Teams are cool, bosses less so. Welcome to dev co-op, where you have colleagues without the pointy-haired guy.
So, what is the difference between this site and the other developer forums?
Not much, except that we also meet in person once a month or so here in Tucson, and so the relationship is a little bit less anonymous. Instead of just answering one-off questions, our goal is to encourage each other with projects and do the things that co-workers normally do (well, the positive ones): review each other’s work, suggest approaches, help debug and unstick each other. Meetings can turn into active work sessions, and you’re encouraged to type while talking.
We sometimes also have informative presentations and group discussions on topics relevant to software development and information technology.
Several of our members also belong to the Tucson Computer Society, a remarkable organization of local computer users. TCS has been around since 1982, and has survived where a lot of users’ groups have not.
Our next meeting is not scheduled yet. We might take December off because many people tend to be busy right next to Christmas.
sorry I missed this. Just found out about it and am interested.
You guys still active? The dates of postings on your home page are showing 2010, but in this one you’re referring to 2011 meetings?
Yep, we are active! We tend to communicate by email and are sometimes lazy about updating this blog, but we meet every month and are happy to give feedback and/or technical advice to newcomers on their projects. That is our main focus – giving each other encouragement, advice and feedback on interests or projects. The people coming to each meeting vary, but generally have expertise on a wide range of technologies including .NET,Python, Ruby, Drupal, Perl and Java, as well as practical aspects of running servers, test suites and virtual machines.