Funny how so many programmers think programming meetups are for learning something. There're not. They're about meeting people who could, at some point, become

Funny how so many programmers think programming meetups are for learning something. There're not. They're about meeting people who could, at some point, become collaborators, colleagues, co-authors, friends, mates, bosses, or candidates. If you won't ever need any of those, meetups are terribly inefficient and ineffective for just transferring knowledge. Skip them.