[BangPypers] Connecting developers and companies

[Deep Sukhwani]

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" <anandology at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 2:04 AM, kracekumar ramaraju <
> kracethekingmaker at 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
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