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author: jskaa
title: Jessica's Meta-reflection
date: 2014-04-26
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##Meetup Meta-reflection

For my meetups, I went to a 2 day hackathon hosted at UNC called PearlHacks, and also a local meetup hosted
by Tripython known as Raleigh Project Night. Overall I really liked having the experience of going to
these sort of coding meetups, since it gave me a chance to see what the community is like and also network.
I'd been to a hackathon at Duke before, so it was nice seeing how it compared to PearlHacks. I think that
between the types of meetups I've been to, I prefer the hackathons over the smaller meetups. Since I'm a beginner,
I think it's more helpful for me to attend hackathons where I can meet a lot of people and where I can attend
small workshops and learn things. Between the Duke Hackathon and PearlHacks, I've been able to learn a bit about
mobile development, javascript, ruby on rails, and microprocessors. Plus there are a lot of activities, tech talks,
and plenty of people to meet and interact with.

The smaller coding meetup I went to was not nearly as organized, and everyone just worked on their own things.
As someone who doesn't have much experience, I just worked a little bit on Twython for a class assignment and
didn't really know what else to do. It was not a very educational experience- I could have just gone to a coffee shop
locally and done work by myself, and the experience would probably be the same. I guess the experience
of smaller meetups also depends on who decides to go that week, and if they are social people as well. It is
still nice knowing that if I do need help, I can go to these smaller meetups for assistance.

As of now I really prefer more structure in coding meetups. Since I'll be working in the triangle, I will definitely
attend more hackathons in the future, and will try to compete in them. I've learned a lot and enjoyed myself at
hackathons, and when I am more experienced and have my own projects, I'll likely attend more smaller meetups.
It's great having such an available and supporting community though!

Here are the links to my programming meetups!

[PearlHacks (2 part meetup)](https://plus.google.com/109314540901856177049/posts/MTFTAZF6nFg)
[Raleigh Project Night](https://plus.google.com/109314540901856177049/posts/gEMKDrDoDky)