Meetups 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 wa

Meetups 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.