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Over the last 7 years, I've really enjoyed partnering with UX, Security, Internal IT, Product, Engineering & Data teams as a Recruiter. By sharing these resources with the world, I hope to empower other Recruiters to be true talent PARTNERS to the businesses they support and ultimately help build life changing products. If you're looking to stay connected, feel free to reach out to me. This Github repo will continue to evolve as my own professional interests evolve.

Now that I've spent my first chapter of my talent career honing my recruiting background, I've been intentionally spending my energy expanding my "T" and investing in the areas of People Analytics, Total Rewards & Compensation & Generative AI & Talent Talent Tech.

• The Role Of Generative AI And Large Language Models in HR: Josh highlights some of the interesting use cases of AI in HR. Super interesting to see how these technologies impact all parts of HR from recruiting, learning & development, HR shared services, and more.
• 21+ ChatGPT Prompts for HR To Accelerate Your Productivity: provides training on how to format your prompts to get better responses in addition to providing chatGPT prompt templates for different parts of HR.
• How Generative AI Will Transform HR: Great article that HR leaders can review to see possible use cases of Generative AI in traditional HR use cases. I thought this was easy to disgest and really highlighted the importance of this conversation in Talent orgs.
• Generative AI and the future of Talent Acquisition Are you a Talent leader that struggles to grasp the impact on this technology on your team, hiring managers or candidates? Great 30 minute primer that will unpack the impact of generative AI. Digestible and succint. Glen is a well-known recruiting leader at Randstad!
• Example of a ChatGPT Policy: as organizations try to unlock producitivity with LLMs like ChatGPT, it's so importnat to have policies and enablement materials in place for employees to make the most use out of these tools.

• Tips for job seekers, recruiters and leaders on building a diverse & inclusive workforce (Ceridian): shameless plug, I wrote the article when I was a Pride ERG Co-Chair at my last company
• Diversity Terminology: On D,E,I terminology.
• What does privilege look like?: On what privilege can look like in day-to-day actions.
• On Equality vs. Equity: On the differences between equality and equity.
• On Intersectionality: On what intersectionality is in the lens of identity
• How to talk about pronouns at work: On respecting and acknowledging pronouns in the workplace
• Designing for Ramadan 2023: Really great read on Ramadan, the pre and post activities and how organizations can build services & products that are inclusive to this community.
• Rivers to Success: Great 30 minute course for non-indigenous employees to better understand history around our indigenous communities. I find that our media fails to really provide adequate coverage of Indigenous history so I strongly recommend for individuals to be proactive with their own education.
• Google: Inclusive event design: An incredible open-source doc from Google outlining best practices on inclusive in-person or virtual events, it covers the gamut from participant registration, speaker representation, logistics and more.

• Netflix Culture: Very interesting perspectives from Patty McCord on what it took to build Netflix's unique culture (sports team, talent density, no performance bonuses, top of market pay, etc). She was the CHRO of Netflix. Netflix produced the Netflix culture deck that has circulated the tech space for a number of years.
• Drive by Daniel Pink: Daniel Pink shares a 10 minute video on what factors lead to high performance for creative work. Spoiler alert: it's not pay. It's Mastery, Autonomy & Purpose.
• The Culture Map: If you work in any global team with different cultures or ways of life, this is a MUST read. It dives deeper into the differences between cultures on a number of different dimensions with great examples of no-nos when interacting with multicultural teams.
• Managers of One: prior to reading this article, I've never heard of the concept of "Manager of One". I really love how Gitlab highlights the 20 things you need to see a Manager of One. As a Talent Professional, those 20 things really summarize the types of behaviour I would expect from a high performing individual contributor role.
• How I talk to Leaders About Firing People: Really honest article about PIPs, what needs to be done to be fair to the employee and also acknowledges the importance of the manager in owning responsibility for this failed relationship.
• 12 Quotes from High Output Management by Andy Grove: For people managers that haven't had a chance to read his book, this article summarizes 12 practices that managers need to execute on to build a high-performing organization. Must read.
• a16z's blog archives: really interesting points about "summertime soldiers", "vesting in peace" and "mediocre performers". He provides advice on turning around a company through really strategic HR choices.
• The Fullstack HR professional: As a follow-up to the above resource, Josh Bersin has written a wonderful thoughtpiece on what it takes to be a Full-Stack HR professional.
• Hyper Island Toolbox: Fantastic hub of different faciliation techniques and team buildings.
• Open Policy Index: The team at Open Index created this airtable of 300+ HR policies. This is a resource that HR professionals can use to research what's available in the market, but remember: the best policies are custom fit to your organization's reality. As always, give kudos and appropriate credit to the individuals and organizations where you drew inspiration from! :)
• Workplace Investigations for the Human Resources Professional: Great primer on what the investigation process looks like. As someone not involved with these activities in my organization, the information was digestible and useful. Resource is free which is helpful for self-taught HR professionls lacking the HR academic background.
• Pyn: Employee Experience Process Mapping: great, FREE tool to process map talent processes, you're able to collaborate with peers and expert visuals. It's like Figma for HR.
• Talent Density - Coinbase We're moving to a corporate world where growth =/= headcount increases. It's important to build lean and highly skilled organizations. I know the topic of "talent density" is a bit controversial, but as someone that subscribes to the Netflix approach to talent, I really enjoyed this blog post.

• What is Equity by Carta: great resource on understanding equity, cap tables, vesting and more.
• The Holloway Guide to Equity Compensation -> Equity is a huge consideration when joining a company, but equity is a black box for most individuals. Check out this thorough guide on how equity works. I learned lots about concepts like 409A valuations, taxation, public vs. private equity, vesting schedules, stock options vs. RSUs, and much more.
• Opening Up About Comp Isn’t Easy — Here’s How to Get More Transparent: the world is moving to more transparency around salaries, but the reality is that many organizations may not be ready for this change. HOWEVER, this doesn't mean you can't work towards transparency internally and externally. Check out this article for insights on how an organization can shift into transparency.
• TheWorldatWork: Handbook of Total Rewards: picked up this textbook recently and found it was a fantastic resource for a Talent professional to learn more about compensation surveys, job analysis, merit cycles & budgeting, sales & executive comp, labor laws and more. Still part-way through the book! TheWorldAtWork is an organization that focuses on the practice of Total Rewards, definitely recommend taking a look at their site for other resources!
• Immigration 101: Immigration/Mobility programs are sometimes offered as a condition of employment. This document from Homebrew gives some context for HR professionals on the process of sponsorship in the United States and an overview of the various types of VISAs (H1B, O-1, F1, TN, etc).
• Department of Labor - US - Minimum Wage Laws by State: This federal website breaks down the minimum wage laws across every US state. Can serve as a source of truth.
• Economic Research Institute: ERIERI provides many free compensation courses for US Talent practioniners. Sharing this course as it covers the major federal legislation related to Total Rewards in the United States: Fair Labor Standards Act, Equal Pay Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Civil Rights Act, National Labor Relations Act, and more.
• Sales Commission Glossary: The world of Sales Compensation is more nuanced than comp for non-incentived corporate roles. I thought this glossary was a good explanation of common terms found in the space of incentivized compensation programs.
• The Differences Between Median vs. Mean: very clear explanation of the implications of using "mean" vs. "median" in HR data analysis.
• Paychex - basic benefits a Company must provide (US): great summary of mandatary US benefits for FTE based employees: Workers Comp, Unemployment Insurance, Social Security, Medicare, FLMA, etc. Note: companies can choose to go above and beyond to attract talent - 401k + PTO programs are prime examples of benefits that are "standard" to remain competitive.
• Business Benefits Finder: if you're a small business or start-up looking to research grants in regards to hiring in Canada, this is a great directory!
• #ShowUsYourLeave: crowdsourced list of 60 different companies parental leave programs, highly recommend taking a look if you're doing market analysis on your company's leave benefits.
• Carta - 2023 Equity Report: fantastic insights on the current state of hiring/comp including topics like the size of equity grants, hiring appetitite across functions and an interesting discussion on IC vs. Manager appetite.

• WomenWhoCode: Great videos and content to understand the various aspects of information technology!
• Geekruiter Academy: -> Geekruiter is a fascinating resource, Michal is a former CTO of a start-up that now trains technical recruiters. He delivers various trainings through boot camps, mind maps, booklets, etc. I used alot of his content to understand the various relationships across technologies/languages/frameworks/tools.
• Holistica IT Training: Ayub is fantastic, I know he's based in the UK and primarily focuses on training technical recruiters. His content covers tech recruiting in development, IT support/infrastructure, data/machine learning + AI!
• LinkedIn Learning: I'm a huge fan of LinkedIn Learning - I find it's a great resource for all of the soft skills required for successful recruiting (communication skills, problem solving, data analysis, negotiation, project management, diversity, inclusion & belonging, and more). Some public libraries provide LinkedIn Learning subscriptions so you may be able to get the above resource for free.
• AIRS Powered by ADP: When I started in recruiting, I ended up taking both the CIR and PRC certifications through AIRS. Gave great insights on sourcing via Boolean strings and the foundational knowledge of being a Talent Acquisition Partner.
• How to work with Engineers - Technically: I'm a paid subscriber to Technically which is a blog that shares lots of great ELI5 summaries of various topics in Engineering. It ranges from many topics like what is front-end, to explaining "no-code/low code" or deep diving into certain technologies like Kubernetes. Worth reading if you are a technical recruiter that is missing a strong computer science background.

• "Carry That Quota" - Jesse Rothstein: This really resonated, recruiting is definitely a hybrid between sales and human resources. Gives great suggestions on how a sales focused individual can manage output.
• "UltraLearning" - Scott Young: A core skill of ANY career path is the ability to learn. This is a great book for the tools needed to stay ahead of the industry and become a life-long learner.
• Never Split The Difference - Chris Voss: If you're looking to up your negotiation game, definitely recommend this one. Chris is a former hostage negotiator turned negotiation teacher.
• "Work Rules! Insights from Google" - Laszlo Bock: Super interesting if you're looking to understand some of the human resources methodologies of one of the biggest global technology companies in the world (Google)
• "Top Talent Sourcing Tools for Recruiters" - Jonathan Kidder: Takes your Recruiting/Sourcing tools knowledge to the next level, I learned all about contact finding tools, recruiting automation, boolean string builders, data scraping and more!
• "Full Stack Recruiter" - Jan Tegze : Teaches you about sourcing across various channels like Github/Facebook/Meet-up/etc.
• "How to Speak Tech" - Vinay Trivedi: Great resource for recruiters that are just starting off in technical recruiting and need to learn about how software development works. Imagine a technical terms 101 guide.
• "Stop Asking Questions" -Andrew Warner: Wonderful tips on how a recruiter can guide deeper conversations through the art of interviewing.

• MATT ALDER: Recruiting Future
• HIRED: Talk Talent To Me
• Tech Recruitment- Michael Juhas
• The Modern Recruiter: great podcasts on the latest trends within the TA space - highly recommend!

• BetaKit
• InfoQ: Great for heavy duty deep dives into all sorts of technical topics and follow software development trends
• Pragmatic Engineer: Great for big tech intel and opinion pieces on engineering related topics.

• Company Insights: Great for talent market intelligence or sourcing. It helps a talent individual assess the shape, size, products and competitors using search filters. I loved using this tool when I worked on HCM-niche searches.
• Acquisitions: Useful to pulse check the market.
• trueup layoffs tracker: I much prefer the data integrity of trueup vs. layoff fyi. Trueup hyperlinks the actual articles discussing the layoff news at various companies.
• StackOverflow Dev Survey: Every year, I take the time to look through Stack's report to better understand what's happening in the world of Software Development
• CBRE - Scoring Top Tech Markets: Great if you're thinking of trying to identify more niche talent pools outside of the big North American cities
• Indeed Hiring Lab: great for research on individual countries and getting a pulse on hiring appetite by industry & skillset
• Talent Sourcing Seniority Ladder: Denys shares an example of a career progression framework for Talent Sourcers. Wanted to capture this as a I find Sourcers don't get as much attention or love in most Talent Acquisition organizations.
• Talent Sourcing Technical Toolbox: WizardSourcer is a great place to find different tools to incorporate into your TA tech stack, from things like Boolean generators, Email finders, Github scrapers, Customized Search Engines and much more. Must read if you're constantly on the hunt to improve your TA tech stack.

