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Not to divert too much attention from the OP, but where might individuals go for this purpose online? Specific forums? Meetups? I want to meet programmers with

Not to divert too much attention from the OP, but where might individuals go for this purpose online? Specific forums? Meetups? I want to meet programmers with the desire to start something together as well, but am embarrassed to say I don't know where to look, and I want to find ways to go out and hang with people locally to have a good time with a common purpose: talking technology, science and the future. The ideas we want to develop into reality. You gotta KNOW people, as in personally, before you can make that invitation... I would never dump my thoughts and hopes onto a stranger, but a cup of coffee a few weeks in, and you have a good bead on a friendship prospect. Where can I find these guys outside of a college bar, which is creepy as hell, being as I am no longer in college. Can you imagine the conversation/intro: "Hey buddy-- you code?......<cough>" Where do you meet people that are legitimately interested in talking shop about this kind of stuff, assuming you don't have them in your circle already?

swanson 15y ago
Go to Meetup.com, find a local user group for whatever language/technique/framework you like working in and go to the meetings. When you are at the meetings actually get involved and introduce yourself and ask people about what they are working on.
- phyllotaxis 15y ago
  I actually poked around and couldn't find anything relevant on MeetUp... I was hoping there was a super-secret underground group of coderhippies that congregate somewhere I've never heard of... alas, my search continues.
  - swanson 15y ago
    http://www.meetup.com/raleighrb/ http://www.meetup.com/raleighrb/ http://www.meetup.com/trizpug/ http://www.meetup.com/trizpug/ Seems like there is a bunch of stuff in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill. It may be a bit of a drive for you - not sure how far away from that area you are - but if you are really interested it might be worth a drive up there once a month.
    - phyllotaxis 15y ago
      It's about two hours... If I didn't already work 6 days a week between three jobs, is be down for the road trip... But a man's gotta sleep sometime
  - local 15y ago
    Well, i am a developer, i know a few languages including Java,C++, C#, Groovy, and a few other scripting languages. I had a different entrepreneur tech idea in my mind at the time i posted this question here. Now since there's no place on the web to find coder-hippies ;) or business/marketing entrepreneur people, why not create a place for all those entrepreneur students who are looking to connect to one another. I don't mind anyone stealing this idea and working on it, but if there's anyone who would like to join me in creating this application please buzz me. I am living in a Asian country, and geographical location would not effect a startup. let me know, what you think :)
    - phyllotaxis 15y ago
      My thinking as well...
      - local 15y ago
        So any plans to work on it :D
        phyllotaxis 15y ago
        This. http://www.guotime.com/2011/07/how-to-have-successful-early-stage-startup-meetups-like-hackers-and-founders/ http://www.guotime.com/2011/07/how-to-have-successful-early-... Except for people even earlier in the chain. I'm talking no investors (in any official capacity) or anything formal/markety- Just guys and ladies that want to find people that want to flesh out their ideas through exposure to like-minded people. I can envision forums with a geography element that is specifically oriented towards orchestrating get-togethers. Or even better, how about using Elgg to make open networks to connect people by interest? http://www.elgg.org/about.php http://www.elgg.org/about.php That would be cool. My internet is down outside of work, so I'm limited to my phone currently, which I'm glad to have, but loathe to use for extended typing. Thoughts?
        phyllotaxis 15y ago
        Whatever this is, you want it to create a "culture of intent" that clearly demonstrates to its users that the goal is community interaction, cooperation, and friendly optimism. We need someplace a little more personal and under-the-radar where we can enter the software development scene, such as it is, so that we can share our early education with smart people near to us, so we can combine the best elements of "hometown familiarity" with global, futuristic scope and stage. The division if labor has brought us here to this place on YC together- it's simply in our interest to find find each other near where we sit- at home. It makes sense to combine intellects and personalities to help guide the way to the many big-time plans and creations. I want a hometown launching pad for getting to San Francisco Bay, custom built to show me the local people reading this that want the same challenging but totally do-able map to creating world-wide success in the technology world. I'm looking at this world, and it's in need of an on-ramp to all the talent percolating in every small town on the map. Imagine the state of science today, the internet being one lense of which, where every truly interested person within 1000 miles of you were able to go to the same places to feed their computing human culture- face to face, instead of looking at everyone in the internet world as a collection of digital sentences, with the 3/5 conveyance of intent delivered, which is the average ability of a written sentence to say exactly what was intended. The other 2/5 is body language and eye contact. We should make real efforts to find each other and create from our current homes, until we have a stable of nailed-down implementations we can confidently present to the pro's.We have the neighbors nearby that want to work together, with smart, cool, fun, and dedicated people. We each try our best to be that way ourselves. I see so many of you here- I wish I could meet you and talk about these amazing, exciting advances in our technology and abilies to change the world in incredibly powerful ways. I think we should make a network that exists for this purpose. I want to work with you people. We all want the help from our friends, so we should put these friends of common interest together. Plus, there's beer, social commentary, new information, and connection to the bigger world. That would be cool. Would you agree?
ig1 15y ago
It might be helpful to know where you are, as obviously the options vary hugely.
- phyllotaxis 15y ago
  Wilmington, NC. Not a computer nerd mecca, per se... well....per anything, really. I've thought about maybe Craigslist, but that seems 'off' somehow. I don't use facebook. I dunno-- I'll find people, but I'm still open to suggestions. I may try something interesting.

