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HowTo: Migrate data from an Elasticsearch Cluster to another Elasticsearch Cluster with Spark
By: Kidong Lee
Tags: Elasticsearch, Spark

First, read data as RDD from a elasticsearch cluster with spark,

and then, write RDD loaded from the source elasticsearch to the target elasticsearch cluster with the change of elasticsearch configurations in Spark Context.

It is simple and similar way like loading data from HDFS/S3 to S3/HDFS with Spark mentioned in my last blog: https://medium.com/@mykidong/howto-load-s3-files-to-hdfs-using-dynamic-hadoop-configuration-in-the-same-spark-context-dece48a31a2e

Let’s see some codes.

Create SparkSession with the source Elasticsearch configurations like this:

// spark conf.

SparkConf sparkConf = new SparkConf();

sparkConf.setAppName("MyAPP");

... // elasticsearch specific configuration.

sparkConf.set("es.nodes", "es-source-host")

.set("es.port", "9200")

.set("es.index.read.missing.as.empty", "true")

.set("es.modes.wan.only", "true"); // spark session.

SparkSession spark = SparkSession

.builder()

.config(sparkConf)

.getOrCreate();

And, read rdd from the source elasticsearch with this spark session:

// source index.

String fromIndex = "source-index"; // source index type.

String type = "source-index-type"; // rdd read from the source elasticsearch cluster.

JavaPairRDD<String, Map<String, Object>> rdd = JavaEsSpark.esRDD(new JavaSparkContext(spark.sparkContext()), fromIndex + "/" + type).persist(StorageLevel.DISK_ONLY());

Now, it is time to write the loaded RDD from the source elasticsearch to another cluster.

Let’s change elasticsearch configurations to the target elasticsearch cluster in spark context like this:

// set the target elasticsearch configurations.

Map<String, String> esSparkConf = new HashMap<>();

esSparkConf.put("es.nodes", "target-elasticsarch-host");

esSparkConf.put("es.port", "9200");

Before you write RDD to the target elasticsearch cluster, you should create an elasticsearch template to manage indices, aliases, etc in the target elasticsearch cluster. If you are not familiar with Elasticsearch Template, see this link: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-templates.html

Now, write RDD loaded from source elasticsearch to the target elasticsearch cluster:

// target index.

String toIndex = "target-index-name"; // write rdd loaded from the source elasticsearch to the target elasticsearch with the changed elasticsearch configuration.

JavaEsSpark.saveToEsWithMeta(rdd, toIndex + "/" + type, esSparkConf);
Push intelligence in your Components backed by ElasticSearch!
By: Kush Misra
Tags: Elasticsearch, Ui Interaction, Intelligence, Machine Learning

From hereon this article expects that you have your search component backed by elastic search. Please move to the next section if you have a fair understanding of the difference between an efficient and an intelligent component.

Let's take an example of a general Autocomplete suggestion component. Assume it to be a simple UI component that sends whatever is typed in it to the elastic server and shows whatever results are returned. As it's backed by ElasticSearch, you will get really nice speed and if you have correct analyzers set in elastic search then you will get good meaningful results as well. But will your autocomplete be intelligent enough? … umm … maybe not !!

There are two aspects to the results which are returned by the elastic search. Whenever a user types something, there are two pieces of information that are there with you, based on which you can decide what results to show:

Search query which user typed. Metadata about the user: Who is the user actually? In what geographical location is your component used? and any other meta data about the user which might be useful in your context.

Generally, Autocomplete components focus on 1st part (the search query) and try to return results. To tackle 1st problem you should have good rules (optimized indexing, analyzers, etc. ) set in elastic search and it will automatically take care of the rest. If you cater to only 1st part, you will be building an efficient auto-complete at best, but not an intelligent one. An intelligent autocomplete is one which is able to decipher user metadata, get feedback on what the user selected, and learn on its way. Such autocompletes, over time, show the most optimized results.

Let's take an example to understand this. Suppose that you are using an autocomplete suggester which shows a list of all cities which are relevant to the text you typed. Also, suppose that you live in India. As we have all the cities in our backend, we have a lot of data. Now, if you type any letter, say “D”, there are a lot of cities which can be returned. If we only focus on the search query (in this case “D”) then any city starting with D should come. An efficient auto-complete whose scope is only searched query will return all the cities starting with “D” with the same weight. But in case you have previously selected Delhi once, then an intelligent (and efficient of course :P ) autocomplete will return “Delhi” with more weight as compared to other results. This is just an example, where we used history to determine which result should have more value. We could have also used the geographical location to suggest nearby cities first.

Now, once you have understood what our aim is, let's deep dive into how to make our autocomplete suggester intelligent.
Intelligence on the structure of a promoter.
By: Deepa Hegde
Tags: Marketing, Promotion, Gig Economy, Supply Chain, Future Of Work

Promoters are those individuals that are employed to promote a brand or product. By definition, they are the ones who represent the brand and their main aim is to promote their brand to various customers.

