Podcasts Technology GeeksBlaBla #56 - MSS with Mehdi Belmekki

#56 - MSS with Mehdi Belmekki

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 7:10 p.m.

In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Mehdi Belmekki who is the currently Services Sales Rep in GitHub in EMEA region.

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0:02 - Introduction and welcome=ing

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0:02 - Who is Mehdi Belmekki ?

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0:04 - Academic background, where is the guest born, education until baccalaur\xe9at and higher education studies

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0:11 - Something you advise for moroccan students in engineering

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0:17 - How do you evaluate the certification system along with studies, and what are the pros of INSEAD Certification?

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0:20 - First contact with technology in general and computer science in particular

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0:24 - Can you tell us more about GitHub student pack?

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0:26 - You worked almost 6 years at Alfresco, How was the experience ?

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0:35 - You started as Technical Consultant, then promoted to Principal, then Architect and finally Engagement Manager. First can you tell us more about Engagement manager role ?

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0:42 - What pushed you to make the move ?

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0:49 - In 2018 you Joined Github, How did you get to Github for the first time ?

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0:54 - You started as a Solution engineer and then switched to Sales rep. First what is Solution engineering at Github ?

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0:56 - How was the switch to Sales Rep, specially in the EMEA region

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1:00 - What changed in Github after joining Microsoft ? Are there any cool projects for the future, especially in the CI area.

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1:06 - What are the issues you had while switching from Technical to Engagement manager?

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1:09 - Are there any future plans of Github with Morocco ?

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1:12 - Do you have any special advice for people that want to get into Github?

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1:18 - We know Github.com, and not GitHub services. Can you tell us more about it

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1:20 - What is your opinion about how computer science is teached in moroccan universities ? Is it good ? Does it lack anything important ? Does it produce competent people ?

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1:28 - Does GitHub have any expansion plans in african coutries?

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1:29 - Does GitHub have any guidelines on AI and wants to invest in that field?

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1:30 - What is the difference between DevSecOps and Pentesting ?

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1:33 - When GitHub sponsors will launch in Africa?

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1:38 - Wrap up and goodbye.

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