swanson 15y ago

Go to Meetup.com, find a local user group for whatever language/technique/framework you like working in and go to the meetings. When you are at the meetings actually get involved and introduce yourself and ask people about what they are working on.

phyllotaxis 15y ago
I actually poked around and couldn't find anything relevant on MeetUp... I was hoping there was a super-secret underground group of coderhippies that congregate somewhere I've never heard of... alas, my search continues.
- swanson 15y ago
  http://www.meetup.com/raleighrb/ http://www.meetup.com/raleighrb/ http://www.meetup.com/trizpug/ http://www.meetup.com/trizpug/ Seems like there is a bunch of stuff in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill. It may be a bit of a drive for you - not sure how far away from that area you are - but if you are really interested it might be worth a drive up there once a month.
  - phyllotaxis 15y ago
    It's about two hours... If I didn't already work 6 days a week between three jobs, is be down for the road trip... But a man's gotta sleep sometime
- local 15y ago
  Well, i am a developer, i know a few languages including Java,C++, C#, Groovy, and a few other scripting languages. I had a different entrepreneur tech idea in my mind at the time i posted this question here. Now since there's no place on the web to find coder-hippies ;) or business/marketing entrepreneur people, why not create a place for all those entrepreneur students who are looking to connect to one another. I don't mind anyone stealing this idea and working on it, but if there's anyone who would like to join me in creating this application please buzz me. I am living in a Asian country, and geographical location would not effect a startup. let me know, what you think :)
  - phyllotaxis 15y ago
    My thinking as well...
    - local 15y ago
      So any plans to work on it :D
      - phyllotaxis 15y ago
        This. http://www.guotime.com/2011/07/how-to-have-successful-early-stage-startup-meetups-like-hackers-and-founders/ http://www.guotime.com/2011/07/how-to-have-successful-early-... Except for people even earlier in the chain. I'm talking no investors (in any official capacity) or anything formal/markety- Just guys and ladies that want to find people that want to flesh out their ideas through exposure to like-minded people. I can envision forums with a geography element that is specifically oriented towards orchestrating get-togethers. Or even better, how about using Elgg to make open networks to connect people by interest? http://www.elgg.org/about.php http://www.elgg.org/about.php That would be cool. My internet is down outside of work, so I'm limited to my phone currently, which I'm glad to have, but loathe to use for extended typing. Thoughts?
        phyllotaxis 15y ago
        Whatever this is, you want it to create a "culture of intent" that clearly demonstrates to its users that the goal is community interaction, cooperation, and friendly optimism. We need someplace a little more personal and under-the-radar where we can enter the software development scene, such as it is, so that we can share our early education with smart people near to us, so we can combine the best elements of "hometown familiarity" with global, futuristic scope and stage. The division if labor has brought us here to this place on YC together- it's simply in our interest to find find each other near where we sit- at home. It makes sense to combine intellects and personalities to help guide the way to the many big-time plans and creations. I want a hometown launching pad for getting to San Francisco Bay, custom built to show me the local people reading this that want the same challenging but totally do-able map to creating world-wide success in the technology world. I'm looking at this world, and it's in need of an on-ramp to all the talent percolating in every small town on the map. Imagine the state of science today, the internet being one lense of which, where every truly interested person within 1000 miles of you were able to go to the same places to feed their computing human culture- face to face, instead of looking at everyone in the internet world as a collection of digital sentences, with the 3/5 conveyance of intent delivered, which is the average ability of a written sentence to say exactly what was intended. The other 2/5 is body language and eye contact. We should make real efforts to find each other and create from our current homes, until we have a stable of nailed-down implementations we can confidently present to the pro's.We have the neighbors nearby that want to work together, with smart, cool, fun, and dedicated people. We each try our best to be that way ourselves. I see so many of you here- I wish I could meet you and talk about these amazing, exciting advances in our technology and abilies to change the world in incredibly powerful ways. I think we should make a network that exists for this purpose. I want to work with you people. We all want the help from our friends, so we should put these friends of common interest together. Plus, there's beer, social commentary, new information, and connection to the bigger world. That would be cool. Would you agree?

ig1 15y ago

It might be helpful to know where you are, as obviously the options vary hugely.

phyllotaxis 15y ago
Wilmington, NC. Not a computer nerd mecca, per se... well....per anything, really. I've thought about maybe Craigslist, but that seems 'off' somehow. I don't use facebook. I dunno-- I'll find people, but I'm still open to suggestions. I may try something interesting.