Developing a fascination for tech meetups

Jamie Hardesty believes North East developer meetups provide the bedrock of the region’s technology ecosystem — so why don’t we know more about them?

Tech developers and entrepreneurs organise regular knowledge-sharing and networking events, using websites such as Meetup and Eventbrite
‘Dev’ meetups often have little publicity but are constantly well-attended, providing a much-loved means of sector connection
Tech meetups have even become a metric to report on the health of an area’s digital innovation landscape yet often operate ‘underground’

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