Episode 43: VanHack In Chile

Drew and James open the show with a chat about keyboards and injuries from typing or sitting too long. The guest this week is Ilya Brotzky the Co-Founder & CEO of VanHack. He is phoning in from Santiago, Chile.

For people who have been listeners for the show for a while, they may remember that we have had Ilya on before. He is the CEO of VanHack, a company that helps people around the world come to Canada to work. We chat about the progress of the tech scene in Chile. Ilya also mentions some of the programs that Chile has started that help people from outside Chile get involved there. He also mentions some of the ways that Canadian tech companies can leverage hiring outside the country.

If you are an individual or company interested in VanHack, contact them via their website.

Interview Links

• VanHack


• Startup Chile


• Startup Chile Guide


• VanHack Hackathon


• VanHack Employers

Meetups For The Week Of September 12th

Monday 12th

• Git Help! & 0-Tech (Decentral, 436 West Pender) 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM


• Red Academy Vancouver (200 - 1490 West Broadway) 6:00 PM

Tuesday 13th

• VPC Open Coffee (Nelson the Seagull, 315 Carrall St) 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM


• VPC Camp Tech (The HiVE, 210-128 W Hastings) 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM


• BCUCUG (Microsoft, 1111 West Georgia, Suite 1100) 3:00 PM


• Financial Technology (Voleo Inc., 12th floor, 1140 West Pender) 5:30 PM


• Vancouver Clojure (CodeCore 142 W Pender) 6:00 PM


• Python September Meetup (Mobify HQ #300 - 948 Homer St) 6:00 PM

Wednesday 14th

• Vancouver Linux Desktop (Decentral, 436 W Pender) 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM


• Pluralsight Study Group (PNI 100 - 425 Carrall St) 5:30


• Learn Data Science (SFU, 555 W Hastings St #1200) 6:00 PM


• Ionic Vancouver (Lighthouse Labs, 350 - 128 W Hastings) 6:00 PM


• Vancouver Android Developers (Mobify, 3rd Floor, 948 Homer) 6:30 PM


• Alt Games Vancouver (The Lennox Pub, 800 Granville St) 7:00 PM

Thursday 15th

• DDD/CQRS/ES Practitioners (Decentral Vancouver 436 West Pender Street) 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM


• Lighthouse Labs (Lighthouse Labs, 128 W Hastings) 6:00 PM


• Vancouver PhoneGap (Hive, #210 - 128 W Hastings) 6:00 PM


• Windows Platform Developer Group (Microsoft 725 Granville Street, 7th Floor) 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM


• VPC Camp Tech (The Post at 750, 750 Hamilton St) 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Friday 16th

• VPC Camp Tech (The HiVE 210-128 W Hastings) 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Saturday 17th

• BuildDirect Talks Meetup (Hyatt Regency, 655 Burrard Street) Sat 8:30 AM to Sun 1:00 PM

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