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Discussion on: Why is it worth to attend local meetups?

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Herb Wolfe

I'm an introvert as well, and not very comfortable being in a roomful of strangers. That said, my favorite meetup, and the only one I attend, is the local LUG (Linux Users Group). I don't attend very many meetings, as most of the topics are too advanced for me. One that I recently attended was on how to set up and use an Arduino to control a model railroad.

Discussing advanced topics is also one of the reasons I don't attend other meetups, as well as many of them being scheduled at times when I can't attend.

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Arkadiusz Chatys

Hi! Thanks for sharing this. I remember that few of the first meet-ups I attended to back in the days were way more advanced for me. Although it only gave me more motivation and guided me into direction of what to learn. I’d recommend to try those advanced topics anyway. Even if you have no clue what they talk about!