Virtual May Monthly
Mon, 4th May | 18:30 BST (GMT+01:00)

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Simply Business

Simply Business Address

99 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7NG

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Agenda

Please join us for our very first virtual codebar monthlies!

For the first time, all our talks will be done online over Zoom. To attend, please RSVP and all attendees will be emailed details about how you can join the session from your home. Talks will kick off at 6.30pm and should end by 8pm.

If you have any questions, drop us an email at [email protected].

Long talks 🗣

Navigating your career in COVID-19
Jennifer Gabrielle-Chapman - Head of Talent Acquisition and Inclusion
Rob Faldo - Software Engineer

Get valuable insight from Simply Business' team on how to navigate your software development career in this novel time


How to refactor some horrible code
David Torres (he/him)

What to do when we need to improve a code that is quite convoluted, with lot's of ifs nested and that is critical for the application and it cannot fail? In this talk we'll see a small-size and relatively simple example but that belongs to a real application and how I refactor it in my day to day work. We'll talk about the importance of testing and some tricks to make refactors like this easier


Short talks ⚡️

Coding in Visual Studio Code: tips and tricks
Andrea Asamoah (she/her)

Over the years, I have gone from coding in Programmer's notepad, to Atom to Sublime and now Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VSCode). VSCode has many extensions and features that can be customised to help make everyday coding tasks easier. We will go through some recommended add-ins and ways to set up your development environment to make you a more productive coder.


Who else will be there?

Mario C Kataoka (He)

Mario C Kataoka (He)

Liz Daly (She)

Liz Daly (She)

Johan Ruokangas (He/him)

Johan Ruokangas (He/him)

KJ D (he/him)

KJ D (he/him)

Rowan Marshall (he/him)

Rowan Marshall (he/him)

H P

H P

Joko Sanyang (she/her)

Joko Sanyang (she/her)

Jayd Robinson (They, us, we)

Jayd Robinson (They, us, we)

Thanos Mitsiou (He/his)

Thanos Mitsiou (He/his)

Nik San (She)

Nik San (She)

Emily Wright

Emily Wright

Aimi Elias (she/her)

Aimi Elias (she/her)

Burhan Ali (he/him)

Burhan Ali (he/him)

Kas Fijolek (she/her)

Kas Fijolek (she/her)

anna tloth (she/her)

anna tloth (she/her)

Enrica Fedeli-Jaques (She/Her)

Enrica Fedeli-Jaques (She/Her)

Manuela Redinciuc (sHE)

Manuela Redinciuc (sHE)

Hana Abdi (She/her)

Hana Abdi (She/her)

Lena Krasnova (she)

Lena Krasnova (she)

Amanda Smith (She)

Amanda Smith (She)

SAWDA ONANUGA

SAWDA ONANUGA

Gabriela Budeanu

Gabriela Budeanu

PAOLA Maddaluno  (She)

PAOLA Maddaluno (She)

Anwen Williams (she/her)

Anwen Williams (she/her)

Michelle Morales Corrales (She)

Michelle Morales Corrales (She)

Aleks Pawlik (She/her)

Aleks Pawlik (She/her)

Maria Modan (she/her)

Maria Modan (she/her)

Elodie  Rousset  (She)

Elodie Rousset (She)

Mina Gyimah (she/her)

Mina Gyimah (she/her)

Kanjoo Mbaindjikua

Kanjoo Mbaindjikua

Rodrigue Kayembe

Rodrigue Kayembe

Jyoti Sharma

Jyoti Sharma

Kira Slobodina (she)

Kira Slobodina (she)

Suze Shardlow

Suze Shardlow

Behnaz Pourafshari (She)

Behnaz Pourafshari (She)

Emily Walter (she/ her)

Emily Walter (she/ her)

Laurence Roger

Laurence Roger

Landry Karege (he)

Landry Karege (he)

Prash Mohan (him)

Prash Mohan (him)

Greta Munari (She)

Greta Munari (She)

Indre Vidziunaite (she/her)

Indre Vidziunaite (she/her)

Zara Kletz (She)

Zara Kletz (She)

