Presented at
ToorCamp 2018,
June 21, 2018, 2 p.m.
(50 minutes)
<p>Most people don't care how computers work, which leads to questionable legislation and a cultural disregard for privacy and security. In this talk we explore tricks to get "normal" people to take an interest in tech, start to think like a hacker, and join our communities.</p>
<p>Most people don't care how computers work -- ask them why and many will legitimately describe a creepy dude sitting in a dark basement typing 1s and 0s. This is the sort of indifference that leads us into a cyberpunk dystopia.</p>
<p>How can we get "normal" people to care about how technology works? This talk explores what we've learned in tricking over 30,000 uninterested students to get excited about programming, electronics, and cyber security. We'll discuss hacks to overcome barriers most people have to learning, and ways to inspire hacker-like thinking in the general population.</p>
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Tyler Menezes
Tyler Menezes is the Executive Director at SRND, where he works to increase diverse Computer Science enrollment across North America by inspiring underrepresented students to give coding a try.
Tyler Menezes is the Executive Director at SRND, where he works to increase diverse Computer Science enrollment across North America by inspiring underrepresented students to give coding a try.
Born in Canada but raised in the Pacific Northwest, he briefly attended the University of Washington before dropping out to start a Y Combinator and venture-backed social video startup in 2011. This, combined with stints working in machine learning at Microsoft Research and as a programmer at several Seattle startups, led to his work finding data-driven solutions to increasing CS diversity and enrollment since 2014.
In his free time, Tyler helps run the Projects in CS class at Garfield High School, and organizes the public speaking event Ignite Seattle.
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