The event is open to the public and does not require a ZendCon registration to attend. This year we have two awesome topics from two awesome internationally renowned presenters. They are both a must see for developers who consider themselves beginners, advanced, or anywhere in between.

Machine learning for PHP

Machine learning is teaching the computer how to learn by itself. It is far easier to be done, especially when you have small data set and a good level of expertise in your field. Classifying objects, predicting who will buy, spotting comments in code is achieved with grassy algorithms like neural networks, genetic algorithms or ant herding. PHP is in good position to make use of such teachings, and take advantages of related technologies like fann. By the end of the session, you’ll know where you want to try it.

About Damien Seguy

Damien Seguy is CTO at Exakat Ltd., a company specialized in PHP code quality solutions for the industry. He leads the development of the exakat static engine, that automatically review code for version compatibility, security and clear code. Over the last 15 years Damien has contributed to the PHP, as documentation author, elephpant raisers, User group animator on several continents. He also enjoys gremlin, 狮子头 and camembert.

Developer Development for Developers

Careers are hard. Let’s walk through the career life-cycle from entry-level to senior leadership. Will you level up into managing people? Process? Technical vision? How do you uncover what you want from your career, and how do you negotiate to get it? How do you know when it’s time to stick it out or time to jump ship? How do you build a productive relationship with your manager or with those you manage? Ask the questions you’ve been afraid to ask!

About Samantha Quiñones

Samantha Quiñones is a polyglot hacker and wrangler of engineers at Etsy. Over the course of her career, she has built software and led teams for some of the largest names in technology. Samantha is an internationally renowned speaker, a member of the PHP-FIG Core Committee, and a co-organizer of the NY PHP User Group. She has been recognized by the Huffington Post as one of the top Latin Americans in Media and is a 2015 recipient of the DCFT Powerful Female Programmers Award.

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