Mar 3, 2022
Ash Furrow (BCS’09) is a compassionate software developer who launched his career while still a computer science student at UNB. After graduating, Ash and his partner moved to Toronto, then Amsterdam, and then New York, where he joined Artsy as it was just beginning to grow into the world’s largest online marketplace for art. He finally moved home to New Brunswick in 2020 and is now working at Shopify. Ash has authored a number of books, built many apps, spoken at conferences around the world, and is a prolific contributor to open-source software. On his blog, he writes about programming, team leadership, mental health, and his explorations of the humanities.
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Links and resources:
Ash’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashfurrow/
Ash’s blog: https://ashfurrow.com/blog/
Discover Ash’s published books: https://ashfurrow.com/books
UNB Fredericton Faculty of Computer Science: https://www.unb.ca/fredericton/cs/
Learn more about Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/
Learn more about Shopify: https://www.shopify.ca/
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Our alumni host, Ian Smith
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