The 2nd Girl Geek Dinner was held at Etiquette Lounge on Market st. You can read about the first one here. It was not the best and safest location to gather but still attracted a full house to listen to the panelists discuss the topic of the evening, “Facebook Developer Garage.”
The panelists included:
Holly Liu (User Experience and Co-Founder, Watercooler) (above)
(below from left to right)
Alina Libova (Founder and Developer, Easter Eggs)
Julie Zhuo (Product Designer, Platform, Facebook)
Annie Chang (Co-Founder, LOLapps)
Ruchi Sanghvi (Principal Product Manager, Facebook)
The event was sponsored by Facebook and everyone on the panel is currently working in the Facebook Application industry. Alina Libova showed that you can successfully sell a Facebook App business while still being a student in college. The crowd consisted mainly of women but the discussion did not consist only of the cliche, “how do you deal with being a girl in the tech industry.” I have a lot of respect for women in tech but being a male in the tech industry, I will keep my summary short and simple so that I don’t say anything that can get me in trouble.
Lisa Whelan, Karen Lee, and Annie Chang
Julie Cheng Bui and Yen Phan
Kim Louie and Tanje Balde of Facebook promoting Facebook swag
Girl Geek Dinner’s Angie Chang
My full set of images here.