JuniorDevSG - Code & Tell December 2025

Event Date: Wednesday, 17 December 2025 Venue: General Assembly Singapore, Level 20, 79 Anson Road Singapore 07990

### No food is provided for this meetup ###

Venue Sponsor: General Assembly Singapore

General Assembly is the leading talent and upskilling community that helps individuals and businesses acquire the real skills required to succeed in an increasingly complex technological era. Founded in 2011 to make tech-centric jobs accessible to anyone and meet the demand of fast-growing tech companies, we’ve evolved into a center of excellence in training people from all backgrounds to upgrade their practical knowledge of tech skills now required in every company and in any role.

Our global presence, hands-on instruction, and passionate alumni community give learners 360-degree support as they take the next step in their career journey. As part of the Adecco Group and partner of premier talent solutions provider LHH, we’re positioned to match the right talent to business needs. All day, every day: We put real skills to work. --------------------------------- Presentations

Topic: What I Learned Building a Tech Startup (Without Being a Developer)

Speaker: Nino Mouton, Founder, CEO of Playbook Technologies Pte Ltd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nino-mouton-playbook/

Description Starting a tech company when you can’t write a single line of code sounds like a recipe for disaster, but it became my crash course in building products, teams, and ideas that work. In this 30-minute talk, I’ll share the real story behind launching a startup in Singapore’s tech scene: the wins, the mistakes, and the surprising lessons along the way. From learning to speak “developer” to understanding the power of soft skills, this is a founder’s perspective on what it really takes to turn ideas into impact, without ever touching the code.

About Nino Yustiniani Mouton is the founder and CEO of Playbook, an AI-powered talent development platform that builds standardised learning and assessment systems for soft skills, essentially a “TOEFL for soft skills.” Playbook tackles the critical skills gap that prevents many Indonesian graduates from thriving in today’s workplace. An edutech entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in technology, media, and education, Yustiniani brings global insight to solving local challenges. She previously served as Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan Indonesia and has worked with international institutions such as Centre Pompidou Paris and UNESCO. She holds a Master’s degree from Université de Lorraine, France, and graduated cum laude from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. As a published author, she has written career development books and fiction for Indonesian readers. Her entrepreneurial ventures also include digital media and education marketplace. ---------------------------------

Topic: JuniorDevSG Lean Coffee Discussion

Speaker: Michael Cheng, Founder, JuniorDevSG https://www.linkedin.com/in/miccheng/

Description Lean Coffee is a structured, yet agenda-less, meeting format where participants democratically build the agenda on the spot. It combines a “lean” approach to minimize wasted time with a casual “coffee” atmosphere, resulting in focused and productive discussions. Topics are proposed, voted on, and discussed within timeboxes, which is especially popular with Agile teams.

------------------------------------ Schedule: 7:00 to 7:15 - Event Registration & Networking 7:15 to 7:20 - Introductory Remarks 7:30 to 8:00 - Topic 1 8:00 to 9:00 - Lean Coffee Discussion 9:00 - Supper

About JuniorDev SG: JuniorDevSG is a developer interest group that focuses on providing a place for junior developers to learn and network with each other. At the same time, we seek to be a support system to help junior developers break into tech, navigate their careers as well growing them to one day become senior developers or tech leaders in the tech industry.