Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 9 through Sunday, September 15, 2024! This list includes both in-person and online events.
Note that each item in the list includes:
✅ When the event will take place
✅ What the event is
✅ Where the event will take place
✅ Who is holding the event
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This week’s events
- Monday, September 9
- Tuesday, September 10
- Wednesday, September 11
- Thursday, September 12
- Friday, September 13
- Saturday, September 14
- Sunday, September 15
Monday, September 9
Tuesday, September 10
Tuesday at 12 noon at Computer Coach (Tampa): Computer Coach will be holding an in-person resume review at their office. 75% of resumes are never seen by human eyes due to applicant tracking systems (ATS);
the folks at Computer Coach can help you bring your resume up-to-date and help you craft it to significantly increase your chances of landing an interview. Find out more and register here.
Wednesday, September 11
Thursday, September 12
Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Beachwood Seafood Kitchen & Bar (Oldsmar): The Tipsy Techies Happy Hour is an exclusive evening of pure networking! This event is all about meaningful conversations and building valuable connections with fellow tech professionals and industry leaders. Find out more and register here.
https://www.meetup.com/tipsy-techies-happy-hour/events/303101533/
Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at Hays (Tampa): Tampa Java User Group presents Deliver 15-Factor Applications on Kubernetes with Spring Boot, an interactive session where we dive into the realm of 15-factor, cloud-native applications using Spring Boot and Kubernetes. Find out more and register here.
Friday, September 13
Friday, September 13th is the first of two days of the BSides St. Pete 2024 cybersecurity conference! Day One is all about the training sessions. Find out more and register here.
Saturday, September 14
Saturday, September 14th is the second of two days of the BSides St. Pete 2024 cybersecurity conference! Day Two is the main conference and about the presentations. Find out more and register here.
Sunday, September 15
About this list
How do I put this list together? It’s largely automated. I have a collection of Python scripts in a Jupyter Notebook that scrapes Meetup and Eventbrite for events in categories that I consider to be “tech,” “entrepreneur,” and “nerd.” The result is a checklist that I review. I make judgment calls and uncheck any items that I don’t think fit on this list.
In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.
What goes into this list? I prefer to cast a wide net, so the list includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under any of these categories:
- Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
- Tech project management / agile processes
- Video, board, and role-playing games
- Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
- ️ Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
- Toastmasters and other events related to improving your presentation and public speaking skills, because nerds really need to up their presentation game
- Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
- Self-improvement, especially of the sort that appeals to techies
- Anything I deem geeky
But first, a quick promo:
