Craig Adam, CTO of Propra with Software Engineering students from University of Calgary (episode 328) | 24 November 2021
This is the 20th episode in which students from Calgary post-secondary education institutions and related programs have engaged in a Q&A session with industry experts from the local business community.
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In this episode, three University of Calgary students: Joel Happ, Luke Hollinda and Niyousha Raeesinejad from the Software Engineering program at the Schulich School of Engineering, were joined by Craig Adam, the CTO at Propra here in Calgary.
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LinkedIn Profiles of Podcast Guests:
Craig Adam | https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-adam-ca/
Joel Happ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-happ/
Luke Hollinda | https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-hollinda/
Niyousha Raeesinejad | https://www.linkedin.com/in/niyoushar/
Joel Happ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-happ/
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Propra
Website | https://www.propra.ca
LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/propra/
Twitter | @propra_tech
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University of Calgary | https://www.ucalgary.ca
Schulich School of Engineering | https://schulich.ucalgary.ca
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A few companies mentioned during this episode include:
Arcurve (Calgary) | https://www.arcurve.com
Signiant | https://www.signiant.com
Unity Technologies | https://unity.com
Pason (Calgary) | https://www.pason.com
Harvest Builders (Calgary) | https://www.harvest.builders
Neo Financial (Calgary & Winnipeg) | https://www.neofinancial.com
Skip the Dishes (Winnipeg) | https://www.skipthedishes.com
Bold Commerce (Winnipeg) | https://boldcommerce.com
Jobber (Edmonton) | https://getjobber.com
Khan Academy | https://www.khanacademy.org
Free Code Camp | https://www.freecodecamp.org
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Tech programs highlighted or discussed during this episode included
TypeScript
Javascript
React JS
VS Code
.NET
Git
Go
Rust
AirFlow
Processing
Co-Pilot
C++
C-Sharp
Haskell
Terraform HCL
GPT-3
Python
[NOTE: This may not be a complete list since my guests fired off a ton of languages and programs during the session]:
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Finally, Craig referenced the David Epstein book, “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World”
Click on this link for more details on the book | https://davidepstein.com/the-range/
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