One major concern of all is that people showing up on meetups ONLY with an agenda of getting a chance to speak with employers.
That said, I agree with Noufal Ibrahim KV to at least experiment with it once before making a decision to stick with it or not. On Jul 19, 2015 8:54 PM, "Anand Chitipothu" <anandol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 2:04 AM, kracekumar ramaraju < > kracethekingma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > We have come long way with BangPypers meetup [1]. In last two years, we > > conducted regular workshops and talks. We have seen people travelling from > > different cities to attend our meetups. 82 people attended our last meetup! > > > > Kudos to Krace and all volunteers and speakers for great work! Thats almost > like a mini conference every month. > > > > There are lot of companies use Python in Bangalore. Most of these companies > > approach the organizing team for leads to hire developers. We don't share > > any participant info and don't want to. We redirect them to ML and other > > job boards. > > > > There was a suggestion of having 10 minutes slot at the end of the meetup > > where companies can speak about them and openings for 2 minutes. > > > > Thoughts ? Any other ways to facilitate this ? > > > > I think that is very good idea. Companies are also part of the ecosystem > and it is fair give them a place to present about themselves. As long that > they take just 10 minutes of time and don't dominate the whole meetup, I > think should do it. > > Anand > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers ᐧ _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
