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#SMRnov19 unwrapped

About SMR | | 4 min read

Fresh from the first edition of The Round in NYC, Team Silicon Milkroundabout took over the Old Truman Brewery in November 2019 to host the 18th edition of London’s leading tech jobs fair. That’s right – 18! We’re now officially old enough to have a drink at our own bar.

To mark this milestone we planned one of our biggest events ever, with an expanded talks lineup, a huge range of companies from the London tech scene & beyond, a popup cocktail bar, advice sessions from Buzzbar, arts & crafts workshops and a whole lot more.

In a completely original, seasonally-relevant format, let’s take a look back at some highlights of the event by focusing on the numbers!

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5 things to look out for at #SMRnov19

Next event | | 3 min read

SMRnov19

We’re just a few hours away from opening the doors to November 2019’s edition of Silicon Milkroundabout. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes for the last few months to make this our biggest and best event yet. We’ve picked out some highlights from what’s sure to be a great weekend ahead. Read on for 5 things to look out for at #SMRnov19…

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Sustainability at #SMRnov19

About SMR | | 6 min read

At Silicon Milkroundabout we aim to make sure the event is produced with an environmental and produces as little landfill waste as possible. After the last edition of the event in April, we started to look at each area of the event individually to outline exactly what was working, and what we needed to do better on. We’ve made some discoveries along the way and wanted to share what we’ve learnt and what we’re changing.

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How To Best Negotiate Your Salary

Guest Post | | 7 min read

Whether it’s your first position out of college or a more advanced, senior role, receiving a job offer in development is an exciting accomplishment. It can be easy to get wrapped up in the excitement, but you need to keep your wits about you for just a little bit longer so you can get through the process of negotiating your salary. While your salary is one part of the package, it’s important to understand that it is probably the only part of your package that changes when you get a raise (assuming equity is not part of the compensation package). It’s crucial for long term happiness to negotiate a salary that represents your own self worth.

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“It was a completely lucky occurrence.” How one developer found a new team at Silicon Milkroundabout

Interviews, SMR | | 5 min read

After each edition of Silicon Milkroundabout lots of people leave knowing they’re about to start the next phase in their career and we wanted to shine a light on some of these individual stories . We’ve been catching up with the designers, engineers, data scientists, marketers, product specialists and all-round legends that came to our most recent edition to get their take on how to get the most out of the event.

Read on for our chat with Peyman Owladi, a Senior Developer who struck up a conversation with Bagboard at SMRapril19, before going on to accept an offer to join their engineering team.

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