Small Talk

Join Koo, Hairizuan, and Weiyuan, in a morning of bantering on the above topic.! We'll touch on how we joined our respective communities (origin story time!), why we continue after so many years, and how you could do the same for yourself too! See you there! ===== Koo Ping Shung - Co-founder / Practicum Director, Data Science Rex - https://www.linkedin.com/in/koopingshung Hairizuan - DevOps Engineer, Kiteworks - ⁠https://www.hairizuan.com⁠ Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In the post-covid world, we have seen the rise of prominence of areas like blockchain, and then in recent years, interest moving towards the domain and applications of AI. As developers who are not always in these "trendiest" fields, should this scare us? Yet, this has always been the trend. Following the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, technology has seen huge leaps, with the internet being new but substantial in consumer products. The same happened in the 2000s with cloud technologies and mobile devices. Join 3 developers-at-heart who explores their history, and thoughts on how they have integrated themselves in the last decade, in this talk segment! ===== Guest: Hassan Abid - CTO, BeLive Technology - GDE, Android - https://www.linkedin.com/in/devhassan/ Co-host: Hairizuan - DevOps Engineer, Kiteworks - ⁠https://www.hairizuan.com⁠ Co-host: Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - ⁠https://big-on.dev⁠ - LinkedIn - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/in⁠ - Facebook - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/fb⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/yt⁠ - Email - [email protected] ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SimplyGo! Wait, didn't we talk about this topic before? 😬 This time round, we've invited two designers to share their take on this interesting topic, which happened last month! Just to catch you up again, there was a huge migration effort slated for SimplyGo cards, where the older variant of EZ-link cards would be discontinued from the 1st of June 2024 - which was halted and reversed, following public sentiment and feedback on this upgrade path (See https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2024/1/news-releases/card-exchange-for-simplygo-ez-link-and-concession-cardholders.html) Let's chat once again on this, but from a UI/UX angle! ===== Guest: Pang Hui Ping - Senior Product Designer, Hubble - https://www.linkedin.com/in/panghuiping/ Guest: Jing Wen Png - Product Designer, Hubble - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwpng/ Host: Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://bit.ly/weiyuan ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - ⁠https://big-on.dev⁠ - LinkedIn - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/in ⁠- Facebook - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/fb ⁠- Youtube - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/yt⁠ - Email - [email protected] ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What goes behind a successful product development team? Is it the capability of driving and delivering the right product OKRs? Or delivering engaging and smooth UI + UX? Could it be about reliable, performant, and sustainable software? In reality, there's likely no one answer to the question above, but a combination of different domain skills and experiences to deliver a winning formula! Join us as we discuss our learnings here and how to emulate a product development team that functions in a well-oiled manner 🤜 🤛 ===== Guest: Stephanie Sutanto - Product Lead, Endowus - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniesutanto/ Guest: Shirley Lai - Senior UX Designer, Paypal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sshir/ Host: Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - ⁠https://big-on.dev⁠ - LinkedIn - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/in⁠ - Facebook - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/fb⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/yt⁠ - Email - [email protected] ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SimplyGo! Those in Singapore would have heard about this huge migration to SimplyGo cards, where the older variant of EZ-link cards would be discontinued from the 1st of June 2024. As of 22nd June, the plan was halted and reversed, following public sentiment and feedback on this upgrade path (See https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2024/1/news-releases/card-exchange-for-simplygo-ez-link-and-concession-cardholders.html) What went wrong? What could have gone better? We set out to chat about this very interesting topic! ===== Guest: Koo Ping Shung - Co-Founder, DataScience SG - Co-founder/Practicum Director, Data Science Rex Pte. Ltd. - https://koopingshung.com Guest: Hairizuan - DevOps Engineer, Kiteworks - ⁠https://www.hairizuan.com⁠ Host: Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan⁠ ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - ⁠https://big-on.dev⁠ - LinkedIn - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/in⁠ - Facebook - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/fb⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/yt⁠ - Email - [email protected] ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

130 kg to 80 kg?! Hairizuan went through a wild ride to achieve this goal - but how did he do it? In this episode, we discuss about why this is essential for young adults like us, with deskbound jobs and roles, and how we view fitness and augmenting our lifestyles, along with Hairizuan's story on how he embarked and worked on his weight loss journey! ===== Guest: Hairizuan - DevOps Engineer, Kiteworks - ⁠https://www.hairizuan.com⁠ Host: Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan⁠ ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - ⁠https://big-on.dev⁠ - LinkedIn - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/in⁠ - Facebook - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/fb⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/yt⁠ - Email - [email protected] Google Developer Space - Website - https://devspace-sg.dev⁠ - X (formerly known as Twitter) - ⁠https://twitter.com/DevSpaceSG⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevSpace⁠ ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

15,000 AI Jobs! This is the number set by the Singaporean Government, as part of the "National AI Strategy 2.0: AI for the Public Good for Singapore" from 2024 onwards! This is huge news! Excited? Overwhelmed? 🤔 Join us and Koo as we banter over this very interesting topic on the 13th January 2023! ===== Guest: Koo Ping Shung - Co-Founder, DataScience SG - Co-founder/Practicum Director, Data Science Rex Pte. Ltd. - https://koopingshung.com Host: Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan⁠ Co-host: Hairizuan - DevOps Engineer, Kiteworks - ⁠https://www.hairizuan.com⁠ ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - ⁠https://big-on.dev⁠ - LinkedIn - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/in⁠ - Facebook - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/fb⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/yt⁠ - Email - [email protected] Google Developer Space - Website - ⁠https://devspace-sg.dev⁠ - X (formerly known as Twitter) - ⁠https://twitter.com/DevSpaceSG⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevSpace⁠ ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Two GDG Cloud Singapore organizers were recently displaced - one from an unfortunate layoff exercise, while the other moved on due to intense office politics. Join this "Small Talk" podcast episode as we casually chat about what happened since the initial situation, and what we are up to since then 😊. This episode is jointly hosted with Google Developer Space. If you are interested in reaching out to us for a topic or a sponsor, business inquiries are at [email protected] ===== Guest: Hairizuan, DevOps Engineer, Kiteworks, https://www.hairizuan.com Host: Weiyuan, Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty, https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - https://big-on.dev - LinkedIn - https://big-on.dev/-/in - Facebook - https://big-on.dev/-/fb - Youtube - https://big-on.dev/-/yt - Email - [email protected] Google Developer Space - Website - https://devspace-sg.dev - Twitter - https://twitter.com/DevSpaceSG - Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevSpace ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Have you ever wanted to try out volunteering, but never got to do so? Or have you tried out volunteering, but facing difficulties in leading your community. If so, this will be an interesting session, where we will talk to Michael Cheng, a well-respected and "OG" member for volunteering in the tech community.

In this first episode of "Small Talk", find out what it takes for one to be working overseas, and whether it is worth the effort to do so.

In recent years, we have seen the technology scene taking the world by storm. Companies, be it big or small, have taken advantage of this wave of innovation to create more value for our society. However, what does this change mean for us as individuals, and what can we expect to do for society and for ourselves? Our panelists - the Big O(n) Dev team - is elated to have Prof Soo Yuen Jien, an Associate Professor at the School of Computing in NUS, join us in our discussion of these current-day trends.

Since the start of 2021, we brought you an amazing lineup of speakers from top tech companies such as Netflix, Google, Github, Gitlab, and Facebook, among many others. We felt however that we could do more to serve the community. Hence, we decided to have more casual, informal, table-topic conversations in a new program called Small Talk (Get the pun? The programming pun??? Please tell us you know this programming language!!!) In our first event, we'll be having conversations around mentoring, both in the capacity of a mentor and a mentee, as well as our experiences and resources in (hopefully) successfully creating value for our mentees and paying it forward.