Waukee APEX Web Tech

Official page of Waukee's Developing Web Based Technologies APEX class

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LightEdge's VP & Technical Fellow recently met with students from @WaukeeAPEX and presented on the topic of internet and security. LightEdge loves working with this program & getting to share real world information about technology. #APEX

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@WaukeeFBLA Pyramid Scheme! - Jackson Joblinske

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#APEXshowcase tomorrow. Huge thank you to our business partners this year!
@accesssystems @agrisync @jplhomer @FBI @GoodwillIntl @tgrundmeyer @HyVee @Intoxalock @JohnDeere @leantechniques @PillarTech @shazamnetwork @SABetterWay @TechnologyIowa @Telligen @voxmediainc @Workiva

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At the Jordan Creek Apple Store taking a quick lesson on #AR and how to code with Swift and the Apple Playgrounds.

Thanks for hosting @Apple !

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When making changes on a team, you can get bogged down by everyone wanting to know "what does this look like at the end?". Focus on a small change, then another, then another. They will eventually add up to meaningful change - Weitz Construction
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"Discipline is making yourself do something that you don't want to do because it's good for you" @moderncto_io
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Sharing at today’s Iowa IT Symposium about the workforce many of our business partners overlook - high school. Thanks to @leantechniques @agrisync @HyVee @stellarind for sharing your experiences with @WaukeeAPEX @APEX_WebTech! #APEXFamily

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Quick trip down memory lane with these two @WaukeeAPEX Alums. Both great people, thank you for helping out today at the Iowa IT Symposium.
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@jacob_roush
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Things are getting started at the Iowa IT Symposium with the first keynote speaker. Might I suggest a certain breakout session at 9:45AM, it will be great, I promise!
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"In 2015, only 1% of software had an AI as part of it, in 2018 over 50% have an AI component... It is a global race" -- @CKsays on one of the 4 megatrends coming our way in IT.
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"We are going from 50 billion connected devices on 2020 to over 100 trillion by 2030" -- @CKsays
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Simply asking a team member, "What are you going to give to this project? What are you going to contribute?" is a quick way to change the dynamic of a project and of a team - @garetqualls
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Also, thanks to the @TechnologyIowa High School Tech Summit, these @WaukeeAPEX associates now have a mascot for the hacking world. Complete surprise as they all came in dressed for Halloween!

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.@WaukeeAPEX associates getting the chance to see a progressive workspace while also learning about tech careers at @HyVee . Thanks for hosting and for the collaboration!

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"Soft skills have gotten me a lot further than technical skills" -- @Antoinette0x53 , Sr. Security Engineer at @Cisco
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"As long as you are passionate about it and view it as a calling, I don't care how old you are, I want to work with you" -- @bpmilne on becoming an employee at @dwolla
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"Some of our best hires have been high school students" -- @bpmilne, CEO and Founder of @dwolla . If you are serious about finding good people, you need to look in local high schools!
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The @TechnologyIowa and @principal #IAhsTechSummit is about to begin. Some nice swag, and a great DJ to start!

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Downtown hanging out with our good friends at The Forge. Thanks for hosting and for all the learning around Design Thinking @PillarTech !
Step 1) Define the problem.

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Congratulations to our @WaukeeAPEX alum @jacob_roush for his first job offer! An amazing associate, and @HyVee is super lucky to have him on their team in 2020. This is an example of keeping great talent in the state. Good luck on your next adventure!