Atlanta Tech Resources

A collection of groups, events, and opportunities for developers in the Atlanta, GA area 🍑

The Problem

For the past couple of years, I've been looking to join groups and meet other developers, make friends, and connections. I've finally found some but it took a while to sift through dead groups on Meetup and find affordable conventions to network at.

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This list is a collection of active groups and events, all in one place, so you don't have to do the digging! Please feel free to contribute (I know there's a lot more out there) and open a PR! Just check the contribution guidelines first.

Please reach out with any questions, comments or suggestions. I'd love to hear how I can keep improving this collection. Shoot me an email at developer@cmdme.dev

Affordable Conventions

• Atlanta Developer Conference
  • $10 and lunch is included! A relatively new conference located at Kennesaw State University.
• Refactr Tech
  • Regular admission goes for $60. Refactr Tech highlights diversity and inclusion in the tech sphere. A lot of sessions focus on accessibility and marginalized groups of people and give good insight on more than just technical knowledge. It's a small, but great conference that's easy to meet and mingle with others.

Groups

• Atlanta Metro Code and Coffee
  • Meet at the Computer Museum of American in Roswell. Bring your computer and talk about projects, ideas, or whatever. Coffee, tea, and donuts provided.
• Atlanta Tech Meetup
  • Meets the first Tuesday of each month at Atlanta Tech Park in Peachtree Corners for tech discussions and networking, covering topics from software engineering to cloud technologies and DevOps.
• Casual Coding
  • Work on your projects in the company of other developers. Meet at Ponce City Market, 2nd floor food hall near Cobbler Union store.
• Code for Atlanta
  • Hack nights with a focus on local government issues that occur on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month.
• Decatur Makers
  • A membership based makerspace. If you have Ardunio/Pi projects to solder, they've got the equipment and a bunch of other stuff!
• DEF CON
  • Get together the third Saturday of every month from 2 P.M. to 4 P.M. at Manuel’s Tavern and talk about technology & security.
• Free Code Camp Atlanta
  • Talk about code, projects, and get help all while drinking coffee.
• Girl Develop It Atlanta
  • Opportunities for women and non-binary adults to further their programming skills.
• JavaScript Alpharetta
  • Everything JavaScript. Just getting back to in-person meetups. Code jams, talks, etc.
• PyATL
  • Meetups every first and second thursday of the month about python!
• React ATL
  • All about React. Virtual meetup. Not sure when going back to in-person.
• Atlanta Vue.js Meeup
  • All about Vue. Meetups will begin again in 2023!
• Women Who Code Atlanta
  • Dedicated to supporting women in tech fields.

Opportunities

• Atlanta Tech Village
  • A place for startups. Not all meetups and workshops require a membership.
• General Assembly
  • Bootcamps and workshops. In-person events in NYC but the Atlanta office (Ponce City Market) hosts online events.
• Kitt Labs
  • A membership-based co-development studio with access to office spaces, recording and electronic equipment, a makerspace, VR tools, etc.
• Refcode
  • Help refugees and immgrants learn to code, whether it's a new hobby or a change in career. Refcode has many volunteer opportunities.
• Tech Square
  • A membership shared-workspace but with events open to the public.

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