One place to look is &quot;users groups&quot; for whatever tools you use. So if you were in Amsterdam and you work primarily in C++ you could look up &quot;dutch c++ users group&quot; and come up with this: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.meetup.com&#x2F;The-Dutch-Cpp-Group&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.meetup.com&#x2F;The-Dutch-Cpp-Group&#x2F;</a><p>Another good bet is to spend a month in a coworking space. There will be events sometimes. At the friendlier ones people go to lunch together. Different spaces are different though. Some everyone kind of sticks to themselves.<p>You can volunteer at RailsBridge or other nonprofits. There are also &quot;hacker spaces&quot; that you can just hang out in and work on a project.<p>You can also look up conferences that are coming through your city and go to them. Many people will be from out of town, but you&#x27;ll meet a few local people there too.