Startups

Abstract: “DDD: The God that Failed?” DDD is rarely applied 'properly'. When directed at the right sort of problem and executed well, DDD is a valid solution. But DDD is over-used, misunderstood, misapplied, deified, and just downright bastardized. It is a small core concept that has gargantuan consequences throughout the solution. Thankfully, there are alternatives. By following the Single Responsibility Principle at an architectural level, we can create a suite of small, decoupled services with high internal cohesion. These services can be composed and orchestrated in many different ways to solve business problems. Speaker: Gary McLean Hall Develop and Architect. Author of "Adaptive Code via C#" and "Pro WPF and Silverlight MVVM". Very sporadic tweeter. Code pedant. Frustrated game developer gone corporate. Venturing into the unknown building TendoJobs.com A talk by Michael Cropper, founder of Tendo Jobs, which looks at the technical aspects behind building a tech startup. Starting with the skills required to bring your idea to life, should you be a specialist or a generalist? Then looking at the underlying frameworks, technologies and design patterns required to build solid foundations for growth and scale while keeping things as simple as possible to avoid technical pitfalls. Through to how to […]

This talk will explain the evolutionary UX process behind TendoJobs.com, a website that links employers directly with job hunters making the entire recruitment process seamless and transparent. The design and building of TendoJobs.com has been driven by continual user feedback which has improved both the onboarding process and the engagement levels on the website. This talk will also cover some of the challenges faced and the lessons learnt while diversifying the business model from agency into a scalable technology product. Michael Cropper is the founder of tech startup TendoJobs.com and owner of digital agency ContradoDigital.com. He can be found on Twitter @TendoJobs / @Contrado Digital /@MickCropper, LinkedIn at /MichaelCropper86 and regularly publishes useful resources on digital topics over the company’s developer blog. Please invite your friends and colleagues and use #UXManchester Schedule: 5:45 Free refreshments 6:30 Michael’s talk & discussion 7:45 Lightning talks 8:30 Drinks & chat at PLY (next door) Lightning talks & Sketchnotes: Please feel free to prepare a Lightning Talk (max 3 min) or bring/create your Sketchnotes about any UX related or topic related idea, project, vacancy, event etc. Live streaming: This talk will be broadcasted live as well as archived on Periscope@UXManchester Book here: https://www.meetup.com/Manchester-UX-UI-Networking/events/232914157/