Gulistan Boylu (She)

Gulistan Boylu (She)

Bex Bolton (they)

Bex Bolton (they)

Lisa Collins

Lisa Collins

Florin Dumitru

Florin Dumitru

Naomi Christie

Naomi Christie

Michael Davis

Michael Davis

Ben Butterworth (he/him)

Ben Butterworth (he/him)

Hannah Gooding (she/her)

Hannah Gooding (she/her)

Laura Maddaluno (she )

Laura Maddaluno (she )

Akua  Apeagyei (She/her)

Akua Apeagyei (She/her)

Sarah Giblett (She)

Sarah Giblett (She)

Odera N (she/her)

Odera N (she/her)

Ana Cebrian (She)

Ana Cebrian (She)

Ramla Anshur (She)

Ramla Anshur (She)

Chiaki Mizuta (she)

Chiaki Mizuta (she)

Chiara Mugnai (she)

Chiara Mugnai (she)

Renata Guerra

Renata Guerra

Dagmara Kukla (she, her)

Dagmara Kukla (she, her)

Elena Evans (she/her)

Elena Evans (she/her)

Lila Walker (she/her)

Lila Walker (she/her)

Poppy Rodgers (she)

Poppy Rodgers (she)

Razvan Spatariu

Razvan Spatariu

Andrea Asamoah

Andrea Asamoah

Freddie Kirschner

Freddie Kirschner

Taffanie Ben (she/her)

Taffanie Ben (she/her)

Leonie Zorzi (she)

Leonie Zorzi (she)

Jennifer Yarnton

Jennifer Yarnton

Benedict Ng-Wai (He)

Benedict Ng-Wai (He)

Simas Janusas (he)

Simas Janusas (he)

Christian Baidoo (he)

Christian Baidoo (he)

Fisayo Fagade (She)

Fisayo Fagade (She)

Casey Minji Jeong

Casey Minji Jeong

Ayub Mohamud (He)

Ayub Mohamud (He)

Kristina Jaggard (she/her)

Kristina Jaggard (she/her)

Toyin Dawudu (He)

Toyin Dawudu (He)

Gino Pilotino (He)

Gino Pilotino (He)

Jazzy Gasper (She/her)

Jazzy Gasper (She/her)

Dragana Stanivukovic (she)

Dragana Stanivukovic (she)

Maria Panzera (she )

Maria Panzera (she )

Dixie Sarmiento (she/her)

Dixie Sarmiento (she/her)

Khadija Nur (She)

Khadija Nur (She)

Nigel Tart (He)

Nigel Tart (He)

Ines Guerrero (She)

Ines Guerrero (She)

Christian Naykene

Christian Naykene

Sam De Maeyer (him)

Sam De Maeyer (him)

Tawnie Bavaro (She)

Tawnie Bavaro (She)

Tereza Masonou

Tereza Masonou

Angela Munoz

Angela Munoz

Sammy Ghebrekidan

Sammy Ghebrekidan

Nat A (she)

Nat A (she)

Anna Shepilova (she)

Anna Shepilova (she)

Ladé Docemo (She/Her)

Ladé Docemo (She/Her)

Stephanie Ojinta (She)

Stephanie Ojinta (She)

Uwais Fariz Ahamed (He)

Uwais Fariz Ahamed (He)

Amber Rignell (she)

Amber Rignell (she)

Catherine  Tranfield

Catherine Tranfield

Jaco van Biljon (He / Him)

Jaco van Biljon (He / Him)

Gillian bell (She)

Gillian bell (She)

Yetunde Oniwinde (She)

Yetunde Oniwinde (She)

Eileen Parle (She)

Eileen Parle (She)

Mio Chung (She)

Mio Chung (She)

Ina Yoon (she)

Ina Yoon (she)

Elizabeth Wicks

Elizabeth Wicks

Mariam Saeedi (she/her)

Mariam Saeedi (she/her)

Zara Shaw (she/her/they)

Zara Shaw (she/her/they)

Natalie  Yeo (She/ her)

Natalie Yeo (She/ her)

Jessica Cregg (she/her)

Jessica Cregg (she/her)

