Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for Monday, May 6 through Sunday, May 12, 2024.
This week’s events
- Monday, May 6
- Tuesday, May 7
- Wednesday, May 8
- Thursday, May 9
- Friday, May 10
- Saturday, May 11
- Sunday, May 12
Monday, May 6
Tuesday, May 7
Wednesday, May 8
Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. at MiSource, Tampa: Tampa Devs and Tampa Bay QA Testing Meetup are teaming up to present “Harry Potter and Terrible Testing Mistakes!” Join them for an evening of hilarious horror stories and epic fails from the world of software testing with Lenar Mukhamadiev, the founder Idelsoft.com, a Tampa-based software consulting, who’s seen it all. With 30+ projects delivered by Idelsoft, Lenar has witnessed firsthand the good, the bad, and the downright ugly side of software development. Find out more and register here.
Thursday, May 9
Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Embarc Collective, Tampa: Tampa Bay Healthtech Meetup brings the community together to hear from top healthcare thought leaders and foster connection among industry professionals. Find out more and register here.
Friday, May 10
Saturday, May 11
Sunday, May 12
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