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The local, in-person meetup scene was an absolute treasure! It didn't really recover after COVID; I'm still trying to find where those networking opportunities
by abought 3y ago
The local, in-person meetup scene was an absolute treasure! It didn't really recover after COVID; I'm still trying to find where those networking opportunities moved to.
- OccamsMirror 3y agoSecond this. Local meetups really didn’t survive COVID.
- em-bee 3y agogive it time, or go start something. in many places local meetups saw a huge revival since last summer
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 3y agoAround me most attendees are people looking for a job, with zero engagement in any other way.
- em-bee 3y agothat sounds frustrating.
- philomath_mn 3y agoI did _one_ virtual meetup. After the presentation we were paired into small breakout rooms. Two of the four guys in my room just gave a quick summary of their background and said they were looking for work -- they had nothing else to say. (a) it ruined the networking time for everyone else and (b) if I had an opening, I'd be less likely to interview them than before.
- em-bee 3y agoi haven't been in this particular situation, but people who don't know what to say are all to common. i am not the most sociable guy myself, but i learned to get people talking by asking lots of question, searching for common interests, or simply anything interesting about them. it is a lot of work though, and after such conversations i tend to be exhausted. the irony is that if they didn't want to talk, but get me talking instead, all they would need is to ask a few open questions and then i'd be able to fill the space.
- philomath_mn 3y agoThe other participant and I had a pleasant conversation, but the dynamic was weird for the other two who basically said "give me work" without saying anything else.