Ask HN: How does one get into the hacker community?

Re:Ask HN: How does one get into the hacker community? by hackerwannabe on Sunday March 11, 2012 @04:45AM (#3689976)

Thanks a lot for the welcome. Those are great links. I live in Capitol Hill and I am within bussing / walking distance to some of those locations. I think this will be a great start.

I don't mind working with someone on their side projects to start gaining experience. Do you think the BYOB meetups would be a good place to find someone who could use more parallel keystrokes?

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Re:Ask HN: How does one get into the hacker community? by TheDahv on Wednesday March 21, 2012 @01:21PM (#3735374)

Hi there. I help organize the Beer && Code events, and ours is definitely a great way to a) meet like-minded programmers b) make time to learn a new language or hack on a side project.

We do see some collaboration happening at Beer && Code, and I wish there were more. The best way to get in on a side project is to go to the events and meet people. If they seem cool and you find your styles are similar, find out what they're hacking on and fork it if it is on GitHub.

To get you started, feel free to hack on any of my projects at https://github.com/TheDahv. I like collaboration and I feel like I learn more from it.

Finally, in case there is any confusion, Beer && Code meets in both Cap Hill and in SLU on an alternating, every other week basis. Tonight's is in SLU and it would be a great opportunity to experience the entrepreneurial vibe going on there.

Hope that helps!

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Re:Ask HN: How does one get into the hacker community? by aaronbrethorst on Sunday March 11, 2012 @01:40PM (#3690754)

Excellent, the hill is a great area. I'm sure you'd be able to find someone looking for another developer at one of the BYOB meetups.

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