One of the best ways I've found is to volunteer your time. This makes sense for a few reasons. A. The people you are with are also likely volunteers (opensourc

One of the best ways I've found is to volunteer your time. This makes sense for a few reasons. A. The people you are with are also likely volunteers (opensource, event/meeting organizers, etc), which means you will meet people with a favorable attitude/mindset/values. The people with the most to give are the ones with the most value. B. You have the same interests as them. C. Volunteers are commonly a very diverse spread of people (experience/jobs/projects/goals/etc). D. Meeting people like this makes it easy to keep things casual, or move into a partnership type relationship.