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In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discussed with our guests Ali Lakrakbi and Saad Zabari what's IoT, its impact, Adopting IoT in Morocco, and more things about it.

Guests

Saad Zabari
Ali Lakrakbi

Notes
0:00 - Introduction and welcoming.

0:07 - What's the Internet of Things?

0:11 - Why the Internet of Things, and what is its impact on humanity?

0:19 - Around 4/5 years ago, IoT was trending, and then it started slowly to disappear. Why is that?

0:26 - What are the difficulties in creating a startup in the domain of Iot, and why don't we see many successful startups in that area?

0:39 - What is the impact of 5g on IoT?

0:43 - Rumors said that the vaccine would have a microchip; technically, is that possible?

0:46 - Is there any risk concerning the IoT, specifically because we are related to servers/cloud?

0:52 - What are the solutions proposed by manufacturers to ensure security and privacy?

1:15 - During quarantine, the community of makers and IoT enthusiasts were here, never than before were in the appointment and came up with many great initiatives. Your opinion about that?

1:23 - Adopting IoT in Morocco will help the communities to move forward, and having products made in morocco?

1:30 - How can we integrate IoT into the education system?

1:49 - Conclusion and Goodbye.

Prepared and Presented by

Mohammed Aboullaite
Ismail Tlemcani

In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discussed some ways to present your best self in a tech interview, how to answer common questions, types of interviews, best practices, and tips for better communication with the recruiter.

Guests

Hanae El Bouyousfi
Diaa Alhak El Fallous
Mohamed Ez-zarghili
Mohammed Aboullaite

Notes
0:00 - Introduction and welcoming.

0:08 - Types of interviews

0:22 - Things to do before and after the interview

0:29 - Types of technical interviews

0:52 - Tips for better communication with the recruiter

1:00 - How to prepare for technical questions

1:19 - QA.

1:46 - Tell Me About Yourself.

1:52 - Why Should We Hire You?

1:54 - Why did you leave (or why are you leaving) your job?

1:55 - What Are Your Greatest Strengths and Weaknesses?

2:01 - What are your goals?

2:04 - Can you talk about a technical challenge you faced and how you handled it?

2:06 - When was the last time you had a problem with a coworker? How did you handle it?

2:09 - Salary expectation

2:20 - QA.

2:43 - Conclusion and Goodbye.

Links

Brilliant - Making Decisions
Glassdoor Job Search
StateOfDev.ma

Prepared and Presented by

Mohammed Aboullaite
Youssouf El Azizi

In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Aboulfeth, a tech serial entrepreneur who started his first business at the early age of 17. He dropped out of college at 21, became ICANN accredited at 24, attended the World Economic Forum at 25, and went to Harvard at 26 and Hajj and Burning Man at 27.

Guests

Aboulfeth Hamza

Prepared and Presented by

Hamza Makraz
Mohammed Aboullaite

Tech News & AMA #6 with our community members Meriem, Youssouf, Abderrahim, Abdelfettah, and Mohamed. During this episode, we discuss the latest Tech News and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.

Guests

Abderrahim Soubai Elidrissi
Abdelfettah Sghiouar
Mohamed Ez-zarghili
Meriem Zaid

Notes
0:01 - Introduction.

0:04 - Biggest Tech News in 2020 and the impact of COVID-19.

0:13 - Google Outage.

0:22 - Google monopoly case.

0:35 - The worst-ever US government cyber-attack.

0:43 - New IOS 14 privacy policies?

0:54 - GoDaddy Employees Were Told They Were Getting a Holiday Bonus. It Was Actually a Phishing Test.

0:59 - Zero click venerability & NSO Group.

1:07 - SI and Big Data in Morocco.

1:12 - Bitcoin Approaching \$30k.

1:20 - What is a good backend tech stack to build a social media platform?

1:22 - Research labs in Morocco.

1:28 - SEO for react apps.

1:30 - React Native vs Flutter?

1:43 - Angular Universal.

1:50 - Rust and what kind of project we can build with ?

1:54 - Are there any PAAS, CAAS companies in Morocco?

2:09 - React Server Component?

2:11 - Wrap up and goodbye.

Links

Google Cloud Infrastructure Components Incident #20013
US government cyber-attack
AlJazeera Documentary : Pegasus
The state of Dev in Morocco

Prepared and Presented by

Youssouf El Azizi

In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss with our guests Karim Mouhssine and Mohamed, who had experience in PhD before, everything about PhD and how to apply for it in Morocco.

Guests

Karim Benzidane
Mouhssine Lakhdissi
Mohammed Ez-zarghili

Notes
0:02 - Introduction

0:03 - What is PhD, How long does it take, Objective of a PHD and How to apply for a CS PHD in Morocco ?

0:06 - Do you have any advices for choosing a subject and the supervisor?

0:09 - Advice for getting an additional funding if possible

0:12 - When you apply for a PhD in university, are you affected automatically to another institution?

0:13 - Is ther a precise time of the year when we can start working on our PhD?

0:20 - What are the objectives and responsabilities of a PhD syudent during his cursus?

0:32 - One of the requirements to aply for PhD is having indexed articles

0:38 - Do salaried PhD students pay subscribtion fees to PhD program?

0:39 - Any advices on how to write a scientific article?

0:42 - Different categories of academic journals. How to know the reputation (or impact) of a given journal ? Is there a ranking of academic journals ? How is a researcher's impact calculated ?

0:49 - Work opportunities for PHDs in Morocco beside a career in academia. Does having a PHD make any difference for working in a multinational company in Morocco like Oracle or Microsoft ?

1:00 - Is it difficult to publish an article?

1:02 - For CS PhDs, are there subjects that englobe other fields? (Industrial for example)

1:03 - Are Maths a principal requirement to apply for PhD in CS?

1:04 - Are there any collaborations of Moroccan universities with foreign universities in computer science research

1:22 - Recent important research made by moroccan universities in computer science. Leading moroccan universities in computer science research

1:25 - Why industries are not pushing forward subjects to universities?

1:44 - Wrap up & Goodbye

Links

Oracle Labs projects
IBM PhD Fellowship Award program
Computer search & education portal
Erasmus Mundos
Scimago Journal & Country rank

Prepared and Presented by

Ismail Tlemçani
Meriem Zaid
Hamza Makraz

In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss and analyze the results of stateofdev.ma with our guests and answer your questions about the survey.

Guests

Haytam Zanid
Abderrahim Soubai
Djalal

Notes
0:02 - Introduction

0:05 - How important is it to have these kinds of initiatives?

0:20 - Overview

0:26 - Profile

0:53 - Education and Learning

1:22 - Work

2:00 - Technology

2:13 - Community

2:44 - Wrap up & Goodbye

Links

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2020
State Of Dev In Morocco 2020
The State Of Software Development in Morocco 2019
State Of Dev project on GitHub

Prepared and Presented by

Youssouf El Azizi
Meriem Zaid
Mohamed Ez-zarghili
Mohammed Aboullaite