Hannah Jadavji

Hannah Jadavji

Olamide Adeyemi (She)

Olamide Adeyemi (She)

Anne  Adeniji (She)

Anne Adeniji (She)

Samantha Burke (she/her)

Samantha Burke (she/her)

Jam Creencia (she/her)

Jam Creencia (she/her)

Alex Tran-Van-Minh (she/her)

Alex Tran-Van-Minh (she/her)

Rosie Inman (she/her)

Rosie Inman (she/her)

Ruth Uwemedimo

Ruth Uwemedimo

Catherine Castillo (she/her)

Catherine Castillo (she/her)

Xiaofei Zhang

Xiaofei Zhang

Rebecca French (She)

Rebecca French (She)

David Gallichan

David Gallichan

Ali Molloy

Ali Molloy

Daniel Easterman (he/him)

Daniel Easterman (he/him)

Kevin Lawver (he/his)

Kevin Lawver (he/his)

Liz Jegede

Liz Jegede

Sharmine S (She)

Sharmine S (She)

desi ___ (she/her/they)

desi ___ (she/her/they)

Banna Teklebrhan (she/her)

Banna Teklebrhan (she/her)

Bruno Blini (He)

Bruno Blini (He)

Parisa Tork (she/her)

Parisa Tork (she/her)

Joanne Afulukwe (she/her)

Joanne Afulukwe (she/her)

Richard Kirsch

Richard Kirsch

Xuan Wang (she/her)

Xuan Wang (she/her)

Elena Beccaro (she)

Elena Beccaro (she)

Simon Hyslop (he/him)

Simon Hyslop (he/him)

Nina Sinagra (She/her)

Nina Sinagra (She/her)

Sapphire Mason-Brown (She/Her)

Sapphire Mason-Brown (She/Her)

Reda Haq

Reda Haq

Darren Vong (he/him)

Darren Vong (he/him)

Tacuma Bellford

Tacuma Bellford

Amaan Ahmed (he/him)

Amaan Ahmed (he/him)

Jonathan Halpern (He)

Jonathan Halpern (He)

Tuyet Le (She)

Tuyet Le (She)

Dionysia Lemonaki (she/her)

Dionysia Lemonaki (she/her)

Anna Orlova (she/her)

Anna Orlova (she/her)

Tunji Johnson (He)

Tunji Johnson (He)

Justine Fabre (Her)

Justine Fabre (Her)

Summer Brines

Summer Brines

Minna Ylitalo

Minna Ylitalo

Andra Georgescu (she/her)

Andra Georgescu (she/her)

Rosalie Baxter (She/her)

Rosalie Baxter (She/her)

Shane Carty (he/him)

Shane Carty (he/him)

Rachele Rosina (She/her)

Rachele Rosina (She/her)

Melissa Tranfield (She/her)

Melissa Tranfield (She/her)

Iwona Izdebska (she)

Iwona Izdebska (she)

Rayanne Ellis (She,her)

Rayanne Ellis (She,her)

Cecilia Marinoni (she/her)

Cecilia Marinoni (she/her)

Kamila M Lewicka (She)

Kamila M Lewicka (She)

Ana Paula dos Santos (She)

Ana Paula dos Santos (She)

Oliver Smith-Wellnitz (he/his/him)

Oliver Smith-Wellnitz (he/his/him)

Szilvi Horvath (she/her)

Szilvi Horvath (she/her)

Kirsty McNaught (she/her)

Kirsty McNaught (she/her)

Joseph Gattuso

Joseph Gattuso

Agata Jones (She / Her)

Agata Jones (She / Her)

Holly Kim

Holly Kim

Martin Eddington (he/him)

Martin Eddington (he/him)

Meltem Ozmen (She)

Meltem Ozmen (She)

Rebecca Huseyin

Rebecca Huseyin

Osania R

Osania R

Lawrence Sarpong

Lawrence Sarpong

Aishah Omar (she/her)

Aishah Omar (she/her)

Catalina Teguiani (She)

Catalina Teguiani (She)

Steve Rabino

Steve Rabino

Rianne McCartney (she/her)

