Ask HN: Finding people in London?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1845680

by olliejudge • 16 years ago

13 9 16 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

I've lived in London my whole life however I've never really been able to find like minded people within my social circle. I'm an ex-military digital security specialist and looking to start some kind of company down the line, but right now I'm looking to just meet some people within the tech industry. Is there certain places you guys hang out or any specific meetups I should be attending. Failing that does anyone here want to share some stories and ideas over a coffee or a shot?

revorad2• 16 years ago

I met some interesting people at the HN meetup a couple of months ago. I believe there's one every month. Have a look at http://www.meetup.com/HNLondon/. There are also regular iphone, ruby and python dev meetups.

What are you working on at the moment?

nailer• 16 years ago

where are the python meet ups? Last I checked there was a London Python users group but their page was dead and they hadn't run anything for years. thanks.

micrypt• 16 years ago

There's the monthly London Python Code Dojo (which is excellent). Announcements are on the python-uk mailing list. http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

dmitri1981• 16 years ago

Thanks for spreading the word. Just scheduled the next one for 25th November. See the link above

Satinel• 16 years ago

London Hackpace http://london.hackspace.org.uk/

Its near the Hoxton railway station.

Am an InfoSec student, so if your looking for any potential employees do call me.

revorad2• 16 years ago

Wow, that looks fun!

boothead• 16 years ago

Hi Mate,

I'm an ex bootneck now programming in an investment bank. The London Financial Python User group is a good meeting to go to - usually about once every two months.

What are you into now?

pkirkham• 16 years ago

If you're into Agile then Skillsmatter ( http://skillsmatter.com/ ) has a lot of free events

Or there's eXtreme Tuesday Club - http://xpday-london.editme.com/eXtremeTuesdayClub

Or if you want to meet a bunch of testers ( and me ) - London Tester Gathering - http://www.meetup.com/agiletesting/

ig1• 16 years ago

There are a lot of tech meetups in London, you could literally go to a different one every night if you wanted to. Finding out about them is slightly trickier as they're all organized in different places (mailing lists, facebook, meetup, etc.)

I've found the best way to find out about them is to follow tech people on twitter.

If your looking for startup events check out this blog post I wrote about the startup scene in london:

http://blog.awesomezombie.com/2010/06/london-startup-event-g...

Ask HN: Finding people in London?

Related Stories