#56 - MSS with Mehdi Belmekki

<p>In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Mehdi Belmekki who is the currently Services Sales Rep in GitHub in EMEA region.</p>
<h2><strong>Guests</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/belmekki/">Mehdi Belmekki</a></li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Notes</strong></h2>
<p>0:02 - Introduction and welcome=ing</p>
<p>0:02 - Who is Mehdi Belmekki ?</p>
<p>0:04 - Academic background, where is the guest born, education until baccalauréat and higher education studies</p>
<p>0:11 - Something you advise for moroccan students in engineering</p>
<p>0:17 - How do you evaluate the certification system along with studies, and what are the pros of INSEAD Certification?</p>
<p>0:20 - First contact with technology in general and computer science in particular</p>
<p>0:24 - Can you tell us more about GitHub student pack?</p>
<p>0:26 - You worked almost 6 years at Alfresco, How was the experience ?</p>
<p>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 ?</p>
<p>0:42 - What pushed you to make the move ?</p>
<p>0:49 - In 2018 you Joined Github, How did you get to Github for the first time ?</p>
<p>0:54 - You started as a Solution engineer and then switched to Sales rep. First what is Solution engineering at Github ?</p>
<p>0:56 - How was the switch to Sales Rep, specially in the EMEA region</p>
<p>1:00 - What changed in Github after joining Microsoft ? Are there any cool projects for the future, especially in the CI area.</p>
<p>1:06 - What are the issues you had while switching from Technical to Engagement manager?</p>
<p>1:09 - Are there any future plans of Github with Morocco ?</p>
<p>1:12 - Do you have any special advice for people that want to get into Github?</p>
<p>1:18 - We know Github.com, and not GitHub services. Can you tell us more about it</p>
<p>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 ?</p>
<p>1:28 - Does GitHub have any expansion plans in african coutries?</p>
<p>1:29 - Does GitHub have any guidelines on AI and wants to invest in that field?</p>
<p>1:30 - What is the difference between DevSecOps and Pentesting ?</p>
<p>1:33 - When GitHub sponsors will launch in Africa?</p>
<p>1:38 - Wrap up and goodbye.</p>
<h2>Prepared and Presented by</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://aboullaite.me">Mohammed Aboullaite</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MeriemZaid">Meriem Zaid</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.facebook.com/MakrazHamza">Hamza Makraz</a></li>
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