How to join a developer community?
or
How to find mentors/developer friends?
A detailed thread 🧵👇
or
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 student
Many 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)
studentambassadors.microsoft.com
Many 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)
studentambassadors.microsoft.com
⚡️ Developer Student Club by @Google
developers.google.com/community/dsc
⚡️ GitHub Campus Experts @github
education.github.com/experts
⚡️ Hack Club @hackclub
hackclub.com
⚡️GitKraken Ambassador Program
gitkraken.com/ambassador
developers.google.com/community/dsc
⚡️ GitHub Campus Experts @github
education.github.com/experts
⚡️ Hack Club @hackclub
hackclub.com
⚡️GitKraken Ambassador Program
gitkraken.com/ambassador
💻 For Non Students
1. 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.
1. 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/computerscience
⚡️r/programming
⚡️r/coding
⚡️r/opensource
⚡️r/javascript/
⚡️r/learnprogramming/
⚡️r/ProgrammingLanguages
⚡️r/udemyfreebies
⚡️r/github/
r/input_your_programming_language_here
A few Epic Developer Communities
⚡️Developer Circle by @Facebook
developers.facebook.com/developercircl…
⚡️Google Developer Group by @Google
developers.google.com/community/gdg
⚡️DEV Community by @ThePracticalDev
dev.to
⚡️freeCodeCamp forum @freeCodeCamp
forum.freecodecamp.org
⚡️Developer Circle by @Facebook
developers.facebook.com/developercircl…
⚡️Google Developer Group by @Google
developers.google.com/community/gdg
⚡️DEV Community by @ThePracticalDev
dev.to
⚡️freeCodeCamp forum @freeCodeCamp
forum.freecodecamp.org
Happy Coding❤️👨💻🧑💻👩💻
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