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Ask HN: Where are the hackers?
Hello HNers,
I shifted to bay area couple of months ago from Boulder, CO. During my grad school years at Boulder, I used to see/meet lot of people in coffee shops, restaurants, etc. Although, I never worked on the same problem as them but it was fun discussing with them about their next web app or open source application.
Before shifting to San Jose/Santa Clara, I was expecting to see 100x times people I saw in Boulder. But unfortunately I have seen very very few of them here. Am I visiting wrong places?
So here is my question: Which places (coffee shops, sandwich places, etc) do you guys prefer in and around bay area?
- ashitvora 16y agoWell, I am from Bay Area but dont visit coffee shops and any places for that matter. I usually spend weekend playing pool, swimming, bowling, hanging out with friends or online. You should visit coffee shops near Palo Alto area, Casto Street if you are interested to meet techie people.
- Synthetase 16y agoTwo words. Hacker Dojo.
- shykes 16y agoI highly recommend the Red Rock cafe in Mountain View. We hack there almost every day, and we're not the only ones. If you see a bunch of hackers speaking french, that's us: come say hi! :)
- vkdelta 16y agoThanks for info. I will stop by sometime.
- lowglow 16y agonoisebridge
- limedaring 16y agoRed Rock in MV is the quintessential coffee shop for hackers due to the large upstairs and plentiful outlets that are missing from most other locally owned coffeeshops. Plus, it's the closest and best nearest Y Combinator, so a lot of new startups use it as an office. In the South Bay area, I know of a few people who frequent Coffee Society in Cupertino and Crema in San Jose. Also, there are probably more hacker meetups in the Bay Area than Colorado (correct me if I'm wrong). Try http://superhappydevhouse.com http://superhappydevhouse.com for a monthly(ish) awesome meetup. http://hackerdojo.com http://hackerdojo.com is also a cool co-working space in MV for hackers.