We are a group of pen-testers that love what we do (who doesn't?!). We meetup every month to discuss the latest techniques in pentesting. So if you love making sure security products practice "Truth in advertising" this is a group for you. We like to meet at least once a month (if not more). Depending on the topic/meetup we can have one or multiple speakers and maybe even a CTF tournament. Meetups follow hacker tradition with free Beer and Pizza for all.  Remember this is a community built b …

This group is people who want to form or join a start-up. It is a meetup for Hackers who built something that works and people want; and Hustlers who sold product/service, raised capital, and/ or built partnerships. - This is NOT a social outing to have a beer and gossip about the latest story on TechCrunch. - This is NOT a VC beauty show. This is a serious and purposeful speed dating for people who what want to build the NEXT BIG THING and have chops to prove they can do it.

nyhacker is a non-profit connector and mentorship organization led by hackers, for hackers. Our mission is to sustain and grow a hacker culture through shared resources, mentorship, programming, and opportunities. Please use this group to propose and organize your own nyhacker events and programs. If you need funding, volunteers, help, or anything else email us at brandon@nyhacker.org.   tl;dr -- free events, pizza, beer, jobs, and funding for hackers (by hackers).   Please Note: Our events …

Hackdays is a meetup based on the philosophy that: You're a lot more productive when there's a time limit When learning to code, the fastest way to learn is to make something The best way to be introduced to new programming concepts is by interacting with other hackers You don't have to be a code ninja - a lot of Hackdays participants are brand new to programming. There are plenty of experienced CS students and hackers around to help. If you're a current college student (CS or otherwise) and w …

… ists who design better medication management, adherence, distribution or other systems Game Designers who make patient education fun Quantification companies that help people self-monitor (see also Quantified Self meetup) Engineers, Programmers, and Hackers that invent and enable new care paradigms Designers who create popular apps Innovative government leaders seeking positive change Reporters and Bloggers who want to see the cutting edge before it happens and spread the word and so many more a …

This group is a place for the NYC developer community to get together and learn more about Lithium, the first truly "modern", full-stack PHP web application framework. Whether you are already developing applications using Lithium or are simply interested in exploring a new framework, please join us at one of our monthly get-togethers. Instead of a single long presentation, the focus will be on quick-format demos of applications built using Lithium, hacks, tips and tricks, and general QA/discussi …

Meet with other NYC IT Professionals and Hackers. We are gathering this monthly meetup to discuss our DCNYC group that has been formed to bring together minds to talk about building things, solving problems, breaking things and securing our networks. Ethical & Black Hat hacking in today's world is almost one in the same. We want our meetup to be about sharing tips, networking, and talking shop! Come all as this is an open invite to anyone who wants to learn and have fun.

There are terrific marketing people working in Silicon Alley. We've all met them. But we've never met them all together. Marketing ideas and wisdom are amazingly transferable - even more than hackers, biz dev people, or product folks, we speak the same language and have the same challenges. We all have ideas and experiences to share, and every time we talk we share those experiences and get better at our jobs. So let's get together, have some drinks, and help each other out. Seriously, we're alr …

Millions of users listen to Spotify's streaming music service world wide. Behind the scenes is a world class technology organization that innovates hard to make the music easy. This Meetup is devoted to exploring how Spotify's technology stack works and to the hackers who use Spotify's APIs. We'll get together to meet both Spotify engineers and business leaders and anyone who takes the time to do something cool with Spotify's APIs.

We are Developer Evangelists, Advocates and Community Managers. We help people make awesome things. We make heroes every day. This is a place where Developer Advocates, Evangelists and Community Managers can share tips, stories, best practices, developers and anything related to geek shepherding. This group isn't for: Marketing or Recruiting.

Weekly DesignDays design events for student hackers, designers, entrepreneurs, and anyone else who’s feeling saucy! We will think, talk, and do design, technology, and entrepreneurship. Note: the goal of DesignDays is to connect NYC area students with one another. As such, this and all DesignDays events are open to current undergraduate and graduate students only.

Are you involved in a tech startup or want to be? Startup Grind was started to help entrepreneurs learn and be inspired by the stories of industry veterans while having the opportunity to get to know others face-to-face. Founded in Silicon Valley by Commonred Founder, Derek Anderson the community has now grown to Los Angeles and New York City. After the event, connect with the community on Commonred.com and meet more amazing professionals like you.  Need an invite code? Let us know!

With online video becoming a native part of every online interaction, it is crucial that we use agreed standards, and discuss ways to keep video open and free for all.  The Kaltura Open Video Group brings together thinkers, hackers, designers and innovators who wish to learn and collaborate on new projects related to online video, and to ease consumption of media online.  The group hosts meetups in various cities around the world and holds online webinars and everyone is welcome to prese …

At Apartment Therapy we've always felt that the web's greatest asset was in creating community and that it should mirrored offline as well. Inspired by Scott Heiferman's NY Tech Meetup, which we've been going to lately, we've started a NY Design Meetup for product and furniture designers, architects, entrepreneurs, students and hackers. Our goal is to provide a unique, efficient and entertaining forum for designers - both professional and amateur - to offer solutions to our biggest problems and …

I love FPGAs. To me, they're a fascinating, exotic computer architecture. To others, they're high-bandwidth video processors, high frequency trading engines, network coordinators, and ASIC prototype platforms. Some people just want to use FPGAs for their hobbies, because they're curious. This group is for all of you. We'll meet to talk about the things we're doing with FPGAs--the languages we're using, the systems we're building, how we manage design flows and complexity, and other things of int …

New York Travel Massive is a regular meet up in Manhattan that brings together travel brands, travel bloggers, and travel startups. Part of the global Travel Massive network, the purpose of this group is to connect people in the travel industry locally while sharing a drink or two along the way. Come join us!