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I moved to SF from SD in late 05 and there wasn't much of a startup scene outside of biology or wireless hardware. Has that changed much since? Any YC alum down
by alabut 16y ago
I moved to SF from SD in late 05 and there wasn't much of a startup scene outside of biology or wireless hardware. Has that changed much since? Any YC alum down there?
- henning 16y agoSan Diego isn't too bad as far as general hacker stuff. We have a Ruby user group that meets at UCSD, an agile/extreme programming group, and a Django user group. Not too bad.
- alabut 16y agoSounds interesting from a technical perspective. What about Lean Startups and other entrepreneurial stuff?
- paulbaumgart 16y agoThis has a pretty comprehensive overview of the sort of events people are organizing here: http://www.sdtechscene.org/ http://www.sdtechscene.org/ For people in our field, the entrepreneurial stuff pales in comparison to the SF Bay Area.
- alabut 16y agoLooks like there's at least one really cool coworking spot though: http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInSanDiego http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInSanDiego I still miss the coffeeshops down there, especially the 24 hour ones like Lestat's: http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=2610062677630197912 http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=2610062677630197912
- bdb27 16y agoI'd like to get a Scala users group added to this list. Any Scala users or enthusiasts in San Diego?
- jacoblyles 16y agoI'm very interested in working on a Scala open source project this summer. But I'm still pretty new to the language.
- tristan_juricek 16y agoI'm possibly interested in a Scala users group. (Translation: I'm thinking of moving back to SD, we'll see in a couple of weeks.) I guess that means count me in as a "maybe", which might be good enough to kick things off.
- jayliew 16y agoSD is no SF, but I think you'll find the SD HN meetup to your liking if you're already hanging out here on HN. Come on by!
- alabut 16y agoThanks for the invite - I'm still up here in SF, just curious about what's going on in my hometown. Cruising through the member list, I only found one startup: http://phonehalo.com http://phonehalo.com Everyone else looks like CS students or researchers, is that right?
- paulbaumgart 16y agoIt's somewhere around a 30/45/25% split of students/professionals/business owners. And a good number of the first two groups are in the process of moving to the 3rd.
- jacoblyles 16y agoThere have been attendees from three other startups, at some phase in development (one just started, one company supports its founders, and one person sold a company and is working on their second).
- ericabiz 16y agoI'm a startup CEO and I attend the San Diego events. Couldn't make the last one, but I'm usually there.