CH 1 · 4 SESSIONS WEDNESDAY
New Graduate
Landing the first role: interview and résumé prep, entry-level readiness, and foundational skills.
NEW GRADUATE IN TECHNOLOGY
Who it is tailored for
- Students and recent graduates heading into a first technical role
- Bootcamp and certificate finishers getting ready to interview
- Anyone a year or two in who wants to know what job-ready means now
WED, OCT 28 · IN THE ROOM · CENTRAL TIME
Your Wednesday on this channel
Wednesday starts with a grounding in an emerging field and a look at non-traditional ways into security. The last two hours are about getting hired: the big-tech interview playbook, then what entry-level readiness looks like when AI writes the boilerplate.
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Doors, welcome and setupHEADPHONES OFF
Find a seat, get on the wifi, sign in to your own vGHC account and pick a channel.
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Engineering the Quantum Era: What Every Builder Needs to Know
Quantum computing for engineers without a physics background: where it is being tested, what quantum advantage means, and where the entry points are.
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Open hour
Nothing on this channel at noon, so lunch is a clean break.
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Translating Tech: Language, Access, and Non-Traditional Paths into Cybersecurity
Findings from women and non-binary people who moved into security from interpreting, teaching, entrepreneurship and creative work, with practical ways in for career-changers.
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Community block with Angie and MarkHEADPHONES OFF
A session of our own, led by the organizers. Topic to be announced.
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Open hour
Borrow a session from another channel, or keep the community conversation going.
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Unlocking Big Tech: The Complete Interview Playbook for Engineers, SDMs & PMs
The three pillars of big-tech interviews (algorithms, system design, behavioral) and how to use AI to prepare for each.
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AI Raised the Bar: Redefining Job-Readiness for Entry-Level Engineers
What job-ready means for entry-level engineers when AI writes the boilerplate: systems thinking, tradeoffs and ownership.
TECHNICAL ALTERNATIVE · 5:00 PMThe Solo Explorer’s Guide to SRE: Navigating the Unknown with AIIncident response as exploration: using AI in alerting to find error patterns and move from firefighting to prevention.Session page in the GHC catalog -
De-brief/Happy HourHEADPHONES OFF
What did you hear that you will use? We compare notes on the day, then carry on at [HAPPY HOUR LOCATION].
A technical alternative is a deeper technical session in the same hour. Watch it instead of the listed session and the rest of the day still fits.
THE REST OF THE WEEK
Keep going on your own
We are only in the room on Wednesday. The track runs all week, and these are its other sessions.
TUE, OCT 27
- Opening Plenary
THU, OCT 29
- An Unhinged but Effective Guide to Scholarships and FellowshipsTechnical alternative: From Hospitals to Phones: The Shift Toward Patient-Owned Health Data (12:00 PM)
- Interview Prep StrategiesTechnical alternative: Build Your AI Chief of Staff: A Hands-On Workshop for Non-Technical Women (1:00 PM)
- What Can AI Mean for My Professional Development & Career?
- Resume Optimization for AI-Era Roles: How to Stand Out Without OverclaimingTechnical alternative: Empathy as a Design Principle: Building Human-Centered Robots (4:00 PM)
Titles, times and session links come from the conference’s virtual catalog as we compiled it on July 13, 2026. Check your vGHC account for the current schedule.