Deschutes Tech Guild

Technology, Community, Development, Growth

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Join us every second Tuesday at BendTech Coworking for food and drink, insightful tech talks, great community and fun.

Our Mission

Deschutes Tech Guild creates opportunities to learn, connect and share knowledge to foster personal and professional growth for technologists in Central Oregon.

Code of Conduct

Tech Talks

Hear insights from local leaders across a diverse array of tech topics.

Skill Building

Learn new skills to build your technology profile and resume.

Gathering

Develop a local network of like-minded technologists.

Camaraderie

Make new friends and build lasting relationships.

Our Sponsors

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Craft CMS

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BendTECH

BendTech offers an inspiring space for our Meetups and the local community. Whether you're seeking to escape home-office distractions or need a supportive community to bring your ideas to life, BendTECH has you covered. Join us to leverage our resources and network, and grow your business in a collaborative environment!

Our STory

The Deschutes Tech Guild was founded in July of 2023 to meet the need of the Central Oregon technology community for a dynamic, safe space to share about our diverse technology passions.

What started as Bend DevOps, founded by Brian Weber, Nathan Lee, Craig Wessel and Tyler Hardison, grew in scope and focus and was relaunched as the Deschutes Tech Guild as it merged with the local AWS User Group, run by Carrie Kerns, a founding organizer of this group. The organization broadened again with the addition of the CloudBeers Bend social technologist meetup founded by Matt Small, which is now the CloudBeers Afterparty. Most recently the Guild has merged with the longtime BendJS meetup organized by Kyle McLeod to further our goals to unite the developer communities in town.

The Deschutes Tech Guild connects and collaborates across our local tech community including putting on joint events with other like-minded communities such as Bend Startup Central, focused on supporting local entrepreneurs.