Hello, I'm   Jason

As we approach the fall, many organizations are adding additional conferences and seminars. Some of the highlights for this fall include TechBash, Adobe MAX, and Google Cloud NEXT. Be sure to bookmark my events page as I frequently update what events are happening and where. As always, if I’m missing an event, please contact me and I’ll be sure to review and add the event.

We seldom hear of stories where someone jumps from one career over to another and has great success in both. However, when we do, it’s quite inspiring. As a member of the TechBash Foundation, one of the coolest stories I heard of recently was from a former Kalahari Resorts baker named Katherine Scoda. While software development run in Katherine’s family, Katherine wanted to choose her own path and started as a very talented baker. Rather than paraphrasing, I wanted to share her own summary here:

TechBash 2021 begins in two months from today. Many plan on taking advantage of the guaranteed discounts at Kalahari Resort & Convention Center. The guaranteed discounted rates expire in 30 days. Don’t wait! Book your room today! Room rates start at just $159/night Monday through Thursday and are $179 for Friday night. Additional options and upgrades are available by calling the Kalahari. If you are interested in learning about more that the Kalahari has to offer, visit https://jasong.us/tbfaq.

I’m hiring a Business Analyst who has experience with Commercial Property and Casualty Insurance for our growing team. This position is for biBerk, a direct insurance company. If you have experience in Worker’s Compensation, Commercial Auto, E&O, General Liability, or Business Owner’s Policies, this position is for you.

This past weekend, TechBash announced their first keynote speaker. As part of the TechBash Foundation, I’m pleased to welcome Claire Novotny, Executive Director of the .NET Foundation and PM on the .NET Team at Microsoft. Claire’s keynote will be titled “Living in a Bug-Free World with Open-Source.”.

I’m hiring several Angular developers, ideally Angular Universal developers, with .NET experience for our growing team. These positions are with biBerk, a direct insurance company.

TechBash 2021 takes place this October 19-22 in Pocono Manor, PA. Tickets are now on sale and early bird tickets go off sale August 14th at 11:59pm ET. The four workshops have been officially announced. Here they are:

The next foldable Samsung Galaxy devices are both expected to be announced today. Included in the announcement are the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3, Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Active, Samsung Galaxy Buds 2, and potentially other devices. You can reserve and get an extra offer, free year of Samsung Care+, and an additional $100 in trade-in credit here:

If you try adding your Office 365 or Microsoft 365 account to Outlook 2019, you may receive an error that reads Something went wrong. An example of this message is below:

I’m hiring a .NET developer for our growing team. This position is for biBerk, a direct insurance company. I’m looking for someone who can demonstrate sound experience with C#, ASP.NET MVC, and ideally, .NET Core. Many of our back office applications have a Microsoft SQL server backend and an ASP.NET MVC front end. As we continue to revamp our applications, we’re moving several of them to Microsoft Azure and rewriting for native cloud. Many of our databases are migrating to Cosmos DB and our apps are using a .NET Core service layer with an Angular front end.