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Tech Conf Conversation Starters

I have collected these suggestion from a twitter thread where I asked people for good conversation starters during informal times at a tech conference (lunch, break, etc.)

Huge thanks to all who gave their advice on twitter. The original twitter tread is here

I have paraphrased and categorized the questions. Some questions could've probably gone in more than one of the categories below

Personal

  • "What do you do?"
  • "Where did you get your sticker/t-shirt/hoodie/etc.?"
  • "Where are you from?"
  • "How long have you been a codenewbie?"
  • "Who's the most famous person you've ever met?"
  • "What are you passionate about?"

Conference related

  • "What did you like at the conference so far?"
  • "What are you looking forward to at this conference?"
  • "Were you at [conference name] last year?"
  • "That was a great talk, I liked it when the speaker said [insert topic here]"
  • "Did you learn anything new today?"
  • "Why are you at this conference?"
  • "Is this your first time at [insert conference name]?"
  • "What session did you attend this morning?" (if multitrack)

Media related

  • "Did you hear the CodeNewbie Podcast about [insert topic here]?"
  • "What's your favorite resource for online learning?"

Code related

  • "What do you like to work on?"
  • "What stack are you working on?"
  • "Are you working on any sideproject(s)?"
  • "What's your favorite websafe font?"
  • "What's your favorite color name/background color combo?"
  • "How did you start coding?"

Work related

  • "How do you like your current job/company?"
  • "Tell me about your data?"
  • "What do you work on?"

Outside category

  • "When do you think singularity will happen?"

Written by @lineaba - Feel free to share a link to this list or send me a PR if you have questions you think should be added.