• TechRecruit: Stacey has built a really great technical recruiting community, I especially love her Dueling Sourcers web series where Sourcers compete and share their tools used for their various hunts!
• Recruiting Brainfood: Love Hung Lee's community, his website contains a great number of global job boards and he has a facebook community + weekly distribution list of thought-provoking talent acquisition articles. I believe he is more tapped into the European hiring markets.
• ThePeoplePeopleGroup: For my Toronto HR folks, PPG is an awesome slack community for networking and resource sharing among Toronto-based Human Resources Professionals.
• The Sourcing Method: Great for next level sourcing tips!
• Wizard Sourcer: Fantastic website/resource for Boolean strings, recruiter templates and deep dives into different technologies used by Recruiters. I tinker around with new tools and this has been a great resource!
• One Req: Great community for recruiting professionals to share tips and tricks! Big focus on Early Talent/Campus Recruiting!
• SOSUV- Great community of passionate talent sourcing professionals! SOSUV runs conferences & meet-ups throughout the year, great community to be involved in. Heavy European Talent Sourcing representation.

• Major League Hacking - great way to find out about hackathons happening across the world! Hackathons are great ways to engage in the community and pipeline Product, UX, Design and Engineering Talent. Talent can partner with their Social Impact/Corporate Social Responsbility teams on joint engagement in hackathons.
• One Req: This recruiting community focuses alot on UR (University Recruiting)- check out the wonderful templates & strategies provided by this organization: campus referral program guidelines, internship extension documents, headcount planning, and more.
• HandShake: Great job postings tool to disseminate your postings across American colleges & universities! I used this alot when I supported US campus roles across New York, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa.

• "Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations": Great resource for understanding the challenges/opportunities of building a strong engineering organization - it tells the story of a fictional company attempting to modernize the way they build applications to support business needs
• Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track by Will Larson: I just started this book, but I loved the insights of developers on the technical track. It goes through the role expectations of Staff+ Engineers at multiple companies through storytelling by multiple Staff Engineers.
• What is a Code Review?: Important context if you're unfamiliar with code reviews
• SRE vs. DevOps
• What is Software Architecture?
• The Seniority Roller Coaster - why do Developers get levelled differently across companies?
• How do you make a strong offer to a Developer?
• Birds-eye view on modern day tools/frameworks in Software Development
• What exactly is a Design System?
• Career Progression frameworks in the tech space
• The Art of Interviewing 10x Engineers
• Software Testing: Explanation of the various types of software testing that can be done by Developers or QA.
• W3C - Introduction to Web Accessibility: Brief overview on the importance of web accessibility. WCAG is a well-known compliance standard in the a11y space.
• MDN - Accessibility: Great resource to better understand how to make software more accessible - introduces topics like ARIA labels, semantic HTML, CSS considerations (color contrast, fonts, etc).
• What exactly is a product-minded engineer?: I really enjoyed this article. I think engineers get a bad rep as heads-down builders, but the true value of an engineer is solving business problems, NOT writing lines of code.
• Hiring Programs: A discussion on extra-curricular hiring programs like Bar raisers, hiring committees, and other complex ways to improve hiring quality
• Senior vs. Staff vs. Principal Engineers: A comparison about the differences between Senior, Staff and Principal Engineering roles - great read.
• DevRel Collective: A great summary of blogs, resources and communities related to Dev Rel & Dev Advocacy. Great for recruiters that work in developer facing product companies!
• Technically - What are Microservices?: great TLDR on the benefits and costs of microservices compared to the traditional monolith approach.
• Technically - What's an API (Application Programming Interface): very succint explanation on what APIs are! Highly recommend a read if you've never worked on software products before, APIs are a cornerstone of application development.
• Technically - The Beginner's Guide to Databases: I loved this article - there are so many different databases that Engineers or Data Scientists can use. The article explains the nuances between databases that can be used for production apps, analytics and infrastructure support with clear examples of each!
• What exactly is Github Copilot: great primer for a non-engineer to understand the impact on Generative AI on software development. I do believe copilot will improve the quality of life for engineers through rapid code generation, documentation support, unit testing support and more. Ultimately, the Engineer still needs to understand what is happening, adhere to their code base practices and consider security, but it is a meaningful tool.

