Overview: Have I Got Nerds For You
"Have we got news for you!" -- Irish Geeks are back with our annual quiz this year.
- Organiser
- Irish Geeks
- Mentor(s)
- Vicky Twomey-Lee , Michael Twomey-Lee , Declan McGrath , Dale Dunlea , Naomi O'Reilly
- Level
- All Levels
- Pre-requisites
- 👇 See FAQ for additional info
- Price
- Free
- Location
- Workday, Kings Building, May Lane, Dublin 7 Dublin, Ireland
- When
- Mon Nov 25, 2019 (18:30) - Mon Nov 25, 2019 (21:00)
More info Have I Got Nerds For You
"Have we got news for you!" -- Irish Geeks are back with our annual quiz this year.
"Have we got news for you!" -- Irish Geeks are back with our annual quiz this year.
Charity
Charity we will be collecting money for this year
Big thanks
Our Supporters:
- Workday for hosting; shout out to Dale and Naomi for organising the venue for us and being involved with the event.
- Vectra.ai for sponsoring food
- LiquidNet
- Prodata
- Shutterstock
- Swrve
- Zendesk
Hugs to the following Community Partners (in alphabetical order):
- Clojure Ireland
- Coding Grace
- Dublin Maker - MADE
- Engineers Ireland - Young Engineers
- GameCraft
- GDG Dublin
- Ireland Girl Geek Dinners
- PyLadies Dublin
- Rails Girls Dublin
- Ruby Ireland
- TOG Hackerspace
- Women in Tech Africa
- Women Who Code Dublin
Schedule (*subject to change)
- 18:30 People arriving, settling down, have some food
- 19:00 Welcome folks, run down of rules and announce our charity (bucket)
- 19:05 Round 1
- 19:25 Round 2
- 19:45 Round 3
- 20:05 Round 4
- 20:40 Announce Winners
- 21:00 Event ends; option to go to nearby pub
Frequently asked questions
- Additional info for this workshop
Q. I'm not on a team, can I still come along?
Yes; we will help you find a group on the night.
Q. How many people per team?
Up to 5 persons per team.
Q. How much is it to participate?
It's FREE! 🙌
Q. How can I get involved?
Community Organisers
Drop us an email at irishgeeks@eventgeek.ie, send along your
- Group Name
- Group Logo
- Group URL
We will add it to the banner and event page. And share with your network and get them to join us. Also, it's a chance to give yourself a month off from organising your event. Come along, kick back, enjoy and all for a good cause.
Individual
We are also happy to have volunteers, if you like to help with
- Quiz questions
- Social media (we'll figure out a #-tag)
- Take pics
- Help with questions (but you can't participate in the quiz, that would be cheating. 😉)
Company
We are looking for sponsorship
- -Food-
- Prizes
What if I don't have cash for donations to Dublin Simon Community?
Don't worry, Dublin Simon are lending us one of their card readers, so you can optionally donate with your card. We will have a bucket going around for those who want to donate the old fashion non-digital way. ❤️
- Here's some info about our awesome mentor(s).
- 🌈 Vicky Twomey-Lee
Pythonista, but normally found organising various tech events, and now heavily involved in diversity initiatives like Coding Grace, PyLadies Dublin, and Women in Technology and Science (WITS Ireland).
- 🌈 Michael Twomey-Lee
Pythonista, Software Engineer, and one of the co-founders of Coding Grace.
You can read his blog at twoistoomany.com
- 🌈 Declan McGrath
- 🌈 Dale Dunlea
- 🌈 Naomi O'Reilly
- Q. A lot of our events are female-friendly events, we have enquiries asking if other genders are welcome as well?
- YES. You are welcome. Events we run or partner in are diversity friendly. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at contact@codinggrace.com.
- More info about our supporters
- Workday -
- Workday was founded on a disruptive idea: to put people at the center of enterprise software. Now, over a decade later, we still deliver on that idea every day.
- vectra.ai -
- Vectra is the world leader in applying artificial intelligence to detect and respond to cyberattacks in cloud, data center and enterprise infrastructures in real time, while empowering security analysts to perform conclusive incident investigations and AI-assisted threat hunting. Comprehensive cyberattack detection and response is mandatory in today’s hostile data environments, and the stakes have never been higher. No other company comes close to Vectra in proactively hunting down cyberattackers and reducing business risk. Our core team consists of threat researchers, white hats, data scientists, network security engineers, and UI designers. We constantly push the boundaries of what's possible to drive the next generation of security.
- More about the organiser
- Irish Geeks
- A collective of user group organisers (Coding Grace, Elm User Group Dublin, Python Ireland, Ruby Ireland, PyLadies Dublin and more) who organise collaborative events like Techie Charity Table Quiz.You can contact the organiser at: irishgeeks@eventgeek.ie
- If you have any other general questions:
- Email: contact@codinggrace.com
