Hey everyone,

I’m a 29 y/o female living in a European country, and I recently made a career-switch as a cybersecurity engineer. My background is in network engineering (limited programming skills, but I understand the concepts), and I want to incorporate cybersecurity more both professionally and in my personal life.

Lately, I’ve been missing the old days when I’d stay up late gaming with friends on TeamSpeak, just hanging out with drinks, joking around, and sharing random knowledge. It was chaotic but fun, I miss the sense of community.

Now that I’m in cybersecurity, I keep thinking it would be amazing to recreate that same kind of vibe, but focused more around tech and cybersec. Just a chill, casual group where people can hang out at night, maybe bounce around ideas, work on little projects together, do some research, or just talk whatever while relaxing. Not competitive or super formal, just a friendly space to learn and grow together.

I have no idea where to find a community like that or how to start one myself if it doesn’t exist. So I thought I’d ask here: • Are there any online communities like this already? • Any Discord servers, late-night hacker/project lounges, or similar casual hangouts? • Would anyone even be interested in something like that?

Thanks in advance for any tips or ideas!