Basically one kid who worked for the startup I worked for right out of college started inviting me out for drinks with his friends, after I quit the company we both worked for to work for another company.
We both found out we live a few blocks from eachother downtown so we would meet up and catch up, he would update me on how the company is going, and I would update him on my new company because he originally had wanted to work there years before.
From there, he introduced me to people who were also really smart motivated people working for startups and we would all meet up once every week or so for drinks or coffee. From there I met alot of great people, some from my university, some not.
I agree it is harder to find friends once you graduate, but at the end of the day you have to be willing to put yourself out there. I am a very shy person and if I had not been invited out with that group of people by someone I had gone to class and ended up working closely with at my old company, I may not have felt comfortable just going out with people for drinks.
if you livei n a bigger city, reddit meetups are great, and going on eventbrite and going to entrepreneurial events is good. Even if you are not looking for a new job, that demographic is more likely to have self starter smart motivated ambitious people that you will run into, if thats the crowd you are looking to run with.
We both found out we live a few blocks from eachother downtown so we would meet up and catch up, he would update me on how the company is going, and I would update him on my new company because he originally had wanted to work there years before.
From there, he introduced me to people who were also really smart motivated people working for startups and we would all meet up once every week or so for drinks or coffee. From there I met alot of great people, some from my university, some not.
I agree it is harder to find friends once you graduate, but at the end of the day you have to be willing to put yourself out there. I am a very shy person and if I had not been invited out with that group of people by someone I had gone to class and ended up working closely with at my old company, I may not have felt comfortable just going out with people for drinks.
if you livei n a bigger city, reddit meetups are great, and going on eventbrite and going to entrepreneurial events is good. Even if you are not looking for a new job, that demographic is more likely to have self starter smart motivated ambitious people that you will run into, if thats the crowd you are looking to run with.