“You take too much of a black and white view.”
If our tone seems too know-it-allish, bear with us. We think it’s better to present ideas in bold strokes than to be wishy-washy about it. If that comes off as cocky or arrogant, so be it. We’d rather be provocative than water everything down with “it depends...” Of course there will be times when these rules need to be stretched or broken. And some of these tactics may not apply to your situation. Use your judgement and imagination.
Code Cleveland is a collective effort focused on fostering the local tech community by providing support and structure to the people of Northeast Ohio. To be clear, the tech community means more than just programmers! It's anyone involved in the business of technology.
We believe that an active and thriving community can play a monumental role in NEO's success by helping to:
Just like verbal communication, there are many different methods of expressing the same idea. We are not tied to any specific technology or language; these are simply the means, not the end.
If you're interested in learning more about a specific language or methodology, we encourage you to dig deeper into the NEO meetups that are tech-specific and can help you grow a particular skillset.
We welcome and encourage members of all races, genders, ages, backgrounds, and skill levels to be a part of the community. Members agree to adhere to the Code of Conduct.
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Objective: Establish a set of communal visuals for use in related web, print, and apparel projects.
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Objective: provide a monthly low-pressure event to connect with others that are involved in the local community.
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Meetups and organizations cost money. Code Cleveland is always looking for good people with some interest in being close to the Cleveland tech scene who want to help out.
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Objective: Keep track of the events in NEO to ensure folks have a centralized location to see what happening.
Objective: Provide a means of listing all of the folks active in the NEO area who wish to be involved as a community member.
Objective: Allow job-seekers free access to a local job board funded by paid job postings by local companies.
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Objective: help meetup groups get off the ground or keep moving by providing a tried-and-true framework to implement.
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Objective: Keep the community up-to-date with the latest events, news, and happenings in the NEO area.
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Objective: Provide an outlet for the tech community to gather around a non-technical social event. Think Cedar Point, camping trip, etc.
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Objective: Establish a sense of pride to be involved in the Cleveland tech community by providing wearables and stickables that don't look like they were designed by a developer.
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Objective: Provide a list of all of the active partner and participating co-working spaces in the area as a resource for those looking for a place to call their office for the day or month. Potentially provide discounts to folks being referred through.
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Objective: Establish one to two-day sessions based around specific objectives to allow affordable access to some of the most in-demand topics.
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Objective: Work with local bootcamps to promote their strategy and provide both the student and the bootcamp an entrypoint for tapping into NEO's dev community.
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Objective: Aggregate the most commonly-suggested learning resources to link out to as a courtesy to folks that are interested in getting a primer on a new topic.
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Objective: Learn more about what the Cleveland community is talking about by getting folks together for a discussion on the latest happenings and opinions in NEO.
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This is a big project and is lot of work. Think you can help out with any of the above? Open up a new issue and let's talk.
Code Cleveland is primarily discussed in the Cleveland Tech Slack team in the #codecleveland channel.
No! The last thing Cleveland needs is another meetup (although I am sure we will meetup :slightly_smiling_face:) The only structure the cleveland tech scene actually has is this slack team with 85 channels.
It's pretty easy to throw around startups and tech in the same conversation, but the truth is, they're two separate beasts and should be treated as such. There's tons of support available for startups in the NEO area (think TechPint, StartMart, FlashStarts, LaunchHouse, etc.) However, not everyone wants to be a part of the Next Big Thing™ or learn how to raise seed money.
We're glad to support NEO's startup culture, but it is important for the community to be cognizant of this distinction up front.