A promoter is a marketing professional responsible for demonstrating the features of a product to a client or an audience. They show the product features, how it works, it’s uses and benefits. Their aim is to help potential clients become their brand’s loyal customers. They also handle customer queries.

Taskmo (FeedMyPockets Formerly) - Gig Economy (Vol.60)

As a promoter, the following are the job structure

• Having in-depth knowledge about the product, it’s benefits, it’s uses, it’s drawbacks.

• Having a fair amount of knowledge about the competitor’s product.

• Knowing the product pricing and its cost-effectiveness.

• Being able to explain all the product features to an individual customer or a group of customers.

• Provide assistance in helping customers make the right choice.

• Being friendly and approachable with good communication skills.

• Being presentable and being able to acknowledge customers.

• Be able to build a relationship with customers and keep in touch with potential customers.

• Being innovative and finding creative ways to present a product.

• Set up booths or promotional stands during a marketing event.

• Be able to distribute flyers, samples and product brochures.

• Being able to send a report with proper updates and track the same for future reference.

The above are the requirements for any promoter to be able to function well and to add value to the company employing them.
India: [still] next China?
By: Denis Dubovtsev
Tags: Wefast, Gig Economy, Dostavista, India, Crowsourced

Just returned. Having spent several days in India, besides several years doing business with(in) India and much more time observing India, I am still questioning on the bright economic prospects of this country.

In many aspects — e.g. having huge and fast growing population mostly starting on the bottom steps of consumer staircase and ready to overwork for surprisingly low rates — this economy seems being destinyed to recapture China’s leadership position in the global industrialization mixed with new economy marathon. Moreover, it was far better prepared to pioneer gig economy compared to China, as it has had much better starting position in computer sciences and related human resources.

However, this bright incredible future seems to stay just a forever potential, so far not realizing in reality. Why? May be that is mentality and culture, may be climate (usual excuse for both extremely cold and hot countries)… Even food approach says a lot — “if a dish is not tasty — that’s cause lack of massala”. Btw, there is also “massala film” movie production style — like spices, freely mixed genres. Might Indian economy follow the same way? However, the main consumer of it will still stay inside. Same as with food.

Even taking into account the above, I have all grounding to believe in good potential for (our, e-comm, other, …) business in India. Based, as mentioned, on its high growth, mainly due to accelerating internal demand, same time as lasting competitiveness of local production.
methinks Adds Industry Leaders to Executive Team
Tags: Customer Research, Startup, Gig Economy, Qualitative Research

The methinks team is growing again! Following our recent hiring of CEO Aaron Burcell, we’re adding two industry veterans to help lead our global expansion.

Kris Jacobs joins us as Chief Revenue Officer to lead sales, sales operations, business development and strategic licensing/reseller partnerships in North America and EMEA. He brings more than 20 years’ experience in business development and sales, with a focus on media, technology, and education industries.

Eung Soo Lee joins the company as Vice President of Business Development, Asia-Pacific to lead operations and regional expansion in Seoul and greater Asia-Pacific. He brings 20 years of IT sales experience, with a focus on developing sales and go-to-market strategies for the Korean market.

The entire methinks team could not be more excited about these additions; however, our cumulative excitement doesn’t compare to that of our CEO and Kris. The two are long-time friends and colleagues, and their reunion was something special. So special, in fact, that we just had to capture it on video for all to see.
“Bluecrew is the future for how people will access jobs.”
Tags: Gig Economy, Innovation, Tech, W2s Solutions

Carlos Roman is the city launch manager for Bluecrew, an on-demand platform exclusively for flexible W-2 work. When Bluecrew enters a new market, Carlos is the first person on the ground, responsible for getting businesses and workers excited about Bluecrew and the opportunities the company offers.

Early in his career, Carlos knew he was passionate about connecting people with high-quality jobs. He worked at more traditional staffing agencies before learning about Bluecrew, an innovative startup transforming the way people find and connect with hourly work. Carlos was hired as Bluecrew’s first account manager in February 2017.

“When I heard Bluecrew had created an app exclusively for connecting people with flexible hourly work, I knew it was a fit for me,” he said.

Now nearing his three-year anniversary with the company, he has seen Bluecrew through substantial growth and some transformative changes, including moving to Chicago to open Bluecrew’s new headquarters earlier this year and expanding to new markets like Minneapolis and Dallas.

“It’s tough to jump into a new city you aren’t very familiar with, but we have a playbook for how to get new markets growing quickly. Our technology platform is key, but it’s not enough on its own. We work hard to build relationships with local companies and the community. Once we get the message out there, our combination of a transparent technology platform and sustainable W-2 jobs is really resonating across the country.”

