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Relocated to NYC during COVID - advice how to network & find friends?

Augustina34·Oct 16, 2020

Posted in:Elpha NYC Advice Early Career Welcome

Hi Elphas! I recently relocated to NYC from Tel Aviv for my s/o's job however due to COVID it's been really challenging finding likeminded people to hang with. Would love help getting in touch with people in NYC that are interested in tech :)

teresaman·Oct 16, 2020

Feel free to DM me! Happy to meet up virtually or in person :)

Iynna·Oct 16, 2020

Welcome! This was also addressed here (not NYC specific but can give some thoughts)https://elpha.com/posts/l1sp02s5/how-is-everyone-finding-connection-friends-during-pandemic

beccawilliams·Oct 16, 2020

Hi Anon. I'm not based in NY, but I have found CreativeMornings events (https://creativemornings.com/cities/nyc) to attract an incredibly awesome group of people interested in tech and the arts and their HQ is NYC. Events are virtual now, however, if that looks interesting, you could consider reaching out to their organizers and maybe volunteering. You could consider attending other virtual NYC-based Meetups, too, and looking for NY-oriented technical Slack groups.

alexcia·Oct 16, 2020

Here there! Also relatively new to NYC and in tech :) Like @teresaman said, would be happy to meet up in person or virtually.

jeriessagof·Oct 17, 2020

Please feel free to DM me! Happy to meet.

HGF·Oct 25, 2020

I’m relatively new to NYC (been here less than a year), in tech, and I lived in Israel for 4 months during college. Would be happy to connect :)

AnmolJain·Oct 26, 2020

Hey - welcome to NYC! I'd love to virtually meet and get to know you. :) It's always hard moving to a new place (and even more so right now, mid-pandemic!), but here's what helped me and hopefully can help you as well: Meetup groups you're interested in are a great way to meet like-minded people - plus a lot of them are still hosting virtual events and networking sessions. Some other places where I tend to find events I'm interested in include Charlie O'Donnell's newsletter (https://www.nycweeklynewsletter.com/), Gary's Guide (https://www.garysguide.com/events), and the Skint for non-professional fun events and things to do around the city (https://theskint.com/). Other than that, I've also enjoyed Cafecito (https://www.meetcafecito.com/) as an easy way to virtually meet people I wouldn't otherwise have.Happy to share more stuff based on what you're interested in - New York is a wonderful city, and I'm sure you'll find a wonderful community and home here. :)

ellepin·Jan 18, 2021

Always down to connect as well!