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#SMRnov19 unwrapped

About SMR | December 11, 2019 | 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!

5 things to look out for at #SMRnov19

Next event | November 22, 2019 | 3 min read

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…

Teams at #SMRnov19: Join The National Archives in the future business

Guest Post | November 21, 2019 | 3 min read

We asked John Sheridan, Digital Director at The National Archives, to tell us about the work they do keeping more than a thousand years of British history alive. Don’t miss them at #SMRnov19 this weekend! You’ll find them at stand 10.

Teams at #SMRnov19: Meet heycar

Guest Post, Next event | November 20, 2019 | 4 min read

heycar are one of the hundreds of awesome teams hiring this weekend at Silicon Milkroundabout. Have a read up on some of the great projects they’re working on and stop by and say hi to them at stand 202.

Dos and don’ts on designing for accessibility

Guest Post | November 12, 2019 | 4 min read

This post was shared with us by our friends at UK Government – Digital, Data and Technology Profession. Originally conceived by Karwai Pun and her accessibility group leading on Autism, these dos and don’ts posters were created as a way of approaching accessibility from a design perspective.

Pollen: A Culture of Freedom & Ownership

Guest Post | November 8, 2019 | 4 min read

We asked some of our exhibitors at #SMRnov19 to tell us about the interesting and exciting parts of their company. Here the team from Pollen tell us about a unique aspect of their culture.

Experience the dynamism of Montréal’s tech scene at #SMRnov19

Guest Post | November 8, 2019 | 5 min read

This post is brought to you in partnership with Talent Montréal. They’re bringing some of the hottest tech teams from their city across to London to chat about their tech scene at #SMRnov19. We asked them to tell us about Montréal, its tech scene & some of the companies from it. Be sure to stop by to say hello!

Sustainability at #SMRnov19

About SMR | November 6, 2019 | 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.

How To Best Negotiate Your Salary

Guest Post | October 22, 2019 | 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.

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

Interviews, SMR | October 22, 2019 | 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.