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The smartest people around me seem to hang out at obscure/niche programming language meetup events. You’re gonna get a very different crowd at something like y
by wincy 3y ago
The smartest people around me seem to hang out at obscure/niche programming language meetup events.
You’re gonna get a very different crowd at something like your local Rust/Elixir meetup group vs the .NET User group, as it’s likely a strong signal they like to tinker with new paradigms/programming languages vs just showing up for “networking opportunities”.
- busterarm 3y agoMeetups are a crapshoot. When people are involved in the community out of passion it's a great thing. Unfortunately, and this was often the case at meetups I was going to in NY, a lot of folks are there to add organizing and talks to their professional reputation to get some kind of edge at work. These people also tend to find each other easily and coordinate to give each other the best opportunities. Not to single out any specific community here...and my experience especially in the Elixir community was lots of passionate people.
- twic 3y agoI'm not sure how well "like to tinker with new paradigms/programming languages" correlates with "really good", though. Some of the best people i've worked with were quite conservative technically (some weren't keen on this new 'Java' thing), but were masters at finding the right way to approach problems, being conscientious in their work, etc. The correlation coefficient probably isn't negative, but it's not 1 either. 0.3?