When we arrange Meetups here in San Francisco we have to set aside lots of time for mingling, just as we can't make the lecture(s) too long. People don't want to sit in a classroom and listen to people drone on for an hour, regardless of how good a speaker it is. Sure, there are always exceptions, but you seldom go wrong with mingle-time.
And Meetups are starting to replace conferences. Some of the most successive Meetups have thousands of members and are run as startups.
It used to be that you exchanged business cards, those days are long gone, today you exchange LinkedIn ID's.
So what do people mingle about? Job openings, contacts, what technologies the various companies are using.
Another example of the importance of mingling is Hackathons, where you can develop cutting-edge skills, meet companies with cool APIs, other hackers, and maybe get hired.
We live in an exciting, intensely social world, especially for developers.
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When we arrange Meetups here in San Francisco we have to set aside lots of time for mingling, just as we can't make the lecture(s) too long. People don't want to sit in a classroom and listen to people drone on for an hour, regardless of how good a speaker it is. Sure, there are always exceptions, but you seldom go wrong with mingle-time.
And Meetups are starting to replace conferences. Some of the most successive Meetups have thousands of members and are run as startups.
It used to be that you exchanged business cards, those days are long gone, today you exchange LinkedIn ID's.
So what do people mingle about? Job openings, contacts, what technologies the various companies are using.
Another example of the importance of mingling is Hackathons, where you can develop cutting-edge skills, meet companies with cool APIs, other hackers, and maybe get hired.
We live in an exciting, intensely social world, especially for developers.