• AI Fundamentals for Non-Data Scientists: 4 week program from Wharton unpacking the foundations of AI. Big data implications, tools for management and analysis of big data, explanations of the different types of machine learning, and more.
• What is data engineering? & What is data engineering? Part 2: explains the Extract, Transform, Load process, explains Batch vs Streaming, explains Warehouse vs. Lake, and concludes with examples of technologies used in Data Engineering today.
• Kaggle - Your Machine Learning and Data Science Community: I would equate Kaggle to the Github/StackOverflow of Data Science. It's a great place to check out data sets, ask questions and network with other Data Science/Data Analytics professionals.
• Data Science - Tools & Python frameworks Primer: Great primer on the tools of a Data Scientist (Jupyter Notebook) and unpacks the various Python libraries that can be used for Data Science: Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow & Pytorch.
• Centralized vs. Decentralized Data Teams: thoughtful article on the pros and cons of centralized vs. decentralized data teams in enterprise organizations.
• Career Progression frameworks in the tech space

• Product Management First Principles
• What is software localization?
• What are the different personas of Product Managers?
• Cool Product Management Templates
• What is a product led company/product led growth?
• Career Progression frameworks in the tech space
• Product Management Basics: great for those that are intrigued by "Product Management" and want a 3 hour, FREE primer.
• Mind The Product - Skills Inventory for Product Managers: if you're looking to build a skills inventory or rubricfor your PM craft, this is a great resource.
• Product Analytics Certification: FREE course on Product Analytics.

• A collection of various company's design principles
• Nielsen Norman - UX Careers: Fantastic overview of UX Careers by Nielsen Norman - talks about skills common to designers, nuances between Designers vs. Researchers, and more.
• UX Design vs UI Design: Short 10 minute video on the main differences between the two fields. The reality is that most organizations combine the roles, but UX and UI are different skills technically. UI is about the visual components of an experience (typography, colors, spacing, information architecture) and UX is about the user journey (think emotions, personas).
• What is a Design Sprint: Super common term thrown around in the design world - TLDR: a design sprint is a condensed 5 day cycle where a team of designers will go from ideation to testing with users. I almost see it as a 5 day hackathon.
• What is wireframing/prototyping?
• An example of a Design System:https://polaris.shopify.com/ or https://mui.com/
• UX Research: Great resource breaking down what UX Research entails!
• Fixing product design career paths with the Mirror Model: Some thoughts on the lack of clarity for growth opportunities related to tenured, individual contributor Designers. Proposes a mirroring of the Engineering progression frameworks as a solution. Thought it makes alot of sense given the alignment that occurs between the trifecta (UX/Engineering/Product).
• UX Study Guides - Nielsen Norman: great primers on various UX topics, free resource.

• Common Cyberattacks
• Tools used in modern day security: goes through common tools in network security.
• Cybersecurity Role Map: Fantastic mind map that tries to differentiate the multitude of career paths in the Trust/Infosec space. Not many people know about the depth and breadth in Security: Security Engineering, Network Security Legal, Fraud Ops, Physical Security, Compliance, and much much more.
• OWASP: Industry practices on software and network security.
• What is Security Engineering and Part 2: Great piece from Pragmatic Engineer that walks through the common myths of App Sec, its evolution throughout the years and how it integrates into the software development lifecycle.

• I firmly believe in the importance of understanding the business areas/groups that you support as a recruiter. I have included online communities & channels that a technical recruiter can engage & partner with. As always, I believe it's important to acknowledge that these communities are not just used for recruitment so please abide community engagement rules in each respective channel.
• NOTE: I merged this section from my old content and didn't have enough time to fix the mark-up. Work In-Progress!

