Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, December 2 through Sunday, December 8, 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
This week’s events
- Monday, December 2
- Tuesday, December 3
- Wednesday, December 4
- Thursday, December 5
- Friday, December 6
- Saturday, December 7
- Sunday, December 8
Monday, December 2
Tuesday, December 3
Wednesday, December 4
Wednesday at noon, online: Join Computer Coach’s 30-minute LinkedIn Live session, Building Community in Tech, dedicated to exploring the power of building a professional community that supports growth, learning, and collaboration.
Find out more and register here.
On Wednesday evening, Tampa Java user Group, Tampa QA Meetup, and Tampa Devs are jointly hosting a talk by none other than Dr. Venkat Subramaniam: Twelve Essential Practices to be Effective in Continuous Delivery. It will take place starting at 5 p.m. at the Vaco office.
Dr. Subramaniam is one of the brightest lights in the Java scene today, and it’s a rare treat to be able to get him here in Tampa Bay, so you might not want to miss this one!
Want details about his last talk here? I have photos and notes!
Find out more and register here.
Thursday, December 5
Friday, December 6
Saturday, December 7
Sunday, December 8
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