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Drew and James open the show with a shout out to all the events that past the previous week. This week we have the lead instructor from Lighthouse Labs: Don Burks.

Don Burks is the head instructor at Lighthouse Labs. He has been there since shortly after the school started in Vancouver and was the first full-time instructor there. He has been in BC area since the late 90s. Because of that, he has a rich history in a bunch of different cities and businesses.

Interview Links

• Lighthouse Labs
• Lighthouse Labs FAQ
• Don Burks on Twitter or by email

Upcoming Week (April 25th to May 1st)

Monday April 25th

• Git Help! and 0-Tech (Decentral) 4:00 to 6:00 PM
• Innovation Labs (1110 Hamilton, Brainstation) 6:00 to 8:00 PM $10
• HackerNest (Skio Music, 390 Cambie Street), 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM

Tuesday, April 26th

• Open Coffee (315 Carrall), 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
• Public Cloud Users Group (Steamworks) 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM
• TechVancouver Meetup (Rise HQ 12th Floor- 1055 West Hastings) 6:00 PM
• Clojure Hacknight (142 W Hastings) 6:00 PM
• VanDev (UBC Robson Square C550 800 Robson Street) 6:45 PM to 9:30 PM
• Vancouver Creative Technology (685 Great Northern Way) 7:00 PM

Wednesday, April 27th

• Vancouver Pixel Crafters (Launch Academy 300-128 W. Hastings) 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
• Vancouver Linux Desktop (Decentral, 436 W Pender) 4:30 to 6:30 PM
• Vancouver Pluralsight Study Group (PNI Digital Media Offices 100 - 425 Carrall Street, 1st Floor) 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
• Full Indie (911 W Pender) 6:00 PM
• Vancouver Azure (Build Direct, 1900-401 W Georgia) 6:00 PM
• Ladies that UX Vancouver (Unbounce, 400-401 W Georgia) 6:00 PM
• Learn Data Science (SFU VentureLabs Harbour Centre 555 W Hastings St #1200) 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Thursday, April 28th

• DDD/CQRS/ES Practitioners (Decentral, 436 W Pender) 4:30 to 7:00 PM
• VanQ (Central 1 Credit Union 1441 Creekside Drive) 6:00 PM
• Startup Drinks Vancouver (131 Water Kitchen & Bar 131 Water St) 6:00 PM
• Lighthouse Labs Demo Day (Lighthouse Labs 128 W Hastings) 6:00 PM
• 808 TECH & Innovation Investment Forum (Rise 1200, 1055 W Hastings St) 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Vancouver Internet of Things (TELUS Garden, 5th floor 510 W Georgia) 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Vancouver Drupal Users (3rd Floor, 422 Richards) 6:30 to 8:30 PM

Friday, April 29th

• BCTIA Grub in the Hub (887 Great Northern Way) 12:00 to 1:00 PM (Must Register)
• Block Party x Vancouver (BrainStation Vancouver 1110 Hamilton Street #410) 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Theme music by A Shell In The Pit from the game Parkitect