Global Nerdy

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, March 31 through Sunday, April 6, 2025!

This list includes both in-person and online events. Note that each item in the list includes:

✅ When the event will take place

✅ What the event is

✅ Where the event will take place

✅ Who is holding the event

This week’s events

• Monday, March 31
• Tuesday, April 1
• Wednesday, April 2
• Thursday, April 3
• Friday, April 4
• Saturday, April 5
• Sunday, April 6

Monday, March 31

Tuesday, April 1

Wednesday, April 2

Thursday, April 3

Friday, April 4

Saturday, April 5

Sunday, April 6

About this list

How do I put this list together?

It’s largely automated. I have a collection of Python scripts in a Jupyter Notebook that scrapes Meetup and Eventbrite for events in categories that I consider to be “tech,” “entrepreneur,” and “nerd.” The result is a checklist that I review. I make judgment calls and uncheck any items that I don’t think fit on this list.

In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.

What goes into this list?

I prefer to cast a wide net, so the list includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under any of these categories:

• Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
• Tech project management / agile processes
• Video, board, and role-playing games
• Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
• Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
• Toastmasters and other events related to improving your presentation and public speaking skills, because nerds really need to up their presentation game
• Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
• Self-improvement, especially of the sort that appeals to techies
• Anything I deem geeky

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, March 24 through Sunday, March 30, 2025!

This list includes both in-person and online events. Note that each item in the list includes:

✅ When the event will take place

✅ What the event is

✅ Where the event will take place

✅ Who is holding the event

This week’s events

• Monday, March 24
• Tuesday, March 25
• Wednesday, March 26
• Thursday, March 27
• Friday, March 28
• Saturday, March 29
• Sunday, March 30

Monday, March 24

Monday at 6:00 p.m. at Embarc Collective: Suncoast Software Skills Meetup presents Making Sense of Git and GitHub, where you’ll learn more about these essential software development tools and what to do when you make a mistake with them!

Find out more and register here.

Tuesday, March 25

The Synapse Summit takes place at Raymond James Stadium all day Tuesday! I’ll be there at the Packfiles booth — drop by and say hi!

Find out more and register here.

Tuesday at 5:30: It’s TampaTech Taps & Taco Tuesday at Hidden Springs Ale Works! Here’s what’ll be there:

Tech – Connect & network with fellow tech industry pros
Taps – Enjoy 15% off your tab as a tech attendee
Tacos – A full taco bar… because who doesn’t love tacos?!

No speakers, no presentations — just great conversations and a Raffle (because that’s way more fun! )

Find out more and register here.

Wednesday, March 26

Wednesday from 4 – 6 p.m. at Rapid7: Comcast Business and Rapid7 invite you to an exclusive Cybersecurity Roundtable & Networking Event designed to help you stay ahead of today’s most sophisticated cyber risks.

What to Expect:
✅ Cybersecurity Roundtable Discussion – Engage with experts and industry peers on security challenges and best practices.
✅ Live Demos – Explore Rapid7’s latest security solutions.
✅ Networking & Cocktails – Connect & Network with Tampa’s top IT and security professionals.

Find out more and register here.

Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Bahama Breeze: Women in Technology and Entrepreneurship’s Tampa Branch is holding a casual gathering of high-performing, non-conforming women founders, tech workers, VCs, and hype girls.

Find out more and register here.

Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. at Coppertail Brewing: The Cyber Ohana Project is hosting a mixer — a chance for cybersecurity and tech professionals to connect! Join them for a casual night of networking, camaraderie, over drinks and great conversations!

Find out more and register here.

Thursday, March 27

Thursday at 6 p.m. at Hays: Tampa Bay AWS User Group presents From Complexity to Clarity: An AWS Security Journey. In this session, Dhiren Zakkam, Manager for Cloud Engineering at World Kinect, will share his real-world experience tackling the challenges of managing identities, permissions, and access in AWS at scale — what worked, what didn’t, and how his team streamlined their AWS security strategy.

Find out more and register here.

Friday, March 28

Friday at 11:15 a.m. at GuidePoint Security: The Tampa Bay chapter of OWASP — Open Worldwide Application Security Project — is having their March “Lunch and Learn.” Speaker Chris Fago will present AI is here for business users. What does that mean for AppSec?

Find out more and register here.

Saturday, March 29

Sunday, March 30

About this list

How do I put this list together?

It’s largely automated. I have a collection of Python scripts in a Jupyter Notebook that scrapes Meetup and Eventbrite for events in categories that I consider to be “tech,” “entrepreneur,” and “nerd.” The result is a checklist that I review. I make judgment calls and uncheck any items that I don’t think fit on this list.

In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.

What goes into this list?

I prefer to cast a wide net, so the list includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under any of these categories:

• Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
• Tech project management / agile processes
• Video, board, and role-playing games
• Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
• Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
• Toastmasters and other events related to improving your presentation and public speaking skills, because nerds really need to up their presentation game
• Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
• Self-improvement, especially of the sort that appeals to techies
• Anything I deem geeky