User Groups are Awesome

and awesome people go to them

(blog version: bitly.com/rubygroups)

Transcript

1. USER GROUPS
 ARE AWESOME and awesome people go to them
 (Blog version linked at the end.)
2. CHRISTOPHER KRAILO @ckrailo on internets
3. CHRISTOPHER KRAILO I work for @Kalkomey (we’re looking for interns, btw)
4. CHRISTOPHER KRAILO @DallasRuby organizer
5. CHRISTOPHER KRAILO @elixirlang enthusiast
 @elixir_dallas organizer
6. CHRISTOPHER KRAILO I <3 Bacon
7. ARE YOU AWESOME?
8. WHY GO TO
 USER GROUPS?
9. FRIENDS
10. NETWORKING
11. LEARNING
12. TEACHING
13. LEARNING & TEACHING
14. HACKNIGHTS
15. SPEAKING
16. DONT BE AFRAID
 TO SPEAK • New devs welcome • Listeners of all skill levels
17. DONT BE AFRAID
 TO SPEAK • Can be short! • 5 minutes is totally cool
18. DONT BE AFRAID
 TO SPEAK • Package up 4 lightning talks… • …present at a conference!
19. YEAH,
 lightning
 talks! @chrismo
20. WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER
21. BRING YOUR FRIENDS
22. BRING YOUR COWORKERS
23. BRING YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER
24. REASONS TO GO… ask questions
25. REASONS TO GO… get help
26. REASONS TO GO… keep up with cool new toys
27. LOCAL USER GROUPS
28. DALLAS.RB • Meets every Tuesday • Presentations first Tuesday • Hacknights other Tuesdays • dallasrb.org - @DallasRuby • #dallas.rb on Freenode
29. RUBY FTW • Totally jealous of their name. • Meets 4th Tuesday for presentations • rubyftw.org - @RubyFTW
30. DOWNTOWN DALLAS • Dallas Ruby on Rails • www.meetup.com/Dallas-Ruby-on-Rails/ • Meet once a month (usually on a Tuesday)
31. AUSTIN • Austin.rb - first tuesday
 austinonrails.org - @AustinOnRails • Austin on Rails - last tuesday
 austinrb.org - @AustinRB • #austin-ruby on Freenode
32. SPREAD THE WORD http://bit.ly/rubygroups