It is not too late. Basic advice is to give value without expecting anything directly in return. To be the person producing (at the front of the room), not just

It is not too late. Basic advice is to give value without expecting anything directly in return. To be the person producing (at the front of the room), not just consuming (in the audience). You want to try to become the local maximum in a certain space time coordinate (e.g. monthly meetup giving talk). You don’t have to be the keynote speaker, to start. This can be as simple as volunteering to give a lightning talk at a local meetup on something that you are interested in. More often than not, other people may be interested in the things you are interested in. Or hang out on special interest Slacks or discords. Please post this as a separate Ask HN. However, I don’t know if there is a threshold for posting this as an Ask HN. If your throwaway account does not have enough points, we could post it for you.