On February 15th, we are strongly encouraging developers and charities to show up at the centrally located Microsoft Office at 835 Market Street in San Francisco, in the same building as SF State and the Bloomingdale's Store.   Location: San Francisco Microsoft office - 835 Market Street, 7th Floor. Right in the heart of San Francisco's premier shopping venue - Market & Powell. We are planning aGiveCamp, which is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database administrat …

The focus will be a bit broader but focused on employment for experienced -Software Engineers -Sales Engineers -Enterprise Account Executives -Product marketing -PR and Public Relations for Enterprise Software, PR, SaaS and Telecom. -CPA's (Audit and Taxation)   This group is open to both experienced employees and recruiters. Let me know if you would be interested in being an assistant organizer. Here are my current openings https://www.jobscore.com/jobs/marcusronaldi/list  

Hi all, I ran a similar club back in Baltimore and loved the discussions it would create. I'm new to the area, and since I don't see a group out here like the one I left, I think I'll get the ball rolling. I will, however, be relying on input from the members quite heavily for the first few meetups. Where should we meet? How often? Weekends or weekdays? Let me know!

We are starting a serious of meetups for various QA specialties. Our goal is to build a solid community of QA testers on the Silicon Valley, share our experiences and hacks. Our fierst session will be about Web Testing. Come share your web testing expierence, and learn from other industry leaders.   This is a free event. 

This is a User Group to discuss and collaborate on strategies, best practices and experiences around the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack. You will learn from the experts, meet your peers, and enjoy pizza and drinks at each meeting.  Meetings are free. We are a volunteer organization sponsored by the Professional Association for SQL Server and software companies.

… Being a successful software engineer means being able to code applications for the cloud. If writing code is what you love, then this is your meetup.

Open to designers of all levels, this group explores various applications of Google's 3D modeling software called SketchUp. Our meetups cover a wide range of topics, from best practices for novice 3D modelers to cutting-edge developments in SketchUp's capabilities. Whenever appropriate, we tailor individual meetings to a particular niche audience, such as Kitchen and Bath Designers, Landscape Designers, Developers, or Enthusiasts. This group is organized by Alex Oliver of Igloo Studios (www.igl …

… ial "clicktivists" into connected activists who can act together increasing the effectiveness of Tibet support groups and the Tibet Movement as a whole Relevant fields include: digital video production, social media strategy, social software, information architecture; content strategy, branding, online marketing, public relations; online journalism, opinion blogging, new media; web design, web development, search engine optimization; graphic design, user experience, usability; W …

The Pivotal Tracker User Groups are a forum for product managers, project managers, entrepreneurs, and developers to share techniques and discuss the real day-to-day issues surrounding software project management. We’ll talk about upcoming Tracker features and look at third-party integrations. We'll discuss story estimation techniques and talk about what makes a good story. We’ll share our experience with agile planning, discuss patterns and anti-patterns of story management and acceptance, and …

There seem to be a lot of software-related learning/coworking/entrepreneuring groups in San Francisco and the Peninsula. What about those of us on this side of the BART tube? Are you starting a new programming or web project, and looking for someone to bounce ideas off of, or maybe chip in? Are you taking a break (voluntary or otherwise) from wage slavery, and want to hang around some other people who are upgrading their skill sets? Do you want to contribute to someone else's project? Or are yo …

… Topics include new technology, marketing, business models, user-experience, software and more. We'll explore the concepts and strategies that will fuel the real-time web. Watch the agenda for your specific area of interest. Geeks, new media marketers, social media experts, entrepreneurs with cool real-time technology, investors looking for that next hot start-up and anyone interested in understanding and building the real-time web is welcome. Interested in sponsorship, speaking or showc …

The SVForum Emerging Technology SIG is a bi-monthly meeting focused on the future. The goal is to talk about technologies that aren’t quite here yet, to discuss trends in software technologies, and, in general, to examine what’s coming down the pipeline. We meet on the second Wednesday of every other month.

This is going to be THE group to join for information on user analytics, big data, software engineering, mobile, enterprise, business intelligence, social media, social metrics and social network applications. Our speaker series is where you will meet with people from all backgrounds and philosophies that are passionate about the analytics space.    

Learning from and meeting with developers and testers that use Selenium to test their web applications. The SF Selenium Meetup is an open forum where Selenium users of all skill levels can come to communicate, learn, network, or just have a good time. We meet on a semi-regular basis and generally have speakers from major software and web companies in the Bay Area. Lively discussions or Q&A for hours afterwards. Our focus is in Selenium and topics extend through related areas of interest, such as …

We are a group of software developers and network consultants who meet to discuss the business side of computer consulting. We have dinner meetings that feature speakers on both business and technical topics. Here is a sample of the topics covered at our recent meetings: marketing, taxes, presentation skills, offshore development, Ruby on Rails, and time management. Each meeting begins with an informal networking session. Dinner is included, so there is a charge to attend. Please feel f …

… We're language and software/hardware agnostic, so it's all fair game. After you present, it's an open forum. The audience will ask questions and provide feedback. We want to enable as much participation as possible at these meetups, so you'd better be able to take criticism and dish it out (all within reason of course).