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The Secret to Successful Careers in Tech<!-- --> <span>(<a href="http://www.meetup.com/DBCx-SF-Dev-Bootcamp-San-Francisco-Open-Learning/events/215200962/">link</a>)</span></div><div class="talk-item"><span class="title"><a href="https://import.io/data-summit">import.io Data Summit</a></span> <!-- -->@ <!-- -->SF<!-- -->: <!-- -->How I Became a Rocket Scientist by Crunching the Numbers<!-- --> </div><div class="talk-item"><span class="title"><a href="http://www.wtn.net/">World Technology Awards</a></span> <!-- -->@ <!-- -->NYC<!-- -->: <!-- -->Asteroid Mining and Asterank (also a nominee)<!-- --> </div><div class="talk-item"><span class="title"><a href="https://www.planet.com/">Planet Labs</a></span> <!-- -->@ <!-- -->SF<!-- -->: <!-- -->Space stuff<!-- --> </div><div class="talk-item"><span class="title"><a href="https://spacevision.seds.org/">SpaceVision</a></span> <!-- -->@ <!-- -->Raleigh, NC<!-- -->: <!-- -->Panel on space stuff<!-- --> </div><div class="talk-item"><span class="title"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/content/asteroid-hackathon">NASA/SETI Asteroid Hackathon</a></span> <!-- -->@ <!-- -->

1Mountain View, CA<!-- -->: <!-- -->Talked about Asterank<!-- --> </div></div></div></div>

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