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Colorado Tech Weekly #156: Open Source, Job Searching, Security

Colorado Tech Weekly Binary FlagColorado Tech Weekly brings you the top 10  technology stories of the past week and the best upcoming local tech events every Monday morning!

Lately I’ve had issues finding themes in the headlines, but this week we get three!

I made my first open source contribution about a week ago. It was just a typo fix on a SDK website but it made me realized how much I misunderstood pull requests and it was nice to finally make one. To fit that theme we have an OSCON 2016 (Open Source Convention) recap and a post about open source development from another developer, Brian Hartz.

I am looking for a job as a software developer (Check out my resume) and I got to meet Brian Schooley with Aventeer last week who coached me on great ways to improve my Aventeer profile (I haven’t improved it yet) AND improve my online presence in general which was awesome! I will never turn down job searching advice, especially from Brian.

This week I also feature a customary post from BuiltinColorado about companies that are hiring and, if you’re looking to get started in a tech career, really check out the TEC-P Orientation Session hosted by Tuliva. They’re hosting 3 orientations this week on the 8th, 9th and 13th but I only listed one to show off other events.

I found out recently that my police department actually wants to use my Trespass Notice Web App! That means I need someone to check the security of the app to make sure no one can gain any unauthorized access. Police departments tend to like secure things. Speaking of security, Denver-based Inversoft released their 2016 Guide to User Data Security and SecureSet is hosting a talk on Application Security which I should probably go to.

Speaking of going to things, I’ll be at the Denver Mini Maker Faire on Saturday finding cool things to blog about so say “Hi” if you see me there. I won’t go on too long about things.

Speaking of going on too long about things, I’ve typed well enough for one CTW post. Here’s your news. Have a great week!

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Colorado tech brought in more than $13M in May: here are the top 5 rounds [BuiltinColorado]
  • Four years and counting for InnovatioNews [InnovatioNews]
  • Boulder-based Zayo Group names Chris Morley new COO, co-founder Matt Erickson leaving in July [InnovatioNews]
  • Aardman and Boulder’s Rapt Media launch ‘Dead Lonely,’ an interactive zombie love story [RaptMedia]
  • OSCON 2016 recap [RogueWave]
  • 2016 Guide to User Data Security [Inversoft]
  • Denver-based Ping Identity acquired by Vista Equity Partners [InnovatioNews]
  • Love your job: 5 Colorado tech companies hiring like crazy this month [BuiltinColorado]
  • Denver’s SecureSet aims to produce cyber warriors to beat back hacker attacks [InnovatioNews]
  • Open Source – contribute too [BrianHartz]

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