[robcohen]

I’m not aware of any events that successfully capture what HN is. If you want to make contacts, go to YC startup events and meet people. The smartest and most talented people aren’t usually wasting their time with general catch-all tech events. They’re on a mission and aim to meet people who can genuinely help them accomplish it.

I’m not spitting at hackathon type events, but let’s be real — they target recent grads.

I’d love to be proven wrong on this, because I’d promptly attend the events that I don’t believe exist.

[roflc0ptic]

I’d suggest looking into rationalist/effective altruism meetups. As far as professional interests and demographics, its hard to imagine another niche group with more overlap - naturally both seem born out of SF

[reducesuffering]

Agree, but unfortunately the big ones just happened. Probably another 6 months.

[people_not_bots]

I wish I could attend an event like the YC event but I dont live in NorCal.

[lisper]

Why don't you organize one in your area then?

[ramesh31]

The “work at a startup” meetups were fun, even if only to hear the pitches and see what Sam had to say.

Is that still a thing?