Code Driven NYC: A Tech Meetup for Engineers

Code Driven NYC is a tech meetup built for engineers, organized by FirstMark Capital - an early-stage venture capital firm, aimed at helping technology managers see around the next corner.

For our September meetup, Erik Bernhardsson, CTO at Better Mortgage, Bobby Ross, Co-founder at Firehydrant, and Cillian Kiera, Founder at Ethyca, join us to discuss infrastructure challenges they've had, creative solutions to solve scaling challenges, and engineering management best practices for other startups.

Networking and drinks to follow.

Business Series: Generating PR for Your Early-Stage Startup

Join our panel of journalists and public relations experts as they break down how to score free media coverage. Gain insider secrets on what inspires the media to cover a founder, or a startup, and how to build relationships with journalists in order to lean on them when the time is right. They’ll share why they chose certain startups, over others, to cover along with the great and bad ways to pitch them. 

Storage Days: Data Lakes & Data Migration

Learn about the entire AWS storage suite and the latest services and features. You will hear from AWS experts on services, solutions, and architectures related to data migration, hybrid architectures, backup and archive, data lakes, and storage for business applications.

Storage Days: Storage for Business Applications & Backup and Archive

Learn about the entire AWS storage suite and the latest services and features. You will hear from AWS experts on services, solutions, and architectures related to data migration, hybrid architectures, backup and archive, data lakes, and storage for business applications.

AWS GameDay

GameDay is an interactive team-based learning exercise designed to give players a chance to put their AWS skills to the test in a real-world, gamified, risk-free environment. Most importantly, it is an extremely fun way to learn collaboratively. We step outside the boundaries of typical workshops through open-endedness and ambiguity.

Compute Evolved Week: EC2 Day

Over this week, we will explore how you can leverage the AWS platform to build and run any application including containerized and serverless applications. We will also demonstrate how you can build a range of applications from data processing systems to web applications and hear from AWS experts about how you could use Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS and AWS Lambda for your production needs.

Compute Evolved Week: Containers Day

Over this week, we will explore how you can leverage the AWS platform to build and run any application including containerized and serverless applications. We will also demonstrate how you can build a range of applications from data processing systems to web applications and hear from AWS experts about how you could use Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS and AWS Lambda for your production needs.

Compute Evolved Week: Serverless Day

Over this week, we will explore how you can leverage the AWS platform to build and run any application including containerized and serverless applications. We will also demonstrate how you can build a range of applications from data processing systems to web applications and hear from AWS experts about how you could use Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS and AWS Lambda for your production needs.

AWS Database Week: Selecting the Right Database & Migration Planning

AWS offers the broadest range of databases purpose-built for your specific application use cases. Database Week at the AWS Loft is an opportunity to learn about Amazon’s broad and deep family of managed database services. During this three day event, you will learn how to get started, how to support applications, and how to scale.

Startup Talk: Financial Infrastructure Essentials 

for Early-Stage StartupsBarbara Eelens, VP of Finance & Operations at OneCloud – an integration platform as a service startup, shares how founders can become CFO-ready when it’s time to forecast or meet with investors.

Using her own experiences at a two-year old startup, Barbara will outline how to monitor your spend, streamline operations, calibrate investments, what reporting should look like, and when you land your first investor – delight them with the numbers that matter. She'll also answer questions on how to retire static spreadsheets for real-time data by leveraging new cloud technologies that gives a 360-degree overview of your startup's finances. 

AWS Database Week: Traditional & Open Source Databases

AWS offers the broadest range of databases purpose-built for your specific application use cases. Database Week at the AWS Loft is an opportunity to learn about Amazon’s broad and deep family of managed database services. During this three day event, you will learn how to get started, how to support applications, and how to scale.

Deep Learning Meetup

Every month the deep learning community of New York gathers at the AWS loft to share discoveries and achievements and describe new techniques.

AWS Database Week: Optimizing Databases for Your Workload

AWS offers the broadest range of databases purpose-built for your specific application use cases. Database Week at the AWS Loft is an opportunity to learn about Amazon’s broad and deep family of managed database services. During this three day event, you will learn how to get started, how to support applications, and how to scale.

DevOps Days: Day One

Interested in learning more about continuous integration, continuous delivery, and DevOps? Join us at the AWS NYC Loft. The AWS Developer Tools have been designed based on mechanisms used by Amazon engineers to rapidly and reliably deliver products and features to customers.

AWS DevOps Days: Day Two

Interested in learning more about continuous integration, continuous delivery, and DevOps? Join us at the AWS NYC Loft. The AWS Developer Tools have been designed based on mechanisms used by Amazon engineers to rapidly and reliably deliver products and features to customers.