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https://robots.thoughtbot.com/2026-11-09T00:00:00+00:00thoughtbotNWRUG's (Manchester, UK) November 2026 meeting — (Un)learning programmingRob Whittakerhttps://thoughtbot.com/blog/nwrug-s-manchester-uk-november-2026-meeting-un-learning-programming2026-11-09T00:00:00+00:002026-11-06T17:28:49Z<p>The next North West Ruby User Group in Manchester, UK is in a fortnight on 19 November at <a href="https://colonyco.work/one-silk-st">Colony, One Silk Street</a>. <a href="https://github.com/samuelpecher">Sam Péchèr</a> will reflect on starting out as a junior last year, just as the industry started to shift to not writing code.</p>
<p>We’ll be at the venue for pizza from 6:30pm with the talk starting at 7pm. Afterwards we’ll retire to The Crown & Kettle for a drink. The venue, pizza, and drinks are kindly provided by NWRUG’s sponsors <a href="https://www.fatsoma.com/">Fatsoma</a> and <a href="https://thoughtbot.com/">thoughtbot</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.fatsoma.com/e/27f5by1a/un-learning-programming">Register here</a> if you would like to attend. Full details on this (and all NWRUG events) over on <a href="https://nwrug.org/events/unlearning-programming">NWRUG’s website</a>.</p>
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