Name: Intro to Data Engineering: A Primer
Start: 2025-02-05T23:30:00.000Z
End: 2025-02-06T01:30:00.000Z
Location: Hays

*Tampa QA Meetup is partnering with Tampa JUG and Tampa Devs to to talk about 12 Essential Practices to be Effective in Continuous Delivery.*

Continuous Delivery extends the spirit of agility, from development to production, in order to keep pace with the fast changing business demands. In order to succeed in that spirit to keep up with change, we need to bring in several sustainable practices. Without proper discipline and rigor the efforts for continuous deliver can soon turn into a nightmare for teams and organizations that rely on them. In this presentation we will discuss a dozen practices, why we need to focus on each one of them, and how they impact the ability to keep pace with continuous delivery.

**Agenda:**

* **5:00 - 6:00 PM**: Networking & Food
* **6:00 - 8:00 PM**: Partner Introduction, Talk, Raffle

**Speaker:** **Dr. Venkat Subramaniam** is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., an instructional professor at the University of Houston, and the creator of the dev2next conference.

He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences.

**Speaker’s Publications:** Dr. Subramaniam has authored multiple technical books, including the Jolt Productivity Award-winning *Practices of an Agile Developer* (2007).

[agiledeveloper.com](https://www.agiledeveloper.com).
Email: venkats@agiledeveloper.com
Twitter/X: [@venkat_s](https://twitter.com/venkat_s)

\* Food and venue are sponsored by Vaco

Tampa Bay QA and Testing Meetup

Lenar Mukhamadiev

Dmitry Shyshkin

Igor Klapon

12 Essential Practices to be Effective in Continuous Delivery

Vaco Tampa Skycenter

***Tampa Tech Beer*** *is partnering with Computer Coach and High Tech Connect to celebrate ending of 2024.*

**Phew, what a year we’ve had!** From major tech advancements to devastating hurricanes—and an outpouring of love and support from our Tampa Bay communities—it’s been an exciting yet incredibly challenging year for so many. We don’t know about you, but we’re ready to say goodbye to 2024 and welcome a fresh start in 2025!

**Join us for the 4th Annual End of Year Tech Meetup**, where local Meetup groups from across Tampa Bay will gather to celebrate the year’s achievements, connect with fellow tech enthusiasts, and support our community.

This in-person event will be held at **Embarc Collective**.

**DID SOMEONE SAY RAFFLE??**

We’ll have plenty of raffle prizes to win! To enter, please bring an unwrapped gift or gift card (valued at $10 or more) for donation, or purchase a raffle ticket at the door.

**All gifts and funds raised will go to [Joshua’s House](https://www.friendsofjoshuahouse.org/).** Last year, we raised over $1000, and this year, we’re aiming even higher! Help us make an even greater impact by reaching our new goal and supporting children in need across our community. Below is a list of items we're asking for this year.

**GIFT IDEAS**

* Gift cards: Visa, Target, Walmart, McDonald’s, Hot Topic, AMC Movie, etc.
* Hoodies! Name brands, any anime or anything from Hot Topic—junior and adult sizes
* Graphic t-shirts: Name brands, any anime, cartoon, etc. in junior and adult sizes
* Anything anime/manga: clothing, books, posters, etc.
* LEGO sets: Star Wars, superheroes, cars, etc.
* Crocs – adult sizes & the jibits, too!
* Make-up & nail kits – Ulta, Urban Decay, etc. (Press-on nails, too - great for stocking stuffers!)
* Fragrance sets: Bath & Body Works, AXE, Victoria’s Secret, etc.
* LED lights for room decorating
* Superhero comic books for all ages
* Books/book Series for teens/pre-teens: graphic novels, joke books, popular YA novels

Tampa Tech and Beer

4th Annual End of Year Tech Meetup

Embarc Collective

Data is the secret sauce that we use to measure impact and drive success at our companies. We hoard as much of it as we can with the goals to make sense of it and extract value. But delivering on that promise isn't so simple. If data science is where the data is analyzed, data engineering is how it gets there.

Join Rich Winslow, CTO at Tetricus Labs, and a data engineer/scientist with 20 years of experience handling and managing data, to learn how to approach data engineering problems practically and ask the right questions. You'll also hear his personal anecdotes that drive home what can go right and wrong when deploying your own solutions.

**Who should attend**:
Anyone who works with data and wants to get a better understanding of how to create value from raw information.

**Why attend**:
There are many tools, books, and resources out there on solutions to data engineering problems, but few to no resources on *how* to think about and approach those problems. This will give you a foundation to start from so you ask the right questions and look for the right solutions.

Intro to Data Engineering: A Primer

Hays

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