# Chicago meetup Monday, May 21

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chicago-meetup-monday-may-21/10919>\
**Category:** Meetups\
**Created:** [May 15, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chicago-meetup-monday-may-21/10919 "2018-05-15T21:39:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chicago-meetup-monday-may-21/10919/1 "2018-05-15T21:39:12Z")

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Monday, May 21, 2018  
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM  
UBS Tower, 1 N. Wacker

> 1.0 is right around the corner! Meet the new local organizer and discuss potential topics for future sessions, and strategies for getting Julia into your lab following the big milestone release.
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> John will speak about his experience using Julia for quant finance research and teaching. Matt will present about Julia Computing’s contributions to the language, including JuliaDB.

Hope to see folks there!

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**Author:** ![anon97116444](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@anon97116444](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon97116444)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chicago-meetup-monday-may-21/10919/2 "2019-10-13T22:49:06Z")

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Hi there  
just looking at Julia for a new application. A Chicago resident and happy to meet for breakfast in Ceres or lunch somewhere on LaSalle.

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chicago-meetup-monday-may-21/10919/3 "2019-10-15T15:34:49Z")

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Hi @anon97116444 — welcome!

It’s been quite some time since we’ve done a Chicago meetup — as you can see we’re long overdue! We’ll be putting something together in the near future… stay posted!

I’m also always happy to meet up with folks more casually… I work from home and coffee shops on the north side but would enjoy a field trip to the loop for breakfast or lunch some day.

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**Author:** ![anon97116444](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@anon97116444](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon97116444)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chicago-meetup-monday-may-21/10919/4 "2019-10-15T17:51:37Z")

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Hey Matt

```
  how about next week for a breakfast in Ceres, my treat. I am

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considering starting a new enterprise with some chums and looking  
at Julia to form the core architecture IF it passes muster. We’re  
the end result of years of coaching from Dr Jim Gray so a little  
picky when it comes to what we hang our code off, we aren’t  
remotely convinced by the Google guys briefings on GO and we want  
to try a new language hence Julia. Let me know if you can meet  
for brekker in Ceres and we can see what happens next.

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  One thing that may be of interest, I own a building in Pilsen and

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am considering converting the basement ( 60’ by 20’) into a maker  
space. I would appreciate your views on that. I have NO time for  
any of the Chicago shared spaces and believe a more silicon valley  
approach is more suited to the way we work.

Looking forwards to meeting you

Cp