taryneast comments on The True Rejection Challenge - Less Wrong

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Comment author: taryneast 28 June 2011 03:02:41PM 2 points [-]

Correction: there's nobody that's said they want to come.

If you start up a meetup - some people may come out of the woodwork. I know of at least one very cool programmer-dude in Sweden (stockholm) - there must be other cool geek-types about too.

have you considered getting into programming (if you're not already). AFAICT, there's a high crossover rate with LW-types there... and certainly you'll find people interesting to talk to.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 28 June 2011 03:15:04PM 0 points [-]

I'm already into programming. I dabble in several languages, have top grades in it, and love the art form. Unfortunately I don't have time to practice and get good enough to do anything useful in a reasonable amount of time.

Comment author: taryneast 28 June 2011 03:17:32PM 1 point [-]

You don't have to be "good" to go to meetups or hackdays.

Just go.

If you need to learn anything - you can use the meetup/hackday to actually learn what it is you don't know... or just to have fun.