The Test Tribe 1st San Francisco Meetup

Hello Testers,

After the passionate response on one of our past offline events in other cities, we’re here to bring you all together in San Francisco.

We’ve brought The Test Tribe 1st San Francisco Meetup to all of you!

Excited To Know When It’s Happening?

Date: 15th October 2024

Time: 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM PDT

Venue: Guardant Health, Palo Alto, 3100 Hanover St, Palo Alto, CA 94304

Session #1: Bootstrapping a Tester’s journey.

Have you ever felt stuck and considered changing your career path as a tester, because your opinion didn’t matter , or the popular opinion was “anyone can test !” ?

I have felt stuck in this endless “loop” many times in my career. What was refreshing to learn was that even if I played other roles on the team, I would still get stuck in the loop. I have missed opportunities and epically failed because I did not have the right tools, attitude, or mindfulness to unstuck myself.

So, what does it take to bootstrap yourself? I found that at the core of it, there are 5 concepts that you need to keep building upon as you grow in your career. In this keynote, Aprajita will share these 5 bootstrapping concepts: how to use them, and how to keep building upon them so you can continue to grow into the next level and deliver to the best of your abilities.

About Speaker:

Aprajita Mathur, Associate Director, Bioinformatics System Software Engineering, Guardant Health

Aprajita is an inventor, international keynote speaker, mentor and super mom with a Master's degree in Bioinformatics. With over 15 years of software engineering experience, She has worked on a wide range of products including Software as Medical device, instrument software, integrated solutions, order to cash workflows and data analysis pipelines. These products play a crucial role in various sectors such as agriculture, transplant genomics, forensics, and oncology. Aprajita was acknowledged and honored with the "Woman of the Year 2020" title by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for my philanthropic contributions to there cause, a recognition that fuels my ongoing commitment to the industry. 

Session #2: Your personal ChatGPT - Power of RAG

RAG, or Retrieval-Augmented Generation, is one of the most widely utilized techniques in the AI landscape, addressing a variety of use cases ranging from natural language processing to knowledge retrieval. In this talk, we will delve into the fundamentals of RAG, providing a comprehensive understanding of how it works and its practical applications. Attendees will learn about the basic implementation of RAG in different scenarios, which can significantly enhance the performance of AI systems by combining the strengths of retrieval-based and generative models. Additionally, we will cover the basics of embedding techniques, which are crucial for transforming data into a format suitable for RAG, enabling more effective information retrieval and processing. By the end of the session, participants will be equipped with the foundational knowledge needed to leverage RAG in their own projects.

Key Takeaways:
1. Understanding RAG: Gain a solid grasp of Retrieval-Augmented Generation, its components, and how it enhances AI capabilities.

2. Implementation Insights: Learn the basic steps to implement RAG in various applications, boosting both efficiency and accuracy.

3. Embedding Techniques: Discover the fundamentals of embedding, essential for optimizing data retrieval and integration within RAG frameworks.

4. Practical Use Cases: Explore real-world examples of RAG in action, highlighting its versatility across different industries and applications. 

About Speaker:
Kumar Abhishek, Engineering Leader at Akamai Technologies

Kumar Abhishek, a technology leader in the field of engineering, brings more than 11 years of valuable experience in software testing to the table. He is deeply passionate about nurturing world-class engineering teams characterized by high skill levels, motivation, and exceptional efficiency. Abhishek has successfully led engineering teams in the creation of innovative software test systems that are robust, scalable, sustainable, and aligned with business objectives. He brings expertise in live and on-demand video streaming, and internet-based content delivery networks (CDNs) which enables him to contribute significantly to the success of projects and initiatives. Throughout his career, he has consistently demonstrated his ability to establish, oversee, and guide exceptionally efficient engineering teams.

Abhishek is esteemed in the industry and acted as an expert judge for both the Globee Award for Technology and the Globee Award for Disruptor in 2024. Moreover, he secured the Gold award in Titan Business Award in 2024, under the category ""Management - Best Quality Management Strategy"". Abhishek's expertise extends to speaking engagements at various software conferences, and he holds the title of IEEE Senior member.

Abhishek has a proven track record of delivering high-quality products and solutions for various networking and streaming clients, such as Hotstar, Amazon Prime, Apple, and Netflix. Abhishek is passionate about AI and its applications in NLP.

Apart From Everything Above, We Got Many More Remarkable Opportunities:

• To meet like-minded people
• Conversations with other testers
• Discussion on impressive testing tools & topics
• Talking about the challenges facing as a testers
• Chat over some quick bites with a cup of coffee/tea.

This is an in-person meetup and completely free to attend including Snacks and Beverages.

About The Test Tribe:

The Test Tribe is the World’s Largest Software Testing Community turned EdTech Startup. Started in 2018 with a mission to give Testing Craft the glory it deserves while we co-create Smarter, prouder, and confident Testers.

We take pride in solving upskilling and growth for global Testing professionals through our unique offerings like Expert Courses, Membership, Cohorts, Offline Mixers, online Community spaces, and a lot of global Events.

Our offerings enable Software Testers globally to collaborate, learn, and grow together. With around 270+ Software Testing Events like Conferences, Hackathons, Meetups, Webinars, etc., and with other Community initiatives, we have reached a global footprint of over 120K+ Testers from 130+ Countries. We intend to provide life-altering growth to every single Testing professional on the planet through community and technology.

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