“Bluecrew is changing lives by helping people find reliable work and a way to support themselves and their families. We’re not just offering someone one job — we’re providing them with a platform of opportunities to make money and improve their skills to progress in their career.”

To view job openings at Bluecrew: http://iac.com/careers/job-listings
The New Economy
By: Raffaella Aghemo
Tags: Crowdfunding, On Demand Economy, New Economy, Gig Economy, Freelance

Blockchain technology is also spreading in the hospitality sector, i.e. in the Airbnb system; first, however, we need to take a step back and specify the increasingly subtle difference between sharing economy and gig economy.

To explain the meaning of the first word, it is enough to think about the daily life of each of us: how many times we have, for example, needed a drill, but we also thought it was too expensive to buy one, and then use it only a couple of times; so we have, perhaps, asked the neighbour to borrow one. This is exactly the so-called “sharing economy”, that is “the monetization of underused or unused resources” (Antonio Aloisi).

A shining example is the BlaBlaCar system, where a driver “monetizes” the free seats in the car in order to share travel and petrol expenses.

A different discourse is that of the “gig economy”, whose term was coined by Hillary Clinton, in the presentation of her economic program:

“Many Americans are making extra money renting out a small room, designing websites, selling products they design themselves at home, or even driving their own car. This on-demand, or so-called gig economy is creating exciting economies and unleashing innovation. But it is also raising hard questions about work-place protections and what a good job will look like in the future.”

A new economic model is born: precarious, on-demand or free lance jobs.

“Gig” is a word in the informal American language, which indicates an occasional or temporary job or assignment. (Thank you for the valuable terminological support Licia Corbolante and her blog http://blog.terminologiaetc.it/)

With blockchain technology, the aim is to create an economy no longer managed by capitalist giants, but able to directly connect those who own an excess asset with those who need it.

To realize this economy of the future, several startups are moving through fundraising on blockchain, including Italian companies, reaching considerable capital, through the ICO system, i.e. a crowdfunding managed on blockchain; among them I want to mention the only Italian, Luca Del Giglio, travel blogger, whose goal is to create an Airbnb made in Italy, with the blockchain system.

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Careers-ExtraHourz
By: Srishti Campus
Tags: Job Search, Gig Economy, Part Time Work, Part Time Jobs, Job Finder Apps

We connect businesses with hourly workers on an on-demand or ongoing basis. ExtraHourz provides users the flexible option between gig work and traditional employment. Business owners can hire staff based on their needs, such as an increased event-based demand, higher delivery day expectations, unanticipated staff shortages or long term employment. Job Seekers can control their own work schedule by making themselves only available when they can and want to work. With our platform, we give businesses the capability to create an environment of a fully staffed business with satisfied workers, which in turn will return great services to their customers.

We are empowering our users to dictate their own needs and create economic opportunities for all members of our society. We create jobs!

Our Mission Statement

We exist to create flexible entrepreneurship opportunities to those who are typically undeserving by today’s job boards. We provide entry-level skilled, hourly workers the freedom to build their own independent income sources away from their primary jobs and push to them additional income opportunities provided by businesses nearby.

We are committed to provide business owners with the ultimate staffing solution (for urgent, temporary, long-term, or an as-needed basis) from an organically vetted community of hourly entrepreneurs.

Our Values

Our values help us to (1) deliver a simple solution for skilled, hourly workers to access nearby jobs that accommodate their lifestyle or other priorities and (2) provide a simple solution for business owners to meet traditional, urgent and demand-based hiring needs.
Gig Wage Raises $7.5M in Series A Funding Round, Led by Green Dot
By: Erin Lee
Tags: Freelancing, Gig Economy, Investment, Series A, Banking

Gig Wage recently made headlines announcing its $7.5M investment raise led by Green Dot Corp. (NYSE: GDOT), a California-based financial technology and bank holding company with additional participation from Continental Investors, Techstars, and Rise of the Rest, among others.

However, the deal with Green Dot goes beyond just an investment — Green Dot will now serve as an infrastructure bank partner to Gig Wage to deliver modern banking solutions and better financial tools to the world’s growing gig economy.

“The 1099 economy is exploding, and Gig Wage is thrilled to bring a truly comprehensive solution to market,” Craig J. Lewis, Founder & CEO of Gig Wage, said in a statement. “As we laid the foundation to offer financial infrastructure for the ‘Future of Work,’ it was abundantly clear Green Dot was the best partner for us to help the most people.”

Gig workers are among the tens of millions of unbanked or underbanked Americans that cannot access their money without financial infrastructure. This new partnership with Green Dot will allow Gig Wage to offer financial services, such as debit cards and money management, to gig workers.

By leveraging Green Dot’s Banking as a Service platform, we will now be able to introduce customized banking solutions such as a new debit card with no monthly fee, free online bill pay, and free cash withdrawals at moer than 19,000 ATM locations; free cash pick-up at over 7,000 retail locations nationwide; and other products and tools designed for gig workers and their employers.

