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Ask HN: Does Hacker News still do in person meet ups?

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Re: Ask HN: Does Hacker News still do in person meet ups?

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Post by reducesuffering »

roflc0ptic wrote: post #8
robcohen wrote: post #3

I’m not aware of any events that successfully capture what HN is. If you want to make contacts, go to YC startup events and meet people. The smartest and most talented people aren’t usually wasting their time with general catch-all tech events. They’re on a mission and aim to meet people who can genuinely help them accomplish it. I’m not spitting at hackathon type events, but let’s be real — they target recent grads.…

I’d suggest looking into rationalist/effective altruism meetups. As far as professional interests and demographics, its hard to imagine another niche group with more overlap - naturally both seem born out of SF

Agree, but unfortunately the big ones just happened. Probably another 6 months.

Re: Ask HN: Does Hacker News still do in person meet ups?

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Post by lisper »

people_not_bots wrote: post #5
robcohen wrote: post #3

I’m not aware of any events that successfully capture what HN is. If you want to make contacts, go to YC startup events and meet people. The smartest and most talented people aren’t usually wasting their time with general catch-all tech events. They’re on a mission and aim to meet people who can genuinely help them accomplish it. I’m not spitting at hackathon type events, but let’s be real — they target recent grads.…

I wish I could attend an event like the YC event but I dont live in NorCal.

Why don't you organize one in your area then?

Re: Ask HN: Does Hacker News still do in person meet ups?

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Post by blowski »

shabbatt wrote: post #10

I would NOT want to meet anyone from here tbh. I fear what people write here are how they are in real life. Not saying they are bad people just from the bad takes and endless pedantic arguments are something I would quickly grow tired in a spoken conversation. You can skip over paragraphs but in real life you can't.

I went to quite a few of the HN meetups in London, and they were great. People often behave differently in meatspace.

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Post by londons_explore »

searchableguy wrote: post #9

I have seen a post about meetup in India a few days ago but sadly, they used whatsapp for coordination so I didn't join. Wonder what happened to that?

> they used whatsapp for coordination so I didn't join

How much personal opportunity cost is acceptable before it becomes worth using a platform you don't like...?

Remember that even if it your life's sole goal to eliminate the use of that platform worldwide, you will probably achieve more if you take every opportunity possible, including those gatekept by the platform you don't like...

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Post by kickaha »

shabbatt wrote: post #10

I would NOT want to meet anyone from here tbh. I fear what people write here are how they are in real life. Not saying they are bad people just from the bad takes and endless pedantic arguments are something I would quickly grow tired in a spoken conversation. You can skip over paragraphs but in real life you can't.

But the beauty of it is that crap evaporates in real life. I don’t want to overstate it, of course, but the effect is always huge.
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