So as everyone who’s anyone in the Islamabad tech community knows, we held Pakistan’s first ever GitHub Field in Pakistan. As an organizer and avid advocate for community building it was an extraordinary experience.
A little history for the people that are not familiar with Field Day. It is a regional unconference (a participant-driven meeting) for leaders of technical student communities. Field Day brings together student leaders from different regional communities to hang out, become friends, learn from each other's mistakes and successes, and solve shared problems. It is powered by GitHub Education and is hosted all around the globe.
Field Day Pakistan was made possible in Islamabad this Sunday due to the very hospitable people at the National Incubation Center ISB. People from all major tech communities showed presence. Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors, Google Developer Student Club members, and GitHub Campus Experts to name a few, students from universities across Pakistan got a chance to get together and chew over their favourite topic —Tech.
The main theme of the event was Community Building, keynote speaker Huzaifa Habib (Community Manager Associate at Turing) gave an excellent talk on the roles of tech communities, a topic of interest among those who would like to impact people with their work as members of the tech community.
But it was not all talk but a lot of lighthearted fun and games as well. Attendees enjoyed playing pool and ping pong while mingling with their peers. There was also pizza (I guess no tech event is really complete without it these days) and that too of the crown crust variety.
This was completely a group effort and nearly impossible without the help of everyone involved. Arsalan Khattak, GitHub Field Expert for arranging the event, Raheel Siddiqui and Abubakar Sattar, GitHub Campus Experts, for their help and support, and all the others who made it all happen.
No tech event can be initiated without what we all truly come for—Free swag packs. GitHub Field Day Pakistan 2022 not without its swag, and awesome ones at that.
You can follow the event news at #GHFieldDayPK and stay in the loop with future Field Day events @GHFieldDayPakistan on all socials. The next one may be held in a certain city of Pakistan which some swear is a whole country in itself.
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