“The fast-growing gig economy presents tremendous demand and opportunity for enhanced banking and payments tools and experiences,” said Dan Henry, CEO of Green Dot. “We’re thrilled to partner with Gig Wage to grow this vertical and empower gig workers and their employers with faster, more seamless financial solutions.”

There was a mutual consensus that both companies want to provide an infrastructure that allows everyone to have access to their money. Our goal is to offer the first-ever “comprehensive end-to-end solution for the gig economy.”

With the new financial backing, Gig Wage will be able to grow in different areas: sales and marketing, business development, as well as ongoing product innovation to help better serve our growing customer base.
Perks.gg: Flexible, Affordable, Portable Social Safety Nets for Gig Workers.
Tags: Portable Benefits, Collective Bargaining, Gig Economy, Gig Work, Perks

Meet Sarah — A freelancer/ independent contractor working with different clients.

Sarah is a 26-year-old graphic designer in Nairobi. She is an IT graduate and has worked as a freelancer for the past 4 years. She started creating designs for her friends and family business before completing college, all for free. After college, and with the challenges in landing employment, she decided to work freelance full-time. Over time, she has gained clients willing to pay for her service, some return clients, and others are one-off.

Sarah has learned that having the right tools makes you more productive and able to produce quality work. She knows she has to work harder to purchase a better laptop. There are many like Sarah who have either never been employed full-time or transitioned into freelancing after leaving full-time employment. They offer their services through online connections or offline. Some are more experienced in freelancing than others, some have had social security benefits when they were in employment and are now adjusting to taking care of their insurance, investments, and retirement plans.

Meet James — A boda boda rider making deliveries for a logistic platform.

James is a 28-year-old boda boda rider from Nairobi. He is married with two kids and is the family’s sole breadwinner. He joined a logistics platform as a rider after four years of providing casual labor at construction sites. As a rider on the platform for the last two years, he has learned the trade and even managed to get offline clients. He attends to them whenever they require delivery services. His plan is to save up and acquire more motorbikes, hire a second rider and register them on the platform to earn extra income.

James worries about the risk of injuries, hospital charges if his kids happen to get sick and what would happen if he was not able to continue riding. There are many like James, who either have small businesses and are selling online through social media and e-commerce or are providing services on demand either online or offline through referrals. They would like to expand their businesses, save their weekly earnings, and have a solid plan for retirement.
How The Employment Commons Board of Stewards Are Making Decisions & Why It’s Time to Switch to Opolis for Open Enrollment
Tags: Gig Economy, Freelancers, Open Enrollment, Health Insurance, Freelance

How The Employment Commons Board of Stewards Are Making Decisions & Why It’s Time to Switch to Opolis for Open Enrollment

The newest episode of Opolis Public Radio is now available on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Opolis Follow Nov 16, 2020 · 1 min read

On Opolis Public Radio (OPR), we dig into platform cooperativism, governance of the Employment Commons, and the Opolis Rewards Program and upcoming token launch.

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Speaker: Barry Goers is a partner with Merkle Mountain, a blockchain consulting firm based in Boulder, CO. Barry was an early adopter of bitcoin and a big proponent of blockchain technology. He successfully invested in the creation of Ethereum, Antshares (now Neo), and many other notable blockchain projects. He is on the Opolis Employment Commons Board of Stewards, and is a former professional hockey player.

About Opolis: Opolis is the next generation employment ecosystem for the self-sovereign worker. With Opolis, freelancers and gig workers everywhere have access to the same health benefits, life and disability insurance, and other services that only corporate employees have had access to traditionally. Learn more at https://www.opolis.co/.

Opolis Public Radio is biweekly. Tune into our next LIVE episode on November 25th by adding an invitation to your calendar.
How I decided to become a web developer Here it comes — my first blog post! This is my short story how I decided to become a web developer. My education is in economics, but I have only worked in…
By: Inga Locmele
Tags: Juno College, Front End Development, Web Development, Bootcamp, Career Change

How I decided to become a web developer

Here it comes — my first blog post!

This is my short story how I decided to become a web developer.

My education is in economics, but I have only worked in different technology related fields for my whole work experience. My last job was Supervisor of Data Administration team, I had to manage the team and work closely with IT Department to make processes smooth and ensure all customers’ needs are met.

I have always wanted to do coding by myself. I have done different programming courses online and completed a Database Fundamentals certificate at Seneca.

Some time ago I found information about Juno College of Technology and decided to fully pursue Front-End Web Developer career. I like data processing and writing queries and one of my hobbies is photography and processing photos in Photoshop. Web Development is like a middle point of these things, so I think it’s a good fit for me.

