{"id":353,"date":"2018-09-26T14:16:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T14:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/natalie-pistonovic-from-backend-to-complex-systems\/"},"modified":"2020-01-31T11:36:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T10:36:55","slug":"natalie-pistonovic-from-backend-to-complex-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/backend\/natalie-pistonovic-from-backend-to-complex-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Pistunovich: from backend to complex systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"firstcharacter\">N<\/span>atalie Pistunovich is a Gopher and a public speaker. She co-founded Connta, a mobile platform in emerging countries helping store owners go online easily, based in Nairobi. Prior to that she was a Backend Developer at adjust in <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-b8d0b07f-53af-404b-975e-77bd005cac85\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/berlin\">Berlin<\/span> and a Silicon Integration Engineer at Intel. She graduated with a B.Sc. in Computer and Software Engineering from the Technion in Israel, and currently she is Engineering Team Lead at Fraugster. In her free time she is co-leading the <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-fa5c8e3d-7c9f-44d7-8c91-16b124674b28\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/berlin\">Berlin<\/span> chapters of GDG Golang and Women Techmakers, volunteering with the Tunapanda coding school in Nairobi and sailing.<br \/>\nNatalie supports Codemotion Berlin Tech Conference by taking part of the Program Committee. Let&#8217;s meet her!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-articles\" href=\"https:\/\/berlin2018.codemotionworld.com\/\">Discover more about Codemotion Berlin!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Hi Natalie, You are actively involved within the tech communities: how did you become a community leader?<\/h2>\n<p>In 2015 I started leading the <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-ae4dbaf3-ae07-41d2-874a-e90e38d17333\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/berlin\">Berlin<\/span> chapter of <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-d4e553c7-fbda-4634-b2b9-cd8a92891c33\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/google\">Google<\/span> Developer Groups for Go after meeting the then-organizer at the DevFest <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-74942dcb-bc60-4604-b357-5cc5ad71ba21\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/berlin\">Berlin<\/span> conference. Shortly after starting organizing it, I was offered to found <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-2e15eff1-e65a-4b9d-b18b-91792e79d7ee\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/berlin\">Berlin<\/span>\u2019s chapter of Women Techmakers <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-97e33c57-981d-4981-9b1b-298ab78d0c2e\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/berlin\">Berlin<\/span>, an idea I accepted immediately.<\/p>\n<h2>What activities are Women Techmakers Berlin focused on?<\/h2>\n<p>While the global program that is initiated by <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-2057fbd4-b3d9-484f-b91e-678f06baeaa8\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/google\">Google<\/span> is meant for women, our chapter is inclusive and open for everyone since day one: people of non-binary gender, refugees, young parents, and even the average guy. This is also the composition of our attendees.<br \/>\nWe organize 3 month long study groups in various programming fields: Android, iOS, Go, Rails, <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-ab542bfd-5044-4113-aa7b-a4be6712e223\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-creative work\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/javascript\">JavaScript<\/span>, etc.; 2-3 meeting long workshops various subjects: how to submit a talk for a conference and build a great talk, <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-7c5832ab-8d45-45b7-a219-882c8de5e8a8\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/react_native\">React Native<\/span> development; one day workshops on public speaking, product management, <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-8abde5b6-2ae6-444d-869e-dbf1172ea068\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/machine_learning\">machine learning<\/span>, cloud infrastructure; monthly Fireside Chats with the different <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-d35d1be7-da46-4b5d-a53a-38c0f98c7b48\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/berlin\">Berlin<\/span> companies, etc.<br \/>\nFurthermore, of course, we organize meetups: we meet several times a month. For example, in 2017 we held over 40 events on everything tech-related: from backend, frontend and mobile development, through UI\/UX and product management, to marketing and soft skills. Attend if you want to be part of <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-5a8bb321-b4c3-4257-9625-2e0c28caf5e8\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/berlin\">Berlin<\/span>\u2019s largest and most active community that is pushing the diversity of <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-c0176fa2-b673-47a9-ba73-5b37bc439616\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/berlin\">Berlin<\/span>\u2019s tech scene high up, network with other members and hiring <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-9896c3e1-0f09-4670-baba-421d0e89fc90\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/ember_company\">companies<\/span> and broaden your skill set.<\/p>\n<h2>How could we get connected with&nbsp;Women Techmakers Berlin?<\/h2>\n<p>For our <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-ad535c8d-566e-455c-8985-7830b8b45856\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/community\">community<\/span>, we have a website (http:\/\/wtmberlin.com\/), a Slack community (http:\/\/slack.wtmberlin.com\/), Twitter (https:\/\/twitter.com\/wtm_berlin), <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-55424fdb-b80b-4ff6-99e8-155444417e7f\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/facebook\">Facebook<\/span> (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1106085959408694\/) and GitHub (https:\/\/github.com\/WTMBerlin\/). Slack is a great place for more private offers, like discounted conference tickets or concrete questions in the current course we are teaching, while Twitter is more of a general reach tool. Every network has a proper mission.<\/p>\n<h2>What had been the biggest challenge you have come up against?<\/h2>\n<p>As any online <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-8590ff61-a658-40ea-9606-27b305c4c73f\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/community\">community<\/span>, we have occasional trolls. We\u2019ve seen quite a lot over the years of existence: people who came to a meetup to hit on our attendees, were asked to leave and came back online to troll; people who did not like that our <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-705d0ab9-f2ad-4f97-8fed-c60c3b822621\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/community\">community<\/span> is accepting men, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>Let&#8217;s talk about you! What&#8217;s your job, and which technologies do you use in your daily work?<\/h2>\n<p>After a few years of doing backend development, I am more interested in expanding my <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-9e7545e8-ce39-4569-9e5f-726444b715a4\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/knowledge\">knowledge<\/span> on the infrastructure, where I use&nbsp;mainly Go and different observability-related tools.<\/p>\n<h2>Do you see yourself changing your role or line of work in the future?<\/h2>\n<p>I definitely plan and wish myself, to keep developing my <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-ababf646-4a2b-4b30-8463-916fd0909374\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/knowledge\">knowledge<\/span> in building and maintaining complex systems. As this field is changing as the systems get more complex &#8211; I believe automation will take over more of the current responsibilities, and the roles will change, and I will change with them.<\/p>\n<h2>Do you feel accomplished on a working level?<\/h2>\n<p>I always do my best not to be the smartest person in the room \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2>How do you like to keep yourself updated on the latest trends and industry news?<\/h2>\n<p>I read a lot, mainly picking up ideas from sources like meetups, conferences and websites, and then do my own <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-3a2ab6c7-d1b4-4b8a-a24c-7ac108fa9455\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/research\">research<\/span>. I think that meetups, webinars, online courses, books are great resources to keep learning.&nbsp;Meetups and twitter offer great pointers to start with.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks Natalie! Let&#8217;s see at Codemotion <span id=\"urn:batch-analysis-f1d39a30-929a-429e-9076-64ffbd0348c3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-no-link wl-other\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01770\/entity\/berlin\">Berlin<\/span> 2018!<\/p>\n<p>Eager to meet Natalie in person? Get your ticket and join us at Codemotion Berlin Tech Conference from November 20 to 21!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-articles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/codemotion-berlin-2018-conference-november-20-21-tickets-46150278726?aff=InterviewPistunovic\">Join Codemotion Berlin!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natalie Pistunovich is a Gopher and a public speaker. She co-founded Connta, a mobile platform in emerging countries helping store owners go online easily, based in Nairobi. Prior to that she was a Backend Developer at adjust in Berlin and a Silicon Integration Engineer at Intel. 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