Paul Chong



Director of Product ,
Quid

Learn to talk the talk without walking the walk. This class is for people who want to speak intelligently about tech. Whether youre recruiting developers, a first-time product manager, or simply want to work in a tech startup, you need to know what is happening in the engineering department.

This workshop will provide an overview of the latest web & mobile technologies, demystify common programming concepts, & provide clear instruction on how to effectively launch apps on web & mobile platforms.

Bring your questions! Students will get the opportunity to address any specific concepts they are struggling with.

• Learn how apps are built & what the trade-offs are between different programming languages


• Understand the difference between Ruby & Rails, an API & an SDK, & Java & JavaScript


• Learn what are the common tools for building apps, & what these actually do (Git, IDE, AWS)

Paul Chong

Director of Product ,
Quid

Paul Chong is the Director of Product at Quid, the worlds foremost provider of natural language processing (NLP) analytics for enterprise. A hobbyist hacker & novice developer, Paul has cofounded several startups including Linio.com & Cardhub.com.au.

Before Quid, Paul led the product team at Zynga's Analytics & Machine Learning division. He was also a product manager at Microsoft & helped launch the world's first real-time mobile advertising exchange. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School & is originally from New Zealand.