• **https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IUiVhhH0aWVvigoiup9MitgGmosTtE5Cx7M_OwIq5H4/edit#gid=0 **NOTE: this was a crowd-sourced initiative and I was only one of the contributors, I do not take credit for the amazing work pulled together by the volunteers**
• International Job Posting: https://www.recruitingbrainfood.com/big-list-of-places-to-post-jobs-globally/ **NOTE: this was another crowd-sourced initiative by RecruitingBrainfood, I do not take credit!**

• Microsoft Reactor Toronto: https://www.meetup.com/Microsoft-Reactor-Toronto/
• C# Corner Toronto Chapter Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/C-Corner-Toronto-Chapter-Meetup/
• Women Who Code Toronto: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Toronto/
• Toronto Mobile .NET Development: https://www.meetup.com/TorontoMobileDevelopers/
• Toronto JavaScript: https://www.meetup.com/torontojs/
• Toronto Java Users Group: https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Java-Users-Group/
• Metro Toronto .NET User Group: https://www.meetup.com/metrotorontoug/
• Halifax Angular: https://www.meetup.com/Halifax-Angular-Meetup/
• Halifax ReactJS: https://www.meetup.com/Halifax-ReactJS-Meetup/
• Software Developers of Calgary: https://www.meetup.com/Software-Developers-Learning-Together/
• .NET Users of BC: https://www.meetup.com/NET-User-Group-of-BC/
• Women who code Vancouver: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Vancouver/
• React Vancouver Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/ReactJS-Vancouver-Meetup/
• Women Can Tech: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Can-Tech-YVR/
• Toronto .NET Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-NET-Meetup/
• React Native Creative - Toronto: https://www.meetup.com/React-Native-Creative-Active/
• ReactTO: https://www.meetup.com/ReactTO/
• React + Native Toronto: https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-React-Native/
• Toronto .NET Developer Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-NET-Developer-Meetup/
• Angular Toronto Meet up: https://www.meetup.com/AngularToronto/
• Toronto Cloud Native Development Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Cloud-Native-Development-Meetup/
• Mississauga Software Developer: https://www.meetup.com/Mississauga-Software-Devs/
• Ottawa ReactJS: https://www.meetup.com/Ottawa-ReactJS-Meetup/
• DrupalYOW: https://www.meetup.com/DrupalYOW/
• Calgary JavaScript: https://www.meetup.com/calgaryjs/
• Calgary .NET Group: https://www.meetup.com/Calgary-net-User-Group/
• Drupal Montreal: https://www.meetup.com/Drupal-Montreal/
• MSDevMontreal: https://www.meetup.com/msdevmtl/
• React Native: https://www.meetup.com/React-MTL/
• Angular Montreal: https://www.meetup.com/Angular-Montreal/
• GraphQL Meet-up: https://www.meetup.com/GraphQL-Montreal/
• Vancouver JavaScript Developers: https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-javascript-developers/
• Houston React Native Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Houston-React-Native-Meetup/
• React Native NYC: https://www.meetup.com/React-Native-NYC/
• Cleveland React: https://www.meetup.com/Cleveland-React/
• [SLACK] Ruby on Rails Link: https://www.rubyonrails.link/
• [SLACK] NYCTech: https://www.nyctechslack.com/
• [SLACK] Tech London: http://www.techlondon.io/
• [SLACK] Chicago Tech: https://chicago-tech.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-ehj1vdqt-Ri8o_wRbRm9cYnSbCRi4Cg#/shared-invite/email
• [SLACK] South Florida Tech: https://palmbeachtech.org/slack
• [SLACK] Baltimore Tech: https://slofile.com/slack/baltimoretech
• [SLACK] KnoxDevs: https://slofile.com/slack/knoxdevs
• [SLACK] Berlin Tech: https://slofile.com/slack/berlintechs
• [SLACK] Frontend Brasil: https://slofile.com/slack/frontendbrasil
• [SLACK] Silicon Prairie Tech: http://siliconprairietech.com/
• [SLACK] AmsterdamxTech: http://amsxtech.com/community/
• [SLACK] TechBelgium: http://techbelgium.io/
• [SLACK] Tech Community of New Mexico: https://slofile.com/slack/nmdevs
• [SLACK] Munich IT Meetups: https://slofile.com/slack/munichmeetups
• [SLACK] Frontend London: https://slofile.com/slack/frontendlondon
• [SLACK] Microsoft Dev Chat: http://msdev.chat/
• [SLACK] PHP Chat: https://phpchat.co/
• [SLACK] Fintechfolk: https://slofile.com/slack/fintechfolk
• [SLACK] EdjeJS (community of Node & .NET Devs): https://slofile.com/slack/edgejs
• [SLACK] WeLearnJS: https://slofile.com/slack/learnjs
• [SLACK] DevChat: https://slofile.com/slack/devolio-devchat
• [SLACK] Minneapolis, St.Paul Tech: https://slofile.com/slack/msptech
• [SLACK] TorontoJS: https://slofile.com/slack/torontojs
• [SLACK] Atlanta Tech404: https://tech404.github.io/
• [SLACK] RubyDevelopers: https://rubydevelopers.typeform.com/to/l7WVWl

