[Stubbs]

If you're coming to the UK, don't limit yourself to just London, there are equally vibrant tech scenes in other cities like Sheffield (where I live), Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Liverpool and many more.

[hipsters_unite]

Nice one for mentioning the North! I work for a startup in Manchester and it's a great tech scene (if a bit smaller than London, naturally).

[lewispollard]

Great to see another Sheffield-based software engineer on HN!

[Stubbs]

Do you go to any of the tech events in Sheffield? I co-organise ShefPHP and sometimes go to some of the others.

[lewispollard]

Actually no, I'm painfully unaware of these things! I usually go to Dorkbot when it's on. One of my colleagues goes to the testing meetup in the Rutland. What are some other good ones?