Hi Owen, There are quite a few Melbourne meet up groups on meetup.com besides the RoRo monthly group, so its worth picking a few while you are here to make some contacts.
Being relatively new to Melbourne myself, I can't really recommend a great place to hang out but if you (or somebody else) proposes one during the time you are here then a few of us might be able to come by and have a chat and a beer. Cheers, Nigel -- http://www.whossingle.net - check out who's available, engaged or taken amongst your friends and their friends *Dr Nigel Sheridan-Smith PhD BE* Mob: +61 403 930 963 Email: nigel --AT-- partneredup.com LI: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nsheridansmith On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Pat Allan <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Owen > > There's a few of us rubyists who hang out at Inspire9 - you're welcome to > drop by generally if you need a desk, but also I'm happy to have a chat > over a beverage of some description at some point while you're in town as > well. Feel free to get in touch off-list to line something up when you've > got some idea of what day/time would suit. > > Cheers > > -- > Pat > e: [email protected] || m: +614 1327 3337 > w: http://freelancing-gods.com || t: twitter.com/pat > bounce: http://trampolineday.com || skype: patallan > > On 17/04/2012, at 3:11 PM, Owen B. Mehegan wrote: > > > Hi guys, I thought I had posted to introduce myself at some point in the > past, but searching seems to indicate that I didn't! I guess I've been > lurking for a couple of months then. > > > > I'm an American rubyist, based in San Francisco currently, and married > to a lovely Melbournian woman. We're working on a plan to relocate > permanently to Melbourne within the next 2 years. For her, as an accountant > (pretty worldwide skill set) who worked for a Big 3 firm in Australia and > then the US for a number of years, she has the contacts, experience and > knowledge of her industry to be able to job hunt effectively when we go > back. Me? Not so much. We'll be in Melbourne for a wedding from May 4 - 16 > (exclusive of the 11-14 weekend), and I was hoping to get a chance to meet > some folks from the ruby community there over drinks. I told my wife I > wanted to "chat up" some people and she told me that's grounds for divorce, > so I guess that's not the term I want - hah! > > > > It appears that I'm going to miss the official April meetup by a few > days, but if anyone would be up for a couple of beers, maybe after work one > night, I'm happy to meet wherever might be convenient around the city. The > wife's family is in Keilor East and we'll be staying there but will have a > car. I'm just interested in getting a feel for what the tech industry is > like in Melbourne, where I might be able to put my skills to use, and what > I can do to make myself more marketable before I get there. > > > > A bit more about me: 31 years old, lived in San Francisco for the last > six and a half, originally from Boston before that. My career arc has gone > from IT guy to Linux sysadmin to QA guy to, for the last few years, QA > automation/frameworks/deployment/infrastructure/internal tools/kitchen sink > guy. People sometimes say that Perl is a glue language; I've come to think > of myself as a glue engineer. I usually get hired to do one main thing, and > then I start picking up other little jobs, improving or replacing pieces of > infrastructure and whipping up time-saving tools. I'm usually a team of > one, and I always look for jobs where I can learn from a group of talented > engineers with skills on a level above mine. It's been a fun ride over the > last few years here in the Mecca of technology, I'll be sad to leave, but > Melbourne is a hell of a city judging from my four visits so far. I'm > looking forward to it. > > > > So if anyone's interested in getting together, by all means let me know. > And hey, if you've been thinking about checking out the scene in San > Francisco, I'd be happy to trade my knowledge for yours : ) Thanks in > advance... > > > > -- > > [email protected] (Owen B. Mehegan) > > 'I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just > squandered.' > > --George Best > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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