General Meeting Information
When: 1st Tuesday of each month - 6pm to 9pm
Where: AMN Health Care 12400 High Bluff Drive San Diego, CA 92130 Phone: (866) 871-8519 Parking: Park in any spot that is not marked Reserved. Doors lock at 7pm so please get to the location before 7pm.
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All meetings are FREE* and everyone is welcome
Since we began in 1994, we have tried to cater to all levels of developer experience in our meetings... beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. Except when we have a guest speaker that takes up two hours (7-9pm), this is how we try to design our meetings:
- 6pm: Beginner level topic
- 7pm: Beginner/intermediate level topic. If we have demos of third-party products, we will usually put them in this time slot
- 8pm: Intermediate/ advanced level topic
If you have any questions, would like to suggest a topic or volunteer to give a talk, to send an e-mail to David McCarter
* To raise money to operate our group, we hold a raffle at the end of each meeting (8:50pm). Tickets are sold for $1 each at 8pm. We have lots of cool swag to raffle off each month like books, software, T-shirts, jackets and more!
If you are a vendor and would like to donate to our raffel and get your name listed at the bottom of this page, please to e-mail David McCarter.
The History of the Group:
This group was created in 1994 by local programmers for the purpose of exchanging useful information relating to Microsoft Visual Basic and related tools and has now grown into the .NET technologies. Our meetings include topics on .NET itself as well as database, software design, software management, internet, and software business issues. In short, we encompass the entire process of software development and tools from a .NET-centric angle. The group is run exclusively by volunteers. Our meetings are designed specifically to provide information that is of practical benefit to programmers of any level of knowledge, from novice to expert. Each meeting is normally structured with two presentations for a greater variety of information. We also attempt to help with specific problems and questions outside of the main presentations in a one-on-one meeting with a knowledgeable volunteer.
Directors
The San Diego .NET Developers Group is led by some of the top .NET programmers in the San Diego area. It was decided in the early conception of the group that there would be no president, vice president etc. Instead, all those who want to volunteer their time to help with the group have an equal and sometimes strong voice. Six or more heads is always better than one!
Below is an list of those people, a short description of what they do, and how to contact them:
David McCarter
Also known as "dotNetDave", David is one of the founders and chief lecturers of the group. He also has the dubious distinction of sweet talking (begging) component vendors to come demo their products or donate software for the groups monthly software raffle. He can be heard to say "San Diego is a GREAT place to come and take a vacation!"
David McCarter is a principle software engineer in San Diego. He is also a Microsoft MVP and an INETA Community Excellence Award winner. He is the editor-in-chief of dotNetTips.com... a web site dedicated to helping programmers in all aspects of programming. David published three books, the latest is David McCarter's .NET Coding Standards available at: http://www.cafepress.com/geekmusicart.165478704 and has written for magazines like the Visual Basic Programmers Journal. David gives talks on programming at conferences such as CodeCamp, VSLive, Microsoft DevDays, colleges, high schools and he teaches regularly at the University of California San Diego. He also runs his own software/consulting company called NicheWare.
to e-mail David McCarter
Ike Ellis
Ike loves to code, loves technology, and thoroughly enjoys business. He’s been doing all three since 1996. Ike has been Microsoft Certified since the beginning. He currently holds the MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD, and MCNE certifications. In addition to his responsibilities at EllisTeam, he is the current chairperson for the Beginner’s SIG of the San Diego .NET User’s Group. He also volunteers his time with SQLPass and the San Diego .NET Developer’s Group. His blog is at http://ellisteam.blogspot.com. Follow him on Twitter at ellisteam1.
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The San Diego .Net Developers Group is San Diego County's free and comprehensive .NET educational resource. We have served the developer community for over 11 years by producing content and providing a discussion forum that appeals to both experts and beginners. The expertise of the speakers featured at our meetings is second to none.