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Re:Ask HN: What sites do you use to find contract work? by a_shane on Monday January 18, 2016 @12:24PM (#10925552)
I want to add a bit to your comment - it's important to try and identify the kind of meetups you'd like to attend that will help you meet your desired customer base, and the kinds that will help you get known in your local community (ie: meetups for web devs to connect).

I find that meetups can sometimes become circle-jerks for people in a similar field to just get together and talk/humblebrag. Which is fine, but if that's not your goal you need to look at different meetups which serve that goal.

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Re:Ask HN: What sites do you use to find contract work? by peterbsmith on Monday January 18, 2016 @12:40PM (#10925663)
Good point.

Some meetups I went to were the exact circle-jerk/humblebragfests you're talking about.

The one I consistently go to (shameless plug [OpenHack Syracuse](http://www.openhacksyr.com) is a monthly meetup for developers to talk about what projects they're working on and to spend time together working on projects, ideas, and sharing info. It's really just an organized hangout/hack session. And it's these types of meetups which are best for getting contract work (because contract work isn't the goal)

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Re:Ask HN: What sites do you use to find contract work? by brokencog on Monday January 18, 2016 @02:07PM (#10926173)
sounds like sex ... the best way to get a date is to be out not looking for a date.
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Re:Ask HN: What sites do you use to find contract work? by kjax on Monday January 18, 2016 @02:21PM (#10926265)
Whether it be business opportunities, employment prospects, or romance, there seems to be a consistent theme: improving your prospects often comes as a result of improving the relevant factors you can presently control. With that being said, all three seem to benefit from enhancing your network.
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Re:Ask HN: What sites do you use to find contract work? by JshWright on Monday January 18, 2016 @01:45PM (#10926037)
Interesting... I'll stop by the next one (I'm from the FM area).
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Re:Ask HN: What sites do you use to find contract work? by peterbsmith on Monday January 18, 2016 @01:53PM (#10926082)
Cool! They're the second Tuesday of every month, as it says on the site. And they're at 6PM at CoWorks.
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Re:Ask HN: What sites do you use to find contract work? by peterbsmith on Monday January 18, 2016 @01:54PM (#10926088)
OP if you're reading this.... this is how it works
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