I have already finished Web Development and Java Script courses at Juno, currently attending Juno Web Development Bootcamp and very excited to learn so many new things and work on a lot of different projects!

So happy to start my new career in Front-End Web Development!
Automate your commit messages
By: Siddharth Srivatsa
Tags: Bootcamp

[Disclaimer: This product is still under heavy development so please do not evaluate the code quality. The MVP was built in a hurry to support the writing of this blogpost]

Your commit messages will never deviate from the contribution guidelines!

Different codebases have different rules to follow when we talk about the formatting of commit messages. As a developer, I don’t want to remember what the conventions are for each project that I am a contributor of. The task of adhering to a specific format while authoring commit messages is something that can easily be automated. This tool aims to enable the developer to focus on problem solving and removes the distraction of crafting commit messages according to some arbitrarily defined format.

promptui to the rescue

promptui is an open source interactive prompt for command-line applications written in go.

Supported features

There is a validation on the length of the title of the commit message — The prompt turns red if your title exceeds 50 characters

The story number can be provided as a CLI arg when invoking the tool.

The message body automatically wraps to 72 chars per line.

Co-authors list is sourced from a user defined JSON file. promptui supports vim-style navigation and search. Sample JSON shown below:

[

{

"firstName": "John",

"lastName": "Doe",

"email": "john.doe@gmail.com"

},

{

"firstName": "Jane",

"lastName": "Doe",

"email": "jane.doe@gmail.com",

"details": {

"WFH": true

}

}

]

Future Scope

Allow user to define custom templates

Integrate directly with git as a pre commit hook

Source can be accessed by Gojek devs: https://source.golabs.io/siddharth.srivatsa/generate-commit-message
The Importance of Saying Yes (Post Coding Bootcamp)
By: Christian Lim
Tags: Bootcamp, Coding, Software Development, Software Engineering

I graduated from the Flatiron School Oct. 4, 2019, and have been on the job search for a month so far. Coming from the highly structured environment of the intensive coding bootcamp, and being suddenly rid of nearly all obligations can be a jarring experience! Sure, the first couple of weeks you’ll have a lot of enthusiasm and adrenaline but that quickly dies out and you’re left in what feels like a vacuum of enthusiasm and energy. This is exactly why it’s so important to just say yes.

What I mean to say is that I’ve realized that you really have to be accountable for yourself and be able to put yourself out there to network and meet people, because at the end of the day, finding a job is really about making connections with people, and if you’re coming from a completely different industry, you’ll likely not have many connections in tech. So this is why I recommend that coming out of a bootcamp, you just say yes:

Yes to volunteer opportunities

Yes to meetups

Yes to coffee chats

The thing about just being involved in the community is that you never really know where it’s going to lead! For example, I recently volunteered at a tech conference where ticket prices neared $1,000 and the main attendees were C-suite executives in tech. Volunteering there gave me not only the chance to see awesome talks put on by the CTOs of great companies, but also I made some great connections! It’s awesome because people tend to want to help others out, and just being in that environment I’m sure will definitely help me on my job search.

Photo by Teemu Paananen on Unsplash

I’ve found talking to a lot of different types of people in tech can also help revitalize your motivation/energy when you’re feeling drained on the job hunt! Definitely if you’re searching for a job in tech, try to get out in the community and go to events, and above all just say yes!

So good luck to all you job seekers out there, and if you happen to be looking for a passionate entry level developer, reach out! :)
Designing Interactive Wireframes of an E-Commerce Site in 2 Weeks
By: Andres Oropeza
Tags: Research, General Assembly, UX, Bootcamp, Wireframe

How my second project at UX Bootcamp went

Have you ever gone to a local shop and wondered how their website looks? In this article I will go over our second project (completed by the end of the third week), topics learned, and the process of redesigning the site.

Overview

This project was about preparing an interactive prototype for an e-commerce website. We had 2 weeks to complete the wireframe for specific user flows. We spent part of the day learning about the parts of the design process to implement on our projects.

Some of the tools used were:

Strategic Research

Competitive and Contextual Analysis, User Interviews, Affinity Diagrams Ideation

Sketching, Personas Sketching

User Flows, Information Architecture, Paper Prototypes Testing

Digital Wireframes, Usability Testing Prototyping

Interactive Prototypes, Iterations

Brief

We were assigned to look for a local business that can use help with redesigning their e-commerce site. The design should meet both, the goals of the user and business. For this, I chose a local pet shop that primarily sold items for both cats and dogs. However what differentiated it was that she sold custom paintings of pets.

The Process

Project Management—The first step was laying out all of the tasks I wanted to do by the end of the project. I used a PM tool called Asana. I organized the board into 3 columns having a to-do, in progress, and complete.

Research — I approached the redesign with the idea of keeping it simple. I knew that there were already successful models that worked and believed that being too creative on this would not benefit the business. In other words:

Why change something that works

That being said, the first 2 days were studying her current layout and researching competitors sites: Amazon, Chewy, PetSmart, and PetCo. It became very clear that they all followed the same model.

