Thank You n-languages Meetup
I was the n-langages meetup organizer from Sept 2, 2014.
When I stepped up, it was PdL who mentored me to be the meetup organizer I am today. He gave me a simple playbook:
- Have a stable of speakers
- Plan ahead
- Have a theme/topic
- Never source from the group
- Always have a consistent host
I had a great time organizing the group. The n-languages theme is fun because it’s focused on programming languages and not so focused on a single language.
Programming languages evolve and don’t stay still!
Looking back, some of the highlights:
- My first meetup with Owein Reese speaking on Scala
- Early morning coding sessions, Code Gym, Breakfast Coding Club with Evie
- The LispNYC summer parties where I would source n-languages speakers for next six months
- Learning about new programming languages such as: Pony (thanks Andrew Turley), Reflex (thanks Ryan Trinkle)
- Getting sk00l-ed on old programming languages such as: Scheme (thanks John Cowan), Erlang (thanks Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya)
- Having awesome hosts: Dan Wislocki, John Exley.
Big thank you to Evie who has been a great co-organizer. You kept things going when we didn’t have a host and supported me operationally when we did new things, like record talks and holiday parties.
Richard - thanks for starting this group. I remember attending the first meetups at meetup.com.
Pierre - thank you for the playbook.
n-languages members - thank you for following me during my time leading n-languages. I enjoyed every moment of it.