Tech Companies, Hackathons, & Future Stars (podcast)

Tech companies face a harsh reality, you're only as good as your latest product. The scramble to identify and lure the best talent has taken recruiters to unusual places. In the above podcast, Bloomberg Technology's Lizette Chapman visits a recent hackathon at Stanford, watching as high school and college students code through the night, and corporate representatives and investors watch, eying the kids who will become future stars.

See also: These Hackathon Hustlers Make Their Living From Corporate Coding Contests | Bloomberg.com (Apr 4, 2017).

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Bloomberg Technology Conference 2015, Info, Video Links, Twitter Feed

The Bloomberg Technology Conference: Code and the Corner Office--today (June 16th) in San Francisco--corporate leaders from inside and outside of tech, top investors, hot entrepreneurs and other influencers come together for shared discovery and debate about the real business impact of software and coding – from artistic medium to competitive advantage to cybersecurity threats.

Streamed Online LIVE June 16, 2015: http://www.bloomberg.com/live/stream
Info: Agenda (partial agenda shown below) and Speakers

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Partial agenda -- all times PDT:

10:40 AM Code as a Cure
11:00 AM Understanding the Consumer: A Master Class
11:10 AM Soft Goods and Software
11:30 AM Textiles Get the Silicon Valley Treatment
11:45 AM Health Apps: Upgrading the Ultimate Personal Technology
12:05 PM Management Tips from Hackers
12:30 PM Lunch
12:30 PM Good360 Lunch: Tech to the Rescue
1:30 PM The Developer Dating Game
1:55 PM Disruption in a Dog-Eat-Dog World
2:15 PM Software Eats the Network
2:35 PM The Future of Work
3:00 PM Building Tools for Telling Stories
3:25 PM Networking Break
3:45 PM Women Coders Speak Out
4:05 PM Decoding Open Source
4:30 PM Code Culture in Pop Culture
4:55 PM Closing Remarks


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