Drew and James open the show with a shout out to all the events that past the previous week. This week we have the lead instructor from Lighthouse Labs: Don Burks.
Don Burks is the head instructor at Lighthouse Labs. He has been there since shortly after the school started in Vancouver and was the first full-time instructor there. He has been in BC area since the late 90s. Because of that, he has a rich history in a bunch of different cities and businesses.
Interview Links * Lighthouse Labs * Lighthouse Labs FAQ * Don Burks on Twitter or by email
Upcoming Week (April 25th to May 1st) Monday April 25th * Git Help! and 0-Tech (Decentral) 4:00 to 6:00 PM * Innovation Labs (1110 Hamilton, Brainstation) 6:00 to 8:00 PM $10 * HackerNest (Skio Music, 390 Cambie Street), 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM
Tuesday, April 26th * Open Coffee (315 Carrall), 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM * Public Cloud Users Group (Steamworks) 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM * TechVancouver Meetup (Rise HQ 12th Floor- 1055 West Hastings) 6:00 PM * Clojure Hacknight (142 W Hastings) 6:00 PM * VanDev (UBC Robson Square C550 800 Robson Street) 6:45 PM to 9:30 PM * Vancouver Creative Technology (685 Great Northern Way) 7:00 PM
Wednesday, April 27th * Vancouver Pixel Crafters (Launch Academy 300-128 W. Hastings) 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM * Vancouver Linux Desktop (Decentral, 436 W Pender) 4:30 to 6:30 PM * Vancouver Pluralsight Study Group (PNI Digital Media Offices 100 - 425 Carrall Street, 1st Floor) 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM * Full Indie (911 W Pender) 6:00 PM * Vancouver Azure (Build Direct, 1900-401 W Georgia) 6:00 PM * Ladies that UX Vancouver (Unbounce, 400-401 W Georgia) 6:00 PM * Learn Data Science (SFU VentureLabs Harbour Centre 555 W Hastings St #1200) 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Thursday, April 28th * DDD/CQRS/ES Practitioners (Decentral, 436 W Pender) 4:30 to 7:00 PM * VanQ (Central 1 Credit Union 1441 Creekside Drive) 6:00 PM * Startup Drinks Vancouver (131 Water Kitchen & Bar 131 Water St) 6:00 PM * Lighthouse Labs Demo Day (Lighthouse Labs 128 W Hastings) 6:00 PM * 808 TECH & Innovation Investment Forum (Rise 1200, 1055 W Hastings St) 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM * Vancouver Internet of Things (TELUS Garden, 5th floor 510 W Georgia) 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM * Vancouver Drupal Users (3rd Floor, 422 Richards) 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Friday, April 29th * BCTIA Grub in the Hub (887 Great Northern Way) 12:00 to 1:00 PM (Must Register) * Block Party x Vancouver (BrainStation Vancouver 1110 Hamilton Street #410) 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Theme music by A Shell In The Pit from the game Parkitect