your network grows every time you show up #careeradvice #communitybuilding #techjobs

24 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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Taylor Desseyn moved to Nashville in 2011 intimidated by tech meetups, then found it easy to connect in Amsterdam's community. He shows how showing up regularly transforms networking from scary to natural, and how those relationships shape your career.

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And I just think it's a surreal moment and I never forget like really where I came from. 'Cause I remember like in Nashville, when I moved to Nashville in 2011, like stepping into a meetup and like I used to be scared to go to meetups, right? Like I didn't know anybody, like I didn't know tech and I still don't know tech, right? And like being able to like fly to Amsterdam and like drop into the city and then get connected to a meetup community and then now going to lunch with another individual who I was introduced to. I don't know, it's just crazy to think about just my journey and just really the power of community. Yeah.