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Indy Hackers
Holiday Social 2015
Celebrate the year with your fellow hackers over food and drink!
Please join us — a bunch of programmers, nerds, geeks, hackers — to celebrate the year with food, drink, and friends both old and new. Saturday, December 5th, 7PM, at Launch Fishers's New Location! North East side of Indianapolis, we will have the fifth annual Indy Hackers' Holiday Social. We welcome everyone -- Pythonistas, Javanese, COBOLians, Scalanites, PHPers, Rubyists, .NET nuts, Perlsians.... We might even have some hardcore functional programming zealots giving in to mutable state for a few hours. The best part? It is completely free.
Update! You can't join us because this event is over. Like, WAY over. You can relive the excitement by checking out the pictures from the event, as captured by official Holiday Social documentarian, @thirdshift.
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What's Happening?
FOODS. DRINKS. PRIZES. Last year was great, so this year is going to be approximately the same because why would you change something great?
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Food
Enjoy several options from 10-01 Food and Drink! Mini-cheeseburgers, fried chicken strips, hummus, veggie and fruit trays! Brought to you by Leaf Software Solutions!
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Drink
For those of age, a variety of beer from Upland, and wine, as well. (Don't worry if you don't drink! There will also be soft drinks.) All of this is brought to you by our sponsor MOBI Wireless Management!
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Games
Let's play together! We might not all be gamers regularly, but playing Super Mario Kart against friends is almost always fun. What about some NBA Jam (original!)? BOOM SHAKALAKA! How about some board games? Among others, we will have a copy of Kickstarter's best selling board game, Robot Turtles. (Don't worry, there's a set of rules for big people.)
Schedule
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Kick Off
The event gets started at 7pm, Saturday, December 5th. Walk in, grab a brew, relax.
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Fun will still be happening at 8:05
The fun, it will continue.
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More fun at 9:30
Seriously, there's not really a schedule.
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Prizes All Night Long
Prizes will be given away all night long, thanks to our sponsors.
How is this being put together? / How can you help?
Back in 2010, a couple of us simply wanted to get together with a few of our friends, who almost all happened to be programmers. We loved the company of fellow hackers, so we decided to invite more.
The local community of software professionals in this city are amazing, and once we started to get together, people began getting more and more excited about how to make it better the next year.
This year we have a group of 7 volunteers that have led the charge from an organizational and momentum perspective. But, again, the local community is incredible, and the amount of help and support we have recieved has been breath-taking.
However, we aren't done yet...in order to make sure this is a success, we need help from the "homes of the hackers"...meaning the businesses around town that have an interest in the local development community. Also, for the first time in Indy Hacker Holiday Social history, we are going to try and give back a little to those less fortunate.I'm a "home for hackers"...
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Hiring a Developer?
The single best way to hire a developer, is by being connected to the community. If we know you, and how awesome your mission is, how incredible you work environment is, and how much love you have for the community at large, I guarantee you we will think of you first when we are looking for our next adventure.
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Increase Awareness of your Company?
Sometimes it isn't about recruiting...sometimes you are just proud of what you are doing, and want others in the tech world to be more aware of it. This is a great opportunity to show us what you have cooking!
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Just want to support Local Developer Community?
We all know what the world thinks of "West Coast Engineers" and "East Coast Coders"...well, we are incredibly proud of what we are doing right here in the mighty MidWest. If you want to help us showcase that, supporting events like this goes a long way towards that goal.
For more information on how to become a sponsor, check out the Sponsorship PDF and/or just e-mail us! Absolutely all sponsor money goes toward the event.
I am a hacker...
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Want to do more with IndyHackers?
This is all acomplished because a few folks really love the local community, and wanted a way to bring it together. Do you have ideas about how we can make this better? We would love to talk to you! Come chat with us on the Indy Hackers Flowdock flow
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Bring a can?
As much as we love giving back by bringing all of this amazing talent together...we also know that this is an incredible opportunity to give back to those less fortunate as well. So, on your way to the event, grab a can or two and we will donate them to the less fortunate.
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Want to startup a new meetup?
This is the perfect time to start up a group of hackers that may be feeling alone...if you have an idea for a new meetup, but just do not know how to get it started, come talk with us...we have been running local meetups for years, and can help point you in the right direction, and maybe even jump start membership by announcing it at this year's holiday social.
Testimonials
Hackers enjoyed themselves in at the Holiday Social in past years. Check out what just a few of the partiers had to say afterward:
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Thanks to @indyhackersorg and all the sponsors for a great end-of-year event.
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Had a great time at @indyhackersorg holiday party. Got to talk about @CircleCityCon to @OWASPIndy, and a few others. Awesome-sauce!
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Awesome time at the @indyhackersorg holiday social last night. If you didn't get a hug, let me know and I'll get you sorted out.
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Really great time at @indyhackersorg holiday party last night, even if I did get demolished at street fighter
Demolished!
Where?
Join us, at The New and Improved Launch Fishers! Launch Fishers is a co-working space for entrepreneurs working on startup, high-growth and high-potential enterprises. We get the honor of being one of the first events in their hot new space! Visit LaunchFishers.com to learn more about the venue.
On The Map
Address
The New Launch Fishers
12175 Visionary Way
Fishers, Indiana 46038 USA
Please be cool at our event. We have a lot of fun, but take things like harrassment seriously. Please see our code of conduct.
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