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I'm in LA. Moved here a year ago from SF. If I had to put a number on the difference, I'd say LA has about 20% the tech activity that SF has. Totally unscientif

by issa 12y ago

I'm in LA. Moved here a year ago from SF. If I had to put a number on the difference, I'd say LA has about 20% the tech activity that SF has. Totally unscientific. I base this on attendance at meetups, activity at co-working spaces, average skill/experience level of engineers I've met, and companies I've come across as a consultant. Santa Monica, Venice and Pasadena seem to be the activity hubs. I will say I have come across a whole lot of non-technical people looking for technical cofounders. That exists in SF as well, but much more so here (also completely unscientific).

dakrisht 12y ago
If not less. I can't do traditional meetups here anymore, I've met maybe 2-3 technical people who even know how to code a basic webpage and I've gone to over 2 dozens in Venice/SM and some "notable organizations" - just tons of "biz dev" "marketing" and "media" people, great, but I guess WE are all looking for more hardcore tech-oriented people here. I've met some great people at UCLA Venture Fund events (look them up) but what we should all do in this thread is organize a small HN meetup in LA. LA is without a doubt growing, slowly but surely, and heading into the tech startup trajectory, even with all all the wantrepreneurs and media guys... Engineers and anyone with face stuck to screen for 10+ hours a day is going to have a tough time meeting like minded people in real life, hence is the nature of the beast. What could be more powerful than bright people getting together to discuss cool stuff.
- vonklaus 12y ago
  That is actually why I made this thread. I found an old link to a HN meetup on meetup.com. It was dead, and I had no info. I was actually looking for a good meetup. Once again, I am not a legendary developer, but I know my way around the command line. I am picking up rails, was hping to find a reasonable meetup. The one a mate went to said it was like 4 people in panera watching youtube videos...

by issa 12y ago

dakrisht 12y ago

If not less. I can't do traditional meetups here anymore, I've met maybe 2-3 technical people who even know how to code a basic webpage and I've gone to over 2 dozens in Venice/SM and some "notable organizations" - just tons of "biz dev" "marketing" and "media" people, great, but I guess WE are all looking for more hardcore tech-oriented people here. I've met some great people at UCLA Venture Fund events (look them up) but what we should all do in this thread is organize a small HN meetup in LA. LA is without a doubt growing, slowly but surely, and heading into the tech startup trajectory, even with all all the wantrepreneurs and media guys... Engineers and anyone with face stuck to screen for 10+ hours a day is going to have a tough time meeting like minded people in real life, hence is the nature of the beast. What could be more powerful than bright people getting together to discuss cool stuff.

vonklaus 12y ago
That is actually why I made this thread. I found an old link to a HN meetup on meetup.com. It was dead, and I had no info. I was actually looking for a good meetup. Once again, I am not a legendary developer, but I know my way around the command line. I am picking up rails, was hping to find a reasonable meetup. The one a mate went to said it was like 4 people in panera watching youtube videos...