Talks
Presentations and interviews about my journey in tech.
Staying Compliant in the World of AI | Move(data) 2025
Join Teal Larson, a software engineer at Airbyte, as she delves into staying compliant in AI using Airbyte mappings. Learn about the evolution of data movement from ETL to ELT, and how AI is transforming data processing for compliance and security. Discover how Airbyte mappings can help you hash, encrypt, and filter sensitive data before it reaches its destination, ensuring compliance without adding extra tools. Perfect for anyone looking to refine data movements in AI-driven projects.
Watch the Recording→Open source powers the modern data stack. In this talk, I'll explore how open source software is driving innovation in the data space and how it's transforming the way we build and use data pipelines. (given live, no recording available 😞)
A Brief Talk About Nothing (Code & Supply Aug 2022 Lightning Talks)
Exploring a few of the ways programming refers to "nothing", a quick hop/skip/jump through set theory, and why you can't coalesce with an empty set in SQL.
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From Teacher to Software Engineer: A Real-Life Success Story | Meet The Bytes
A Meet the Bytes Interview with Chris Sean. Learn about my path into tech, startup life, and what it's like to work at Airbyte.
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Pathlight Community AMA: 'All Experience is Good Experience for a Software Engineer'
Community AMA session with the Pathlight Breaking into Tech community about my career transition into tech and my experiences working at an early stage startup while being early-in-career
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Why Use @use in your SASS (Code & Supply Dec 2021 Lightning Talks)
The development, compile-time, and runtime benefits of using @use and @forward over @import with modular SASS.
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