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Where to find friends that are programmers

7 points by Aeiper ↗ HN
I have not found one person who shares my passion to program.

Where do you think one should go to find others that take programming as a passion, and seriously?

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keenahn
If you don't live in a "startup hub," it might be difficult but not impossible. Here in San Francisco, there are tons of tech meetups on meetup.com. If you can't find any tech meetups in your city, start one! A simple one to start is simply, "Shut up and code!" or something similar, where you literally just sit in a coffee shop, cowork, and talk to each other if you want to.

That reminds me, coworking spaces will usually give you a day pass or a few days. Check those out.

Good luck!

marshray
A local university? Any local tech employers? Are there any tech conferences held near you?
Aeiper
Maybe some in Denver, but I am 15
zachlatta
I'm also 15 and I was in a similar situation as you. If you want to get in touch, feel free to email me. My email is zchlatta (at) gmail.com.

I found that going to local hackathons was a great way to get involved and meet other passionate people. I'm situated in Los Angeles, but I can imagine that there's plenty to do in Denver.

marshray
When we were 8 my mom would drive us to the UIUC computer lab and drop us off. We would just hang out until the computer operators sat us down at a terminal with spacewar or something.

Just do it. Go up to the university, find out where the CS professors and grad students work. Stand in doorways and eavesdrop. Tell them you're 15 but you really really love programming and want to meet some experts in computer science. Ask if there's anywhere you can hang out and quietly soak up the atmosphere.

It will make their day.

Also: are you on Twitter? Tweet me @marshray and I'll ask my followers if there's anyone in Denver.

perezda
Where are you? Any co-working spaces near you? We're spoiled here in the SF Bay Area.
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JoeAltmaier
One advantage to the olde hub-and-spoke maniframe plus terminal model: programmers had to congregate in the 'terminal room' at the university. I miss those days. I found lifelong friends there.
fundamental
If a physical presence is not required, there are plenty of online communities of varying quality. I personally think that you should be able to find some interesting people by poking around some open source projects, but your luck will vary there.
salahxanadu
I've met them at programmer meetups for certain technologies, conferences, local user-groups and startup weekends/gamejams.