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Los Angeles is a tech city? I've lived in LA forever, but just now started to really notice an actual tech community..I never really felt the same vibe here as

Los Angeles is a tech city? I've lived in LA forever, but just now started to really notice an actual tech community..I never really felt the same vibe here as I do in the bay. And of course it annoys me to no end that half the tech events and startups here are entertainment related. I can see why, but I'm still annoyed :)

sgoraya 18y ago
I would say there is a higher concentration of tech companies in the orange county area and cities like Irvine as opposed to the immediate LA area. In general, a lot less web startups and more biotech and videogame/entertainment companies.
- silencio 18y ago
  Oh, that would make a lot more sense. I live in LA proper and don't really venture out to meetups outside of the city. There's plenty of game companies here (the significant other works at one), but I suppose I meant more along the lines of Hollywood when I say entertainment.
  - sgrove 18y ago
    There are some nice meetups in LA, though they're a bit rare. I'm a big fan of netsquared, but mahalo meetups can be nice. Also LAWINE, depending on your taste and knowledge. I live in Orange County, and haven't had much luck finding suitable meetup venues here (web-related anyway). If anyone is in/from the area and knows of anything worthwhile, please speak up.
    - silencio 18y ago
      mixergy's been mentioned previously, but there's a bunch of other la events..barcamp, cocoaheads (for mac/iphone devs).. you can usually find a good list of them on mixergy, upcoming, meetup..there's also a couple facebook groups like "I'm a SoCal Tech Geek" where events are often mentioned and there's some related groups to that you can find on facebook as well.
    - AndrewWarner 18y ago
      I do several tech events in SoCal through Mixergy.com. I just did one in OC last week. It was held at a PR company's office. There's a growing tech community in LA, OC & San Diego.

sgoraya 18y ago

I would say there is a higher concentration of tech companies in the orange county area and cities like Irvine as opposed to the immediate LA area. In general, a lot less web startups and more biotech and videogame/entertainment companies.

silencio 18y ago
Oh, that would make a lot more sense. I live in LA proper and don't really venture out to meetups outside of the city. There's plenty of game companies here (the significant other works at one), but I suppose I meant more along the lines of Hollywood when I say entertainment.
- sgrove 18y ago
  There are some nice meetups in LA, though they're a bit rare. I'm a big fan of netsquared, but mahalo meetups can be nice. Also LAWINE, depending on your taste and knowledge. I live in Orange County, and haven't had much luck finding suitable meetup venues here (web-related anyway). If anyone is in/from the area and knows of anything worthwhile, please speak up.
  - silencio 18y ago
    mixergy's been mentioned previously, but there's a bunch of other la events..barcamp, cocoaheads (for mac/iphone devs).. you can usually find a good list of them on mixergy, upcoming, meetup..there's also a couple facebook groups like "I'm a SoCal Tech Geek" where events are often mentioned and there's some related groups to that you can find on facebook as well.
  - AndrewWarner 18y ago
    I do several tech events in SoCal through Mixergy.com. I just did one in OC last week. It was held at a PR company's office. There's a growing tech community in LA, OC & San Diego.