<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">This is a great talk, well worth attending.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Software-Craftsmanship-McHenry-County/events/236477117" class="">https://www.meetup.com/Software-Craftsmanship-McHenry-County/events/236477117</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p class="">There is a crisis in the tech industry. At least 20% of our
colleagues, friends, and teammates suffer silently with mental illness,
but our work culture does little to help. Based on real data, we'll show
the enormous impact of mental illness in our industry, and how we can
change – and save – lives.</p><p class=""> About the speaker: <br class=""></p><p class="">Ed Finkler, also known as Funkatron, started making web sites before
browsers had frames. He does front-end and server-side work in Python,
PHP, and JavaScript. He is the CTO at Graph Story.</p><p class="">He served as web lead and security researcher for CERIAS at Purdue
University for 9 years. Along with Chris Hartjes, Ed is co-host of the
Development Hell podcast.</p><p class="">Ed is also the founder and chairman of Open Sourcing Mental Illness, a
non-profit 501c3 dedicated to raising awareness and supporting those
with mental illness in the tech industry.</p><p class="">Ed writes at <a href="http://funkatron.com/" class="">funkatron.com</a>. </p></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
--<br class="">Andy Lester => <a href="http://www.petdance.com" class="">www.petdance.com</a>
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