Title: Against the trend, just moved to SF from a mid size hub-of-nothing city of the East Coast. My GF got an internship in biotech and I work remote so here we are at least until January.<p>I&#x27;m self taught, have a technical high school degree in electronics and computers, and an AA that I meant to use to start a CS degree back in the east coast before we moved.<p>My work is a mix of App support with light software dev. I mostly support and update old apps written using ASP.NET (of which I know almost nothing), Nintex workflows that should&#x27;ve never been, make little scripts for ServiceNow virtual agent, and we have a series of low code apps that I also support, modify, etc. I replaced a guy who was also self taught and had no best-practices checks.<p>I&#x27;m solo in this endeavor since my product owner is not a developer and my other peer mostly deals with the red tape and administrative stuff like dealing with InfoSec&#x27;s recurring paperwork and vendor licenses. Happy to have him, but I can&#x27;t skill up in my field.<p>I&#x27;m now much closer to all the tech brain power of the country, and I&#x27;m trying to figure how to leverage my stay to improve my skills. I work 5AM to 1:30PM and so I have the whole evening open to feed my brain.<p>Are there any groups, meetups, schools, apprenticeships, or whatever else I could use to become a better dev? I know I could enroll in a CS degree and I do want that, but I already know of that answer.<p>I&#x27;d love to work on tools for people outside of the field that maybe boosts their productivity or makes their lives easier.
A few months ago I worked with my GF to make an app that helps her identify cyanobacteria automating a process they used to do in MS Word and it was super satisfying, but I know it can be much better if I had someone to work with.<p>Anyway, any idea will be very appreciated, even if you are in the same position I&#x27;m in and you&#x27;d like to meet to work on something.<p>Thanks!
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