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Programming meetups are pretty cool, I haven't been to one for ages but if anyone's ever looking for something to do and make some good connections most major cities have one. Where I'm at has a pretty nice and growing infosec scene which is highly appreciable too, most of it is organized around discord but there's plenty of in-person stuff happening.

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I've been going to a few and I even have one of my own that I run twice a month at a local co-working space.

I don't know why anyone comes to either my meetup or the ones I go to, but they are 100% not people I want to hang out and drink with. Mostly middle-aged Asian and Indian men who are polite, quiet, socially distant, usually with no particular enthusiasm for the topic of the meetup. I don't know why they're there or why they're so numerous, but they're definitely not there to socialize and have fun.

I totally agree -- especially grabbing drinks somewhere else after the meetup talks are done

I love the ones in Berlin. There's always more Pizza and Drinks than needed, so the post-talks hanging out can go on for pretty long.

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