Adam's 2014 in review

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G'day Developers!

Adam's 2014 in review

What a corker this year has been. We've had a lot of excitement within SSW. We've made a lot of changes, and run a lot of new events, and these things couldn't have happened without the wonderful people who work with me. I'd like to give you a summary of a few of the cool things we've done in 2014.

FireBootCamp
What I'm most proud of this year are the FireBootCamp courses we’ve run. FireBootCamp is our intensive 9-week .NET coding camp, and we ran the first one ever back in January. It's exhausting to attend, and even more exhausting to run. Yet somehow, despite the mountains of preparation it took to create the course material and the long days of teaching, Adam Stephensen was always cheerful, motivated and a delight to be around. I think he may have had the hardest job this year, but he made it look easy. FireBootCamp created a stack of awesome enterprise .NET developers, and I'm looking forward to the next courses we're running in 2015.

The shift in our technology stack
We've picked up a number of great new clients, not just in our core areas of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. We've got a way to go but we're making inroads in Europe and America. At the beginning of the year, we made it a focus that we’d do more AngularJS and Xamarin projects and I'm quite grateful that our devs have really picked up the baton and done some shiny projects on these new technology stacks.

On the Microsoft side, it's been a refreshing change having Satya Nadella at the helm. Lots of great developer initiatives – the biggest of them was the recent announcement of open sourcing .NET.

New events
Xamarin is taking the world by storm, and SSW is helping. We've now got Xamarin Hack Day events going in Europe, Australia, China, and America, and we're getting about 100 registrations for each one. These keen developers are willing to give up their Saturdays. I can feel the Xamarin love building.

Keep reading to find out the rest of Adam's 2014 highlights

-Adam Cogan, SSW

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11th May - 12th June 2015

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Continuous deployment to Microsoft Azure websites

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USA
28th January
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Europe
29th January
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CET

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Xamarin Hack Days around the world

Xamarin is a product that allows you to use .NET/C# to create native apps that will run across Android, iOS, and Windows. While there is always a learning curve when using a new product, Xamarin Hack Days make it easy for anyone who wants to learn cross-platform development in a supportive and friendly environment.

There will be something for everyone - experienced Xamarin developers can share ideas with other experienced developers, and if you're a beginner then there's plenty to learn on the day. Best of all, it's totally free.

Upcoming Xamarin Hack Days:

Redmond, WA, USA 24th Jan 2015	Belgium 28th Feb 2015
Brisbane, QLD, Australia 7th Mar 2015	Melbourne, VIC, Australia 30th May 2015
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Sydney .NET User Group

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User Group

Sydney .NET User Group
Wednesday 17th December 2014
6:00pm - 8:00pm
SSW Office
Gateway Court, Suite 13
81-91 Military Road, Neutral Bay NSW 2089

"Using Virtualisation to Debug Mobile Applications" - Craig Woollett
Virtualisation is the core of cloud technology but it also provides an opportunity for developers to simulate production environments for ease of testing and debugging. This talk will demonstrate debugging Web API for an Android mobile application using Genymotion and Visual Studio as part of a virtual test network. Also there will be a demonstration of the Genymotion emulator interfacing to Xamarin and the emulator interfacing to a fitness sensor.

About the speaker:
Craig Woollett is a Technical Project Manager and Systems Analyst having delivered Large Software projects for Telstra and Siemens Communications, Including the Telstra T-Hub and the Bigpond Self install kits. He has lots of stories to tell of introducing devices to the Telstra Network.

To see more details and RSVP, please visit our Facebook .NET Group, our LinkedIn .NET Group or our Meetup Group.

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Sydney .NET User Group Live
17th December 2014
6PM AEDT (UTC+11)

The team at SSW TV are now streaming our User Group sessions live. Each session will also be published on the SSW TV site after the event so you can review what was said in the sessions.

Then join us at the NerdDinner

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NerdDinner - Where geeks eat
Wednesday 17th December 2014
8:10pm - 9:30pm
The Oaks Hotel
118 Military Road, Neutral Bay

SSW and Telerik invite you to join us for pizza at The Oaks. A fantastic opportunity for networking with peers and sharing thoughts after the Sydney .NET User Group presentation.

Sydney .NET User Group and NerdDinner proudly sponsored by:

Canberra .NET User Group

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Canberra .NET User Group
Monday 15th December 2014
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Microsoft Canberra Branch
Level 4, 6 National Circuit
Barton, Australia

To see more details and RSVP, please visit our Facebook .NET Group, our LinkedIn .NET Group or our Meetup Group.

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December 2014

Employment

General Manager
SSW Beijing

The manager will be in charge of the company's daily operations, including implementing sales plans, developing marketing plans, and leading project teams.

Requirements:

Must be a strong, fluent communicator in both English and Chinese
A background in software engineering
Enjoy working with a team who has strong technical skills in Microsoft technologies
A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Business Management
Strong influencing impact, he/she can engage with executive level
Must be living in, or willing to relocate to, Beijing, China

Check this link for full details - but send your CV directly to DavidBurela@SSW.com.au

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