The Programmers Hangout is a free community for developers with over 111,500 members from all sorts of backgrounds and skillsets.
It's completely free to join and there are no requirements. The community has thousands of members from all over the world, so you will find people with the same expertise level as you for sure. No matter whether you are a beginner or a veteran with decades of experience, this community is great for finding advice and support.
Members of The Programmers Hangout interact in a Discord server. Inside, you can find many channels. On the one hand, there are several channels dedicated to diverse programming languages. There are also channels for common platforms and for computer science topics, as well as a beginners section. This section is specially designed for those who have recently started their journeys as programmers, and they can use that section as a safe space to ask all the questions they need to move forward.
The beginners' section also has a channel to find teachers from the community members. Some volunteer as teachers, which means you can get development classes for free. Other people charge for their services as mentors. On the other hand, you can find a section in the Discord server to talk about careers. In that section, members usually ask for career advice.
Members can also browse through several job postings to find their next career opportunity or to join as collaborators in different projects. Additionally, the "off-topic" section will allow you to interact casually with members and develop deeper relationships with them.
Furthermore, to supercharge your learning experience, you can leverage the community's resources. Inside The Programmers Hangout's website, you can find an extensive resource library for many programming languages, among other topics. Likewise, the Tech Spotlights are useful contributions members create in the Discord server in the form of tutorials. These resources are great both for beginners and advanced programmers.
Join a global community of programmers:
The Programmers Hangout has accumulated over 100,000 members since its inception in 2016. You can find people from all sorts of backgrounds and skillsets inside the Discord server to connect and interact with.
Get advice and support:
The community's Discord server is a great place to find advice and support on many programming languages and platforms. Beginners have also a dedicated section to start learning.
Find a teacher if you are a beginner (or a job!):
The Programmers Hangout has a job board where you can search for projects that best suit your skills. Additionally, you can search for teachers/mentors if you are a beginner, to kickstart your learning journey.
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Members of The Programmers Hangout interact in a Discord server. Inside the online group, you have many different channels to discuss the development and also off-topic issues. For example, there is a dedicated section for beginners, where you can ask questions regarding how to begin your programming journey. The channel "teaching-and-tutoring" will help you find a mentor to start learning.
On the other hand, the "career and projects" section is great to find career advice and job postings. You can also find open-source projects to contribute to and specific projects of the community. The Discord server also has a section with channels for different programming languages, as well as a "tech & platforms" section and a "computer science" section.
The community has an extensive resources library where you can find useful content on several programming languages. There are also resources for bot development, web development, and cryptography. On the other hand, the Tech Spotlights contain helpful contributions members have made to the community in the form of tutorials, that now appear as featured content on The Programmers Hangout's website.