• Toronto Software Team Lead Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Software-Team-Lead-Meetup/
• Montreal CTO and Lead Developer: https://www.meetup.com/Montreal-CTO-Meetup/
• Vancouver Software Development Managers: https://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Software-Development-Managers/

• GDG Toronto Android: https://www.meetup.com/ToAndroidDev/
• NSCoder Toronto - MacOS and iOS Developer: https://www.meetup.com/NSCoderTO/
• Kotlin Toronto: https://www.meetup.com/Kotlin-Toronto/
• iOSKW: https://www.meetup.com/iOSKitchenerWaterloo/
• Ottawa-Gatineau CocoaHeads: https://www.meetup.com/Ottawa-Gatineau-CocoaHeads/
• Swift Hack Night: https://www.meetup.com/Swift-Hack-Night/
• Calgary IOS Developers: https://www.meetup.com/Calgary-iOS-Developers/
• Vancouver Android Developers: https://www.meetup.com/van-android-developers/
• Cocoaheads Montreal: https://www.meetup.com/CocoaHeads-Montreal/
• [SLACK] Android United: https://slofile.com/slack/android-united
• [SLACK] AndroidChat: https://androidchat.co/
• [SLACK] Cocoadevs: https://slofile.com/slack/cocoa-devs
• [SLACK] iOS Developers HQ: https://ios-developers.io/

• Calgary UX: https://www.meetup.com/CalgaryUX/
• [SLACK] Designer Hangout: https://www.designerhangout.co/
• [SLACK] DesignUAE: https://www.designuae.org/
• [SLACK] United Designers: https://slofile.com/slack/uniteddesigners
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• Toronto Women In Product Management: https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Women-in-Product-Management/
• ProductTank Toronto: https://www.meetup.com/ProductTank_Toronto/
• Halifax Product Management: https://www.meetup.com/Halifax-Product-Management-Meetup-Group/
• ProductTank Ottawa: https://www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Ottawa/
• Product Calgary: https://www.meetup.com/ProductCalgary/
• Women of Product: https://www.meetup.com/WomenOfProductMTL/
• [SLACK] Product School: https://slofile.com/slack/product-school
• [SLACK] Mind the Product: http://slack.mindtheproduct.com/
• [SLACK] Product Manager HQ: https://productmanagerhq.com/join-the-community/
• [SLACK] Product led Growth: https://productled.com/community/
• [SLACK] Product-led Alliance: https://slofile.com/slack/productled

• Cyber Tech & Risk: https://www.meetup.com/Cyber-Tech-Risk/
• OWASP Toronto Chapter: https://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Toronto/

• DevOpsTO: https://www.meetup.com/DevOpsTO/
• North Toronto Cloud & DevOps User Group: https://www.meetup.com/NorthTorontoUG/
• Toronto Enterprise DevOps User Group: https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Enterprise-DevOps-User-Group/
• DevOps Halifax: https://www.meetup.com/DevOps-Halifax/
• Ottawa DevOps Group: https://www.meetup.com/DevOps-Ottawa/
• Docker Montreal: https://www.meetup.com/Docker-Montreal/
• Calgary Cloud Native & Kubernetes Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Alberta-Cloud-Native-Meetup/
• Calgary AWS and Serverless meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Calgary-AWS-and-Serverless-meetup/
• Linux Foundation Cloud Certifications: https://www.credly.com/organizations/the-linux-foundation/badges
• [SLACK] Cloud Study Network: https://slofile.com/slack/cloudstudynet
• [SLACK] Site Reliability Engineering: https://slofile.com/slack/sre-community
• [SLACK] DevOpsLinks: https://slofile.com/slack/devopslinks
• [SLACK] Serverless: https://slofile.com/slack/serverlesschat
• [SLACK] Firebase community on slack: https://firebase-community.appspot.com/
• [SLACK] DevOpsCommunity: https://devopschat.co/register
• [SLACK] Kubernetes: http://slack.k8s.io/

