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I disagree with meetups and hackthons being a low signal to find like minded individuals. If spending a weekend hacking on a project at a hackathon or a few hours after work attending a meetup does not foster a community of well intentioned developers i don't know what other avenue OP will meet people. But with any open events there is the inventible freeloaders.

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What has come out of contacts you initially met at meetups and hackathons? How long have you been going to them? How long have you been a developer? How many jobs have you had?

How does that compare to your network from coworkers, old bosses, friends, acquaintances that were not initially from tech focused meet ups?

I've made two friends at meet ups good enough that I've kept in touch outside of them - one of whom I've been doing some coding with. I've also run into people in person who I'd previously known from IRC or reddit (and one former classmate I had lost touch with) .

The quality of the experience certainly varies substantially, meet-up group to meet-up group. Fortunately, there's no commitment - if you go to one and it sucks, don't go to that one again.

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