As for the custom art portion of it, I looked into how sites like Etsy and Threadless showcase custom art.

Ideation & Sketching— The first round of creation was done with pen and paper. I used my user research to help create my personas and user flows. From there I sketched some LoFi screens that the users might go through.

Testing & Prototype— Finally, I transferring sketches to digital format to test on users. After testing on a couple of users I applied relevant feedback and made minor adjustments. I went forward with a LoFi Wireframe prototype.

You can find my InVision Prototype here.

Final Thoughts

Some of the major takeaways from the second project were:
Demo Day Recap — Gojek Xcelerate presents Simona Accelerator APAC Women Founders Batch 2
By: Simona Ventures
Tags: Startup, Founders, Bootcamp, Accelerator, Women In Tech

The final and the most awaited day finally came! The session was started with a kick-off by two amazing women representing the hosts of the program.

Nicole Yap, Managing Director, Digitaraya welcomed the audience and recapped the whole program. She mentioned that the women in Southeast Asia have experienced unique challenges when it comes to leading and founding a startup and hoped that the 10 startups will leverage their connections here from Digitaraya and Simona Ventures to continue to develop successful startups.

Nila Marita, Chief of Corporate Affairs, Gojek mentioned that it is Gojek’s responsibility as a decacorn startup to support other startups, especially women founders. Gojek wants to create role models out of these women founders to other women founders out there to help grow and develop their startups.

Sebastian Jammer, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company

The sessions continued with a keynote by Sebastian Jammer, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company about the Importance of Investing in Women. He presented McKinsey & Company’s report about why it is important and meaningful to invest in women because good talent nowadays is scarce, therefore we have to tap into the other half of the labor force. However, some women are held back to join the labor force nowadays because they are less confident they will reach the top, and in Indonesia, they also feel the pressure of family expectations. He also mentioned that companies in the top-quartile for gender diversity were 21% more likely to succeed than companies without gender diversity.
Bootcamp Day 4 Recap — Gojek Xcelerate presents Simona Accelerator APAC Women Founders Batch 2
By: Simona Ventures
Tags: Startup, Founders, Bootcamp, Accelerator, Women In Tech

The sessions then continued with a 1:1 session with the Google team, who came from different countries to help answer and support the startups’ needs in utilizing tools to boost their digital marketing strategies.

Melanie Masriel, Communications, Public Affairs & Sustainability Director, L’Oreal Indonesia

After lunch, we had Melanie Masriel of L’Oreal Indonesia sharing about How to be a Successful Woman Leader. She mentioned the business benefits of having a gender-diverse workforce, which includes more inclusive results, more creative ideas, and a better-performing team. She gave some examples of famous female leaders, and explained how they are positive, creative, courageous, and welcome changes and challenges. The session was concluded by Melanie giving some personal tips based on her experience in leadership.

Ken Ratri Iswari, Founder & CEO, Geekhunter

Last session of the day was about hiring! Ken of Geekhunter shared her experience on how to attract talents, especially when you just starting up a company. She began the session with a question asking the startups if they know what roles they need. She continued with how to do a highly specialized talent search, and gave examples of sourcing channels for finding tech talent. She emphasized also on employer branding to attract tech talent, consists of reputation, people & culture of the company, and remuneration & advancement opportunities.
Week 13: Final Project init
By: Jaskaran Sarkaria
Tags: Final Project, Design, Birmingham Uk, Bootcamp, React

No body feels the pressure of a distant deadline, teams buzz as creative possibilities unfold and bounce off one another, the cohort is split into their final teams. Our team is tasked with creating a “Bootcamper Platform”. Thanks to our guest speakers this week Ionut from Wealth Wizards who talked to us about AWS, serverless and Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment Pipelines. Thanks also to Pete Cripps Pete Cripps from IBM for his talk about blockchain and architecture.

How I feel:

Being completely honest, when I first found out about our task, my initial response was a little deflated, “Bootcamper Platform” doesn’t carry the same flash and pizzazz as say a VR tour of Birmingham or an interactive online game! That feeling was fairly fleeting though, as soon as our team began considering possibilities I quickly became invested in the idea and now I completely back it and believe in it!

Where we’re at:

The team has followed industry work flow, emphasising research, planning, constructing user stories, producing wire frames, collating user feedback and iterating upon our designs in response. Our team has a clear and concise MVP and some high fidelity designs to illustrate the vision. The team has a fairly flat structure and individuals are finding their own niches where they can contribute. I am spending much of my self directed time constructing core components in React which the team has collectively confirmed as part of the MVP.

Where we want to be:

We plan to use the advantage of being surrounded by our users to continuously iterate over our designs. In light of that I am continuing to fine tune the core components and hopefully next week we can start to mold them to match our high fidelity designs.

