[Wilduck]

Before I found a python user group in Minneapolis, I had only heard about the Ruby user group. So, I installed ruby, made sure I could run

  >> puts "Hello world"

and then went to the Ruby meetup. It was a good call. At the time I really just needed someone to talk shop with and no one there cared that I was mainly a Python dev. It's not like we talked about block scoping and multi-lined lambdas.

One huge benefit of going to the Ruby meetup was that I learned of a bunch of other meetups in the area. Smaller ones that didn't have a web presence yet. There may be a Python community in Jacksonville that some Ruby users might know about.