I struggle with this, I could easily go a whole conference without talking to anyone if I didn't work on it.
I find lunch time at conferences to be the easiest way to get to chat naturally with folks. I've met people in those contexts that I've gotten to know and sort of become "conference buddies" with.
Taking part in any kind of structured conference activities like closed tutorials, etc. can also help. It's a space where you might get to know the folks sitting around you and the instructor.
Tangential DEV stuff:
I've found wearing my DEV hat to be a big plus here, which is frankly kind of cool. I've definitely met a lot of folks lately who say "Oh, you're on DEV". And then they realize I'm Ben from DEV and that's kind of fun too. 😄
Since DEV is founded by introverts, I would like us to help foster more explicit meetups in these environments to help folks make friends in an explicitly welcoming fashion. We have some ideas in the works here.
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I struggle with this, I could easily go a whole conference without talking to anyone if I didn't work on it.
I find lunch time at conferences to be the easiest way to get to chat naturally with folks. I've met people in those contexts that I've gotten to know and sort of become "conference buddies" with.
Taking part in any kind of structured conference activities like closed tutorials, etc. can also help. It's a space where you might get to know the folks sitting around you and the instructor.
Tangential DEV stuff:
I've found wearing my DEV hat to be a big plus here, which is frankly kind of cool. I've definitely met a lot of folks lately who say "Oh, you're on DEV". And then they realize I'm Ben from DEV and that's kind of fun too. 😄
Since DEV is founded by introverts, I would like us to help foster more explicit meetups in these environments to help folks make friends in an explicitly welcoming fashion. We have some ideas in the works here.