**Topic: Beyond Jr Dev**
What does it take to make it through your first few years as a new dev? When do you stop calling yourself a Jr. Dev? What can you expect in your early years as a dev and how can you make the most of that time.

Join us as some devs who aren’t old cranky grey neck beards share their recent journeys and answer your questions.

**Speaker: Chase** **Struse**
Chase has been a software developer professionally for 5 years. Throughout those 5 years he has been able to work with various technologies and work on diverse projects that have helped me grow his career and knowledge. While not working on professional software he loves creating side projects such as indie games, discord bots, and mobile apps.

Aaron is a software engineering consultant at Source Allies who takes the untraditional approach to new opportunities. He has less than one year of experience and got started with a bootcamp in the summer of 2022. He look for opportunities to take the initiative and help guide students who were once in the same place he was. Aaron takes the initiative to bring the fun with everyone he is with and make sure that everyone is involved for a better collaborative effort.

**Meeting Agenda**

* 6:00pm–7:00pm Presentation

**Meeting Sponsor – TBD**

**Platinum Sponsor – QCI**
Since 1995, QCI has grown to be one of the largest, Iowa-based, technology consulting firms, one client at a time. There is no secret to our success. We simply hire the best people and support a culture that is obsessed with delivering excellent service to our clients. In QCI, our clients have a partner that is large enough to provide highly skilled consultants across a wide area of expertise. Our dedication to client service has resulted in a long-term relationships through which we understand that placing the interests of our clients first is the key to being a trusted partner. For more information, visit [https://www.qci.com](https://www.qci.com/)

**Platinum Sponsor – Source Allies**
Source Allies is a local technical consultancy who values collaboration, craftsmanship, and an ownership mentality. We provide a home to our teammates where we encourage each other to grow not only technically, but as peers & consultants. This is evident in the quality software we deliver to clients.
Learn about our “ownership mentality” at: [https://www.sourceallies.com](https://www.sourceallies.com/)