People give regular tech and non-tech talks, at weekly and monthly events. There is a lot of good stuff given by smart people.

The engineering culture here has been formed by years of bringing modern software practices to clients in industries where quality is important, like banks, airlines, government. There's a lot of great knowledge here, although sometimes I feel that it's a bit too inward facing. For example many many talks are given internally but not so much in the wider community.