Ask HN: Hackers in LA?

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by whalesalad • 16 years ago

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I grew up in Los Angeles (Pasadena/Glendale), transplanted to Honolulu almost 3 years ago, and now I'm ready to come back. I'm wondering where the startup/tech scene is right now in Southern California? I'm out of touch with my homeland, and would love to have the hackers here give me the heads up before I return.

Also... are there any HN meetups or groups in LA?

fjabre• 16 years ago

There are and I've been to a few but I'm guessing it doesn't compare to a meetup in San Fran or Boston. Anyone else care to comment on this..?

5 hours on the 5 to SF and 4 hours to Palo Alto isn't that far =)

christefano2• 16 years ago

In my experience, the startup scenes as you know them in the Bay Area and Boston are massive compared to the one in Los Angeles.

cheez80• 16 years ago

i'm in LA -- i've been trying to attend meetups that interest me. they're mostly out in the westside, though -- i'm in arcadia. getting out there is difficult.

there isn't a specific event to attend, but i signed up for startup weekend, which is coming up. hopefully there will be some cool people there :)

apsurd• 16 years ago

im in alhambra - can I drop you an email?

alex1• 16 years ago

Yeah, they're mostly in the westside (Santa Monica area), but it's actually not that bad to get there. Takes me 30 minutes from Pasadena. Choose wisely between 101/405 or Sunset depending on the time of day.

prpon• 16 years ago

I am in arcadia as well but work on the westside. Would love to meet fellow hackers. Email is in my profile.

boots• 16 years ago

Just moved to Pasadena myself. I'm hoping to go to a Mindshare event soon, my friends rave about them - http://www.mindshare.la/

ApolloRising• 16 years ago

I'm in LA but it really does not compare to startup scene in SF.

jamesshamenski• 16 years ago

I work in Altadena @ AdventureLink. i'm happy to arrange for a light meetup at my building most anytime. It sounds like we could actually create a descent local chapter. shamenski of Gmail

iphpdonthitme2• 16 years ago

I'm on the Westside. It's not an HN group, but this group is pretty hackery: http://socal-piggies.org/scp

Send me an email at iphpdonthitme gmail if someone actually manages to rope people together brave enough to endure LA traffic.

nkh• 16 years ago

I am in NoHo (lankershim and vineland). I would love to have a local meetup. My email is nkhdev at gmail if anyone would like to contact me.

christefano2• 16 years ago

The Dorkbot community is pretty cool:

  http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsocal/

There also used to be events called "Geek Dinners" but they were mostly attended by "social media gurus" and the like. Not really my cup of tea.

I'm on the westside and am always looking for hacker events. My company is a big sponsor of Drupal events in Boston and Los Angeles and that's where much of my focus has been.

iphpdonthitme2• 16 years ago

After seeing a few of these kinds of posts over the last few, ahem, years, I am going to take a stab at organizing a Los Angeles based Hacker News group. Let's start really small. Send me your email address if you are interested in

A) being on an email list B) getting together in person (only one meeting for now)

iphpdonthitme of gmail

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