Thanks for reading!
My road to professional re-invention
Tags: Bootcamp, Career Change, Front End Development

My road to professional re-invention

So I’m 30-something, with a kid. When I was in university I assumed that that was the path I would follow through my working life. But for several reasons I lost the spark I had in my previous field. I felt like I needed a new challenge in life and to try out a more creative profession. But I had no idea what I wanted to do or how to reinvent myself. I only knew I didn’t want to go back to uni for several years and that I wanted a more practical and creative skill.

My husband’s a developer and that world was always a black hole for me, like some weird Matrix styled universe. I just assumed it was completely uncreative and math heavy, hence not for me. Then on a whim he created a CodeCademy account for me and I realised how wrong I’d been and how empowering it is to create something from scratch. One second the screen is empty. Add a few lines of code and voila, the page comes alive!

I realised that frontend is more up my ally and found Technigo. 6 months to become a frontend developer. I’ve always liked the idea of painting and drawing but have never had any talent for it. But what I love about frontend development is that it’s like drawing but with the help of the computer. I tell the computer what to draw and it does it for me so there’s no giving up because of my blindness for symmetry. So now I’m learning to create with the help of a computer.

My deep dive into the code universe is not a tale of corona, even though the timing, it’s just a tale of time-for-a-change-of-life-direction since I’d reached a point in life where change was very necessary.

A few of the reasons I was drawn into this world is the team effort that goes into coding, the constant problem solving and the very supporting community. I’ve reached out to strangers (developers that is) for tips and tricks and found nothing but excitement, support and willingness to help and guide us newbies and I find the thought of being a part of that community in the future inspiring.

Halfway through the bootcamp I can tell you that it’s been a real rollercoaster, for many reasons, but I’m learning a new craft and I’m enjoying every second of it! Is it frustrating? At times very much so. But I would encourage anyone who’s thinking about reinventing yourself to not throw the idea in the bin and to not give up if you started pursuing something. If anything I’ve realised that it’s never to late to reinvent yourself, if I can do it anyone can and with a bit of grit you can make your re-invention happen!
Get BONDLY (BSC) in less than a minute with SWFT Blockchain
By: Swft Blockchain
Tags: Swft Blockchain, Defi, Blockchain, Crypto, Binance Smart Chain

As a next-generation, worldwide cross-chain swap protocol and payment network, SWFT Blockchain allows you to get from hundred of cryptocurrencies, including BONDLY (ERC20), to BONDLY (BSC) in seconds. Here are instructions and a video on how to do that:

Exchange BONDLY (ERC20) to BONDLY (BSC)

1. Login/Register or Download SWFT Blockchain

🍏 iOS App Store: bit.ly/SWFTiOS

🤖 Google Play: bit.ly/SWFTAndroid

2. Deposit or buy BONDLY with 250+ cryptocurrencies

3. Select the cryptocurrency that you want to be deducted from your account balance. We’re using BONDLY (ERC20).

4. Select the currency you want to receive in return. In this case: BONDLY (BSC)

5. Click ‘SWAP’ and wait for the swap. It should take less than a minute to complete!

Exchanging BONDLY (ERC20) to BONDLY (BSC)

Here’s the video!

Happy trading!

About SWFT Blockchain

Founded in 2017, SWFT Blockchain is a next-generation, worldwide cross-chain swap protocol and payment network. SWFT Blockchain’s technology combines blockchain, machine learning and big data to enable direct swaps between over 200 cryptocurrencies. Offering a fast, affordable, and secure experience, SWFT Blockchain’s transfer protocol allows users to swap cryptocurrencies at the best rates, in record speeds and with super low fees. SWFT Blockchain is currently the go-to protocol for cross-chain swaps between DeFi and CeFi currencies, stablecoins, and more. Soon, SWFT Blockchain will launch a decentralized exchange aggregator that will combine SWFT Blockchain’s swap experience with the advantages of decentralized and noncustodial swaps. SWFT Blockchain has received funding from top VCs, including Draper Dragon and was in the first cohort of startups at Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator.
New Website is Live!
Tags: Art, Token, Cryptocurrency, Binance Smart Chain, Nft

New Website is Live!

Dear Yokai lovers,

Our new website is finally online!

There are a lot of information so please go through it slowly so you don’t miss out anything. We are excited to introduce you to our first NFT collection: “Yokai with Three Thousand Faces”. Please go check it out!

We will also bring our Yokai farm online in the coming week. the most important thing to note:

Our farm will be the first of its kind to offer a farming platform on BSC ( Binance Smart Chain ) that yields ETH based NFTs. So yes you will be getting the best of both worlds — Utilizing DeFi functionalities on the BSC with very low fees but getting rewarded with valuable NFTs circulating on a proven NFT market on Ethereum chain. This will give our users a huge advantage over other BSC based NFT projects since they can trade their NFTs on a lot of established NFT platforms such as Opensea and rarible.

