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Events

The most updated information about in-person and virtual events will be posted on the Turing Community Calendar below.

Community Calendar

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Monthly meetups in Colorado

• All meetups start at 6pm MT. Check Slack and the Community Calendar for updated location information
• Denver - 1st Friday of the month, #greater-denver-area
• Boulder - 3rd Friday of the month, #boulder-area

Regional networking events in 2023

• Austin (SXSW EDU): March 6
• Seattle: March 10
• Chicago: March 24
• Las Vegas: March 28
• NYC: April 5
• San Diego: April 17
• Denver: April 27
• Dallas: April 28

Turing students, alumni, and staff are located across the country and globe. If you're interested in organizing a meetup for Turing folks in your area, email Turing's Alumni Engagement Manager.

Virtual financial seminars

Join us for a free virtual financial planning seminar series with Jessica Veitch, a Wealth Management Advisor with Apricate Financial Group/Northwestern Mutual. She is also the wife of a Turing alum and highly recommended by many Turing folks! After each seminar, she'll provide a link to schedule a free 30-60 min consultation.

Below is the 2023 schedule. All sessions start at 12:00pm Mountain Time. Zoom links are posted on the Community Calendar.

Quarterly Intro Seminars (info covered will be the same time each time)

Finances 101: First Steps to Financial Well-Being (identifying your financial planning "personality" and behavioral economics, actions you can take today, prepare for life after graduation, discuss considerations for your career search)

• February 1
• May 4
• August 3
• November 2

Quarterly Specialty Seminars (also open to Jessica's broader client audience)

• March 1 - Smart Strategies for Managing Debt
• June 8 - 3 Financial Challenges Women Face and How to Overcome Them
• September 7 - How to Build Financial Security
• December 7 - Investing Basics: Five Steps to Building a Disciplined Investment Strategy

Resources

Once you've completed your program at Turing, you have access to a number of resources.

• Slack: stay connected in #all_alumni, #job-hunt, #salaries, broadcast, #announcements
• Alumni newsletter: generally goes out the 1st Wednesday of odd months (January, March, etc.)
• Turing Career Dev site: review previous PD lessons and resources
• Tech challenge workgroup: check the #data-structures-and-algorithms Slack channel for updated information on this group

Turing Professionals

Once you’ve found your first job out of Turing, join us in the #turing-professionals Slack channel. Resources here will be focused on success in your first job and as you advance in your career.

For more information

Contact Karen Ravago-Ballaret, Turing's Alumni Engagement Manager: [email protected] or DM @Karen on Turing's Slack