Hah. Don't waste your time on any of those... You'll probably meet the wrong kind of "programmers" at those events. I would say stick with the language meetu

Hah. Don't waste your time on any of those... You'll probably meet the wrong kind of "programmers" at those events. I would say stick with the language meetups (Ruby, Python, etc) and attend SuperHappyDevHouse. Also visit coworking facilities, you might find interesting people there as well. I tend to meet some of the brightest hackers at coffee shops, but ymmv.