What we’re about
GemCity TECH is a family of user groups bringing tech-focused content to the Dayton Ohio community. Our calendar is filled with opportunities to learn and share information 'about all things tech'.
Join us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/nyDtEytbt6
Current user groups that GemCity TECH supports:
- Code For Dayton - Civic Hacking (David Best)
- New to Tech - software development fundamentals (Matt Alioto)
- Dayton .NET Developers - .NET, C#, MVC (Hanen Alkhafaji)
- Dayton Dynamic Languages - Python, Ruby, Rust (Catherine Devlin)
- Dayton Web Developers - JavaScript, frontend (Allen May)
- Frameworks - Design, UX, UI (Allen May)
- Gem City Game Developers - Unity, Blender (Brian Turner)
- Gem City Machine Learning - ML, AI, Python (Evelyn J. Boettcher)
Please join us at one or more of these groups for pizza and drinks.
Your RSVP tells us how much we order.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Code For DaytonArcade Innovation Hub, Dayton, OH
Code For Dayton is a monthly user group meeting at the downtown Dayton Innovation Hub. The meetings follow the "hack night" format - a little discussion and show and tell up front, followed by an opportunity to break into groups to work on civic or community oriented projects.
Today, we are heading back to the Preservation Dayton dataset! Janet was able to contact the researcher who did the original 1996 & 2012 study. We're going to hack on some python to see if we can properly update the report with this new piece of info.
Check out CodeForDayton.org to find out more about us and what we are working on.
- New To Tech - Goal Setting with Sara BettsThe Innovation Hub, Dayton, OH
Sara Betts is returning to helm this session of New To Tech on Goal Setting! From her:
"When it comes to goal setting, I think we can all agree that it’s hard. Failing to meet our goals can have a devastating impact on our self-esteem and self-worth … but what if there was a way to divorce failure from goals? What if there was a way to build success into the goal-setting process from the start?
Projects often go off the rails, change in scope, or get abandoned altogether if something else becomes a bigger priority. Why should our “goals” be any different? After all, one of the core principles of agile methodology is effectively responding to change over following a plan; if we are agile technologists, why would we suddenly become devotees of waterfall processes when it comes to our careers?
Every step of your career plan should therefore begin with three questions:- Can I do the task?
- Do I want to do the task?
- Am I free of barriers that prevent me from investing resources into the task?
This is known as the expectancy-value-cost model, and it’s a fantastic way to create success for ourselves by reframing goal-setting as project management to reclaim the power of our self-worth."
Take a look at her video here for a preview!
New to Tech is a group meeting monthly targeted at folks who are just starting to learn about software development, up through those already employed in the industry who are targeting their first promotion.* Topics will be presented twice, at the top of the month and then in the back half of the following month.
Topics will be split between software development fundamentals & career guidance and there will be plenty of time for group discussion & live coding. Please bring your laptop!
Feel free to pop into the Gem City Tech discord. More experienced folks are welcome to attend & share their knowledge!
![Gem City Mechatronics [Lab Night] cover photo](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/f/e/event_512042046.webp "Gem City Mechatronics [Lab Night]")
