Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. We’ve got a lot of events going on this week, and here they are!
Monday, September 17
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Cybersecurity Career Convos: Let’s talk about job security! w/ Mike Korman @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Cloud Security Alliance Tampa Bay Chapter — 12 Ways to Hack Two Factor Authentication (2FA) – Chapter Meeting [Registration is closed for Sept. 17 event; sign up for podcast] @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- OK! TRANSMIT, Art + Technology Meetup #3 @ Duncan McClellan Gallery, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- The Tampa Cashflow Club — Cashflow 101 Game – How to play & game play @ Kat’s Office – BH, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Suncoast Developers Guild Jr: Scratch Class for Kids (ages 8-12) @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Bay DevOps Monthly Meetup: Top Reasons Why DevOps Fails @ Salesforce Tampa, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
- Code for Tampa Bay Brigade — A Look at the Open Courts Data Project, with Steve Spiker @ The Attic On Kennedy, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Largo Board Games Meetup — Gloomhaven @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- 3D Printer Orientation @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- I Love Marketing! – Let’s talk about using marketing to grow your business @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- South Tampa Toastmasters @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Mining Mondays @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Tuesday, September 18
- Tampa Small Business Owner Workshops — The Entrepreneurs Growth Seminar @ Suntrust Building, 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
- Tampa Bay Tech — Nutanix’s X Tour: Imagine What’s Next @ The Florida Aquarium, Tuesday, 11:00 AM to Wednesday, 3:00 PM
- Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa SQL User Groups — Powershell for DBA @ St Pete College – EpiCenter, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Product Management Meetup — Product Management Meetup Task Force Kickoff – Gateway @ Brewer’s Tasting Room, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- The .NETwork: UX @ Kforce, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Power BI Tampa – Fantastic Functions and Where to Find Them – September 2018 @ ConnectWise, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- WordPress St. Petersburg — Ask Us Anything: Project Support & Crowdsourcing Meetup @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Python — Python Round Table @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Spirited Toastmasters @ St Stephens Catholic School, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — Fear Agent: Dark Secret (Full) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Blockchain Enthusiasts — Trading Tuesday! @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults @ Flying Boat Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Wednesday, September 19
- Tampa Bay WaVE — OPEN/FREE Coworking for Veteran Entrepreneurs @ FirstWaVE Venture Center, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- 1 Million Cups St. Pete @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups Tampa — ARC Tracker, Inc. and University of Athletes and Athletics @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
- Tampa Bay Blockchain Developers Meetup — Open code @ Blockspaces, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Grand Gamers of St. Petersburg Board Game Night @ Critical Hit Games, 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Code for Tampa Bay Brigade — Open Hack Night @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Agile — QA THE AGILE WAY: TBT @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- The Suncoast Linux Users Group @ Pinellas Park Public Library, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- The Tampa Bay Gaming Group: D&D, D20, Pathfinder, & More! — Pathfinder Kingmaker Adventure Path – Looking For Players @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bay UX Group — Understanding & Managing Biases That Can Influence UX @ 352 Inc, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Resume Writing Workshop with Tech Ladies, GDI, and Suncoast Developers Guild @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Build a Web App with JavaScript & jQuery @ Secureset Academy, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Carrollwood Toastmasters @ Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- Women In Linux — Understanding Linux, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Getting Your Project from VCarve to CNC (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Bitcoin Cash @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Nerdbrew Trivia — Games & Grog @ Peabody’s Billiards and Games, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Thursday, September 20
- Girlfriends&Coffee Networking Group @ Belleair Coffee Company, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
- Digital Marketing Tampa Bay Meetup — Hey Google, what does VEO mean for my brand? @ PowerChord, Inc., 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — D&D 5E (Looking for Players) — New Campaign @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM
- Lean Beer for All Things Agile @ Zydeco Brew Werks, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Speakers, Presenters, Managers & Leaders — How not to be a boring speaker and engage your audience @ The Alley at South Shore, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Seffner D&D Meetup — 1st ed AD&D Campaign. Open to new players. @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- WITI – STEM Opportunities and Challenges Panel Discussion @ SPC EpiCenter Collaborative Labs, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Crash Course: Intro to Ruby on Rails @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — ‘3rd Thursday’ Food Trucks and Live Music @ The Grand Central at Kennedy, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa.rb: Mystery Meetup! @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Hyperledger Tampa — Enterprise Blockchain: Hyperledger Fabric @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Friday, September 21
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Downtown Tampa & Seminole Heights) @ FOUNDATION coffee co., 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
- Café con Tampa — Connecting Florida’s Major Cities with High Speed Rail w/ Bob O’Malley @ Oxford Exchange, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- Defcon813 — OWASP Tampa Day 2018 @ 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Agile — Grow Financial Agile Tour @ Grow Financial, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Tampa Otaku — MegaCon Tampa @ Tampa Convention Center, Friday, 4:00 PM to Sunday, 5:00 PM
- Tampa Otaku — St Pete Asian Street Fair & Craft Beer Fest – Free Admission @ Albert Whitted Park, 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — September Board Game Night! @ Friday, 7:00 PM to Saturday, 12:00 AM
- Open Source Hack and Chill @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Mindful Social Group — Tampa’s “The Power of NOW” by Eckhart Tolle Book Experience @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- CoderNight — Individual Challenge @ Malwarebytes Clearwater Office, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Saturday, September 22
- Kakkoii-Otaku Clan — MEGACON TAMPA 2018-Sept. 21st-23rd @ Saturday, 10:00 AM to Sunday, 7:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — 2018 Tampa Bay Megacon! @ Tampa Convention Center, 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
- MR101: Intro to Drones (Multi-Rotors) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Bradenton Bitcoin And Cryptocurrency Meetup — We’re combining Sarasota and Bradenton Bitcoin and Blockchain Meetups this month @ Connect Bradenton, 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
- Nerd Night Out — KARAOKE NIGHT! @ Fat Cat Tavern, Saturday, 8:30 PM to Sunday, 12:30 AM
Sunday, September 23
- Make Tampa Hackerspace Better Workday and cookout @ Tampa Hackerspace, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Paintball! @ Orbital Paintball, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — D&D 5E campaign (Full), bi-weekly @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Women as Leaders Network (WALN) — WALN’s 2nd Anniversary Party at Axe and Ale @ 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Suncoast Audiophile Society — Sept “Mini Meet”- Oppo 205 vs. outboard DAC’s @ 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
- Sew What? (Textile Arts & Crafts) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM