Announcing 20th DevClub.lv

This time on XX DevClub.lv:

• Janis Zaharans from RTU Robotikas klubs will talk about “Robotics is cool”
  (Language – Latvian)
  An introduction to robotics – neccessary knowledges and skills to build a robot, what components do a robot consist of, and things to consider when building a robot.
  An overview of robots that have been built by RTU robotics club and their accomplishments in robot tournaments all over the world.
  Tags: robotics, sumo robots

  Janis Zaharans is an enthusiast interested in robots and everything related to electronics and embedded system design. At the moment he works in his company Raksts Design and in Institut of Atomic physics and Spectroscopy as an electrical engineer. Janis also is a member of RTU Robotics club where he and other members build different robots and compete with them in both local and international tournaments. He is also into spreading his knowledge and skills to others by running a robotics club in Riga State gymnasium No.1.

• Andrejs Olins from Accenture Latvia will talk about: “Start IT and Schools”
  (Language – Latvian)
  Strart(IT) educational programme for schools in Latvia – IT education in Latvia, problems faced, attempts to solve them, how well did we?
  The talk will be about the approach, technical solutions and marketing experience of this project. The project can be treated as a start-up, so there will be couple of insights of working with end users and leveraging their influence.
  Tags: education

  Andrejs Olins is a Java developer with 10 years experience and an IT teacher since 2000. He works at Accenture Latvia as a technical lead and combines it with Start(IT) and also programming tutoring for scholars.

• Eduards Sizovs from Craftsman’s Passion will talk about “Software Craftsmanship Essentials”
  (Language – Russian)
  Are you doing all you can to further your career as a software developer? With today’s rapidly changing and ever-expanding technologies, being successful requires more than technical expertise. In this talk Eduards outlines the practices used by software craftsmen to maintain their professional ethics and simple Dos and Don’ts for teams who want to be considered professional craftsmen.
  Tags: software craftsmanship, professionalism, clean code, tdd

  Eduards is software craftsman passionate about every aspect of software development. During his IT journey towards mastery he’s been walking in programmer’s, architect’s, technical leader’s and IT manager’s shoes, attacking the most pressing issues of huge enterprises and cozy start-ups. Eduards strongly believes that mix of right attitude, mastery and vision can make software industry flourish. Eduards runs his small software consultancy house in Riga, actively contributes to open source projects, speaks on conferences and consults various teams around the world on technical and organisational aspects of software development.

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