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How to join a developer community?
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How to find mentors/developer friends?
A detailed thread
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How to find mentors/developer friends?
A detailed thread
For context I have been a part of various developer communities for ~3 Years. I have found that learning with people is the best and most effective way to learn.
So here are the ways you can join a developer community:
So here are the ways you can join a developer community:
If you are a studentMany companies have their campus ambassadors/ Hack clubs / Developer club program that you can join or lead in your campus.
Some of my favorites:
Student Ambassador program @Microsoft (I am a part of this for 2 years now) https://studentambassadors.microsoft.com/
Developer Student Club by @Google https://developers.google.com/community/dsc
GitHub Campus Experts @github https://education.github.com/experts
Hack Club @hackclub https://hackclub.com/
GitKraken Ambassador Programhttp://www.gitkraken.com/ambassador
For Non Students1. http://Meetup.com
Find your local developer communities. Trust me you can find a lot of developer communities near you. Example: Where I live we have flutter Community, Java Developer groups, linux enthusiasts, javascript enthusiast.
you can also create your own community on meetup dot com.
Going to your local meetups will give you a lot of exposure. You can meet a lot of wonderful developers. You are most likely to find a mentor in a meetup.
I have met most of my developer friends through meetups.
Going to your local meetups will give you a lot of exposure. You can meet a lot of wonderful developers. You are most likely to find a mentor in a meetup.
I have met most of my developer friends through meetups.
2. Since physical meetups are in the bin right now you can also find virtual meetups.
@MLHacks organizes virtual workshops/meetups regularly.
@MLHacks organizes virtual workshops/meetups regularly.
3. Hackathons
- It is probably the best place to learn and grow as a developer.
- You get to meet so many wonderful developers.
> Talk to other teams.
Some conversation starters
- What they are building ?
- Their tech stack ?
- Which problem statement have they taken ?
- It is probably the best place to learn and grow as a developer.
- You get to meet so many wonderful developers.
> Talk to other teams.
Some conversation starters
- What they are building ?
- Their tech stack ?
- Which problem statement have they taken ?
> Secret hack :
Go alone or with a member missing. The organizers will pair you up with someone similar. This way you can easily network and make new developer friends. This is a gamble though.
I would recommend you to go alone in the meetups too.
Go alone or with a member missing. The organizers will pair you up with someone similar. This way you can easily network and make new developer friends. This is a gamble though.
I would recommend you to go alone in the meetups too.
Epic Reddit Developer Communities
r/computerscience
r/programming
r/coding
r/opensource
r/javascript/
r/learnprogramming/
r/ProgrammingLanguages
r/udemyfreebies
r/github/
r/input_your_programming_language_here
r/computersciencer/programmingr/codingr/opensourcer/javascript/r/learnprogramming/r/ProgrammingLanguagesr/udemyfreebiesr/github/r/input_your_programming_language_here
A few Epic Developer Communities
Developer Circle by @Facebook
https://developers.facebook.com/developercircles/
Google Developer Group by @Google
https://developers.google.com/community/gdg
DEV Community by @ThePracticalDev
https://dev.to/
freeCodeCamp forum @freeCodeCamp
https://forum.freecodecamp.org/
Developer Circle by @Facebook https://developers.facebook.com/developercircles/
Google Developer Group by @Google https://developers.google.com/community/gdg
DEV Community by @ThePracticalDev https://dev.to/
freeCodeCamp forum @freeCodeCamp https://forum.freecodecamp.org/
Hashnode Developer Community @hashnode https://hashnode.com/
Code Newbies @CodeNewbies https://www.codenewbie.org/
Happy Coding
