Archive for the ‘ Talks ’ Category

Berkeley Talk: Building an Engineering Team

  • November 1st, 2009
  • Posted in Talks

I will be speaking on how I weighed the option to work for a large company versus a startup, the unique experience I’ve had starting out as the second engineer at Mint.com, and how I helped develop the code base and grow the engineering team starting as a junior engineer. The talk will be [ READ MORE ]

Presentation for Code Camp ‘09

  • September 29th, 2009
  • Posted in Talks

This year at Code Camp, I will be presenting the topic “When to Build and When to Buy”, which will explore the trade-offs associated with either buying software as a service or building an internal tool to meet your business’ needs.  This is especially important for cash strapped startups that are trying to keep their [ READ MORE ]

Dukie Femgineers

  • September 17th, 2008
  • Posted in Talks

I recently gave a talk to SWE (Society of Women Engineers) at my alma mater Duke University. The purpose of the talk was to give young women engineers insight into how college, specifically Duke did and didn’t prepare me to work as an engineer for a startup like Mint.com. I thought the talk was well received [ READ MORE ]