Rianne McCartney (she/her)

Christopher Ayodele

Christopher Ayodele

Grace Hopper

Grace Hopper

Jason Wong

Jason Wong

Pei Wu

Pei Wu

Emily Spencer (she/her)

Emily Spencer (she/her)

Keomony Khun (She)

Keomony Khun (She)

Shaneil Clarke (she/her)

Shaneil Clarke (she/her)

Cristina R (she)

Cristina R (she)

Radhi M

Radhi M

Agnes Ching

Agnes Ching

Clementine Liu (she/her)

Clementine Liu (she/her)

Emily Zheng

Emily Zheng

Carolina Nazareth

Carolina Nazareth

Elissavet Velli (She)

Elissavet Velli (She)

Angela Hamer (She)

Angela Hamer (She)

Melissa Real

Melissa Real

Dora Radosevic

Dora Radosevic

Alexandra Nicolaides

Alexandra Nicolaides

Talisa Van de Velde (She/her)

Talisa Van de Velde (She/her)

Amelia Lloyd (she/her)

Amelia Lloyd (she/her)

Kieran Brown

Kieran Brown

Monika Urbanska

Monika Urbanska

Yasmine Morawej (She)

Yasmine Morawej (She)

Evangelos Giataganas

Evangelos Giataganas

Pawel Badenski

Pawel Badenski

Lawrence  Narh-Lawson (he/him)

Lawrence Narh-Lawson (he/him)

Pat Cichocki (he)

Pat Cichocki (he)

Niamh Ward (She)

Niamh Ward (She)

Shaya Satheesh (She/Her)

Shaya Satheesh (She/Her)

Jessica Green (she/her)

Jessica Green (she/her)

Kate Haffenden (She/her)

Kate Haffenden (She/her)

Olga Matoula

Olga Matoula

Richard Ewin-Lambert

Richard Ewin-Lambert

Alexandra O'Mahony (She her)

Alexandra O'Mahony (She her)

Jude Ricketts (She)

Jude Ricketts (She)

Patryk Madej (He)

Patryk Madej (He)

Marie-Louise Annan (She/her)

Marie-Louise Annan (She/her)

Henrietta Foster (She/her)

Henrietta Foster (She/her)

Niki Manoledaki (she/her)

Niki Manoledaki (she/her)

Julia Sjoberg

Julia Sjoberg

Corinna Chan (She/Her)

Corinna Chan (She/Her)

Tammy (Mu-Tien) Ho

Tammy (Mu-Tien) Ho

Amber Williams (she)

Amber Williams (she)

Danielle Catterill

Danielle Catterill

Matthew Thomas (he)

Matthew Thomas (he)

Barri F (she / her)

Barri F (she / her)

Jerrica Bangura (She)

Jerrica Bangura (She)

TANIL SERBES

TANIL SERBES

Lin Trieu

Lin Trieu

Afua Danquah

Afua Danquah

Maria Olanipekun (she/her)

Maria Olanipekun (she/her)

Roshan Thaabith (She)

Roshan Thaabith (She)

Gillian Yeomans

Gillian Yeomans

Lisa Cernilogar (she/her)

Lisa Cernilogar (she/her)

Meghan Iankov

Meghan Iankov

Helen Khor (she/her)

Helen Khor (she/her)

Sunali Seth (she/her)

Sunali Seth (she/her)

Kin A

Kin A

Chris Eadie (he/him)

Chris Eadie (he/him)

Dimitar Chakarov (he/him)

Dimitar Chakarov (he/him)

Kay Lack (she/her)

Kay Lack (she/her)

fareena hussain (she)

fareena hussain (she)

Nahom Alem

Nahom Alem

Jack Heriz-Smith (He/him)

Jack Heriz-Smith (He/him)

Leare Song (She/her)

Leare Song (She/her)

Simone Klein

Simone Klein

Ivan Szebenszki (he/his)

Ivan Szebenszki (he/his)

Organisers

Rianne McCartney (she/her)

Rianne McCartney (she/her)

Kavita Kalaichelvan (she/her)

Kavita Kalaichelvan (she/her)