Enjoy the scenery of our mystic Yokai Farm

We will follow up with more details on the Yokai Farm Soon!

Important links: 👺🚀🌕

Website:

https://Yokai.money

Telegram:

https://t.me/yokaimoney2

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/yokai_money

Link to Buy:

https://exchange.pancakeswap.finance/#/swap?inputCurrency=0xff4245b8fd43f75476608a94768ebb29bb678c2c

First Yokai NFT Collection

https://yokai.money/collection-1

LP Add: https://bscscan.com/tx/0xe0c9658452ba7929ea5f326cbc3b668b9c31f03f0e7cbb5607c08cfd4cc4000f

Proof of Burn: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x6faf3635c647e1c941a2e87fc2afa208d24b233778fea0bb3dfd014a6e228ab3
CifiPowa Testnet with Surajit Sen
By: Citizen Finance
Tags: Art, Blockchain, Binance Smart Chain, Nft, Augmented Reality

Citizen Finance will be commencing testing of CifiPowa on Binance smart chain testnet. The test consists of creation of registry, minting of new art into exisiting registry, transfer of minted art from one address to another and burning of nft by owner.

To make the test run smoothly, Citizen Finance will be using digital 3d art work from Surajit Sen, an Indian based 3d artist and sculptor. Artwork from Surajit portfolio will be used to test minting of digital artwork into nft. The test will be carried out in Two (2) phases;

Phase One: Internal Test

Citizen Finance team will carry out internal test of all functionalities which are expected to be available on CifiPowa. While utilizing digital artwork from Surajit Sen portfolio, Team will test function of converting 3d artwork into nft and display them on frontend of the application. 3D artwork minted will be made public on the frontend at the end of the phase which will usher in the second phase.

Phase Two: Public Test

Phase 2 will open up CifiPowa to the general public to create their own registry and mint their own art on Binance smart chain (testnet). The testnet will support image file extension such as; PNG, JPEG, WEPB and GLB (for 3D files). Registry and Art will also be available on the frontend but no real transaction such as buying and selling will take place as its just a test version.
Astronauts United!
Tags: Cryptocurrency, ICO, Bsc, Binance Smart Chain, Bnb

This is one crazy Astronaut love story.

The story begins on Telegram. On the morning of April 8th 2021 around 9:30 AM EST with the usual hype and good energy our community has. One strong Astronaut named @babachoo came up with an idea to push NAUT to the crowds and shared it.

He received extremely good feedback and support from our awesome community!

Our epic community has come up with the idea of coming together and making a small donation-crowdfund to be able to list on CEX’s. Listing prices / fees on CEX’s are in the 10k-75k range (we wont even mention the top tier 1 fee amounts). With those amounts the Astronaut team would have a hard time to pay the listing fee and it would take a much longer time to get into CEX’s. The community decided to move forward and create a fund wallet to give Astronaut $NAUT the ability to raise enough money to list on exchanges.

The wallet will be held by our admins and it can be seen at this address:

0x94Fdcf8C47b6e4636016693624EFa57A86BA9e4E

The goal is to raise around 15k-20k to be able to list on 1–2 Tier 2 exchanges and get their full package with AMA’s, Marketing, Multiple Pairs and such. We are currently considering Hotbit, Probit, Whitebit, and Bitthumb, HOO, CoinTiger and more.

Update: It is now April 8th 2021 9:45 AM EST — 15 mins after the community released the statement and wallet information for the fund. We already have $10,000 in the wallet that was donated by the community. With a staggering 5 BNB coming from @babachoo and a wild 20 BNB coming from @skk121 or (*star 0x3343)

Update: It is now April 8th 2021 5:00 PM EST we received another beautiful donation of 13 BNB coming from our legendary man @chance0413 or (Chance)

Update: It is now April 9th 2021 around 12:30AM EST. We possibly and I myself believe we have the best community in all of cryptocurrency. I get a phone call from one of our admins that someone just donated an INSANE 67.265 BNB! This time the person is anonymous (I know who it is but he wants to remain anonymous)

We have also received multiple smaller transactions of BNB from many in our community, anything that was given is very highly appreciated and we want to thank you and give back to you.

The Astronaut team and whole community is at a loss of words, in under 24 hours we raised over $43,000 as a community fund to get into listings.

This is a huge push for our success and it is unexplainable with words the support that our community gives our team. We will continue to push to deliver anything and everything we can to best perfect our ecosystem. The Astronaut team sends big love to all of you supporters. We will go to the moon. — Dr. NAUT

P.S We have already moved forward on this and have a listing in the works for Probit. You guys are seriously amazing!

Come be part of this great community, trust me it’s a pleasure being part of.