• Ministry of Testing Toronto: https://www.meetup.com/Ministry-of-Testing-Toronto/
• Software Test Automation: https://www.meetup.com/Software-Test-Automation/

• Data, Cloud and AI in Toronto: https://www.meetup.com/Big-Data-Developers-in-Toronto/
• Women in AI & Machine Learning: https://www.meetup.com/WinAIML/
• [SLACK] Datatalks: https://datatalks.club/slack.html
• [SLACK] AI Researchers: https://slofile.com/slack/ai-researchers
• [SLACK] Data Science Community: https://community.dataquest.io/
• [SLACK] Power BI User: https://slofile.com/slack/powerbiusers

Some diversity and inclusion organizations to be involved with: (note: this is not a comprehensive list - would love referrals to new organizations as well!)

• DevColor (Black Professionals in Tech - US): https://devcolor.org/
• Technologists of Color (Black Professionals in Tech - US):https://www.linkedin.com/company/techsofcolor/
• BIT - Blacks in Technology (Black Professionals in Tech - US): https://www.blacksintechnology.net/
• BPTN: Black Professionals in Tech Network (Black Professionals in Tech - CAN/US): https://www.bptn.ca/
• National Society of Black Engineers (Black Professionals in Tech - CAN/US): https://www.nsbe.org/
• Ascend Canada (Asian Professionals - CAN/US): https://www.ascendleadership.org/
• North American Association of Asian Professionals (Asian Professionals - CAN/US): https://to.naaap.org/
• NPower (Underrepresented communities in Tech - CAN/US): https://npowercanada.ca/
• Techqueria | Latinx in Tech (Underrepresented communities in Tech - US): https://techqueria.org/
• ACCES Employment (Newcomers in Tech - CAN): https://accesemployment.ca/

• Move The Dial (Women in Tech - CAN/US): https://movethedial.com/
• Tech Teahouse (Women in Tech - CAN): https://www.linkedin.com/company/techteahouse/
• Women in Tech Network (Women in Tech - Global): https://www.womentech.net/en-ca
• Women Who Code (Women in Tech - Global): https://www.womenwhocode.com/
• Latinas in Computing (Women in Tech - US): https://latinasintech.org/
• Women in Communications and Technology (Women in Tech - CAN): https://www.wct-fct.com/en
• Women in Tech Scotland (Women in Tech - UK): https://www.womenintechscotland.com/
• Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (Women in Tech - US): https://womenscyberjutsu.org/
• Women in Tech (Global): https://women-in-tech.org/
• ADA's List (EMEA): https://www.adaslist.co/about
• PowerToFly (NA): https://powertofly.com/

• VentureOut (LGBTQ2A+ in Tech - CAN): https://www.ventureout.ca/
• Bridge School (LGBTQ2A+ and non-binary identifying individuals in Tech - CAN): https://bridgeschool.io/
• Lesbians in Tech (LGBTQ2A+ in Tech - US): https://lesbianswhotech.org/about/
• Out in Tech (LGBTQ2A+ in Tech - US): https://outintech.com/

• LimeConnect (Students with different abilities - CAN/US): https://www.limeconnect.com/

• Technology Council (Indigenous communities in Tech - CAN): https://technologycouncil.ca/
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society (Indigenous communities in Tech - US): https://www.aises.org/
• Centre for Indigenous Innovation & Technology (Indigenous communities in Tech - CAN): https://ciit.io/
• PLATO - Indigenous Software Testers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-dillon-b-mgmt-19a69056/?originalSubdomain=ca

• Operation Code (Military Veterans in Tech - US): https://operationcode.org/
• Veterans Who Code (Military Veterans in Tech - CAN): https://vetswhocode.io/
• Solders in Tech (Military Veterans in Tech - CAN): https://www.rolandgossagefoundation.com/soldiersintech