I just started a JavaScript meetup in a city right outside of New York City. My main motivation is that NYC has so many meetups and the towns/cities just around it don't have a large programming community since everyone just heads to or works in NYC.
It's only been three weeks but I've had a pretty positive response. I teamed up with a local non-profit group that's about to open their co-working space. Most of the people attending are really eager to learn about code and how to get started. So far I've been teaching the basics of HTML, CSS, and going over how the web works.
I'd say go for it! Create a meetup group on Meetup.com or start an event page on Facebook. It's daunting at first, but I'm sure there are tons of people near you that are interested. I'd say find a topic you enjoy and create a meetup group around that.
It's in Yonkers, so that actually just right outside of the city. Probably a 30-minute train ride on the Metro Noth. Here's the meetup page, it's pretty scarce right now but hopefully it'll grow.
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I just started a JavaScript meetup in a city right outside of New York City. My main motivation is that NYC has so many meetups and the towns/cities just around it don't have a large programming community since everyone just heads to or works in NYC.
It's only been three weeks but I've had a pretty positive response. I teamed up with a local non-profit group that's about to open their co-working space. Most of the people attending are really eager to learn about code and how to get started. So far I've been teaching the basics of HTML, CSS, and going over how the web works.
I'd say go for it! Create a meetup group on Meetup.com or start an event page on Facebook. It's daunting at first, but I'm sure there are tons of people near you that are interested. I'd say find a topic you enjoy and create a meetup group around that.
How far from New York? Let me know if I can help or come speak or anything.
It's in Yonkers, so that actually just right outside of the city. Probably a 30-minute train ride on the Metro Noth. Here's the meetup page, it's pretty scarce right now but hopefully it'll grow.