The hacker dojo is more of a computer club than a co-working space. (I wanted to call it "the mountain view computer club" but was outvoted. The people on the

The hacker dojo is more of a computer club than a co-working space. (I wanted to call it "the mountain view computer club" but was outvoted. The people on the board seem to be pretty competent; certainly way more socially competent than I am, so I'm not complaining.) People use it for workspace, sure, but I know when I go there, I'm going to socialize as much as I'm going to work, but I'm going to socialize with interesting people. I ended up buying a (very small) company from someone I met there. I've learned a lot from those people. It's also an event venue for small conferences and technical talks. But yeah; it's much more 'community space' and much less 'cheap place to rent an office' - I mean, the membership fee is $100/month, which isn't really sustainable with their model for renting desks. (I mean, you could rent cubes for $100/month, I think, but you'd need a cheaper warehouse, and the whole operation would have to be setup to ensure full occupancy.) Me, I find it's a useful place to meet businesspeople that are also technical. It's been good for me, I think, as I generally don't have a lot of respect for business types, and I regularly meet semi-business types at the dojo who are more technically competent than I am.