Career networking question

I was reading a post about networking on Reddit, and someone mentioned going to networking events where hiring managers are. Now I'm really curious!

I'm a hiring manager and I don't attend any networking events. Honestly, outside of conferences, if I had an interest in doing that, I'm not even sure where I'd start (to meet other analytic/DS professionals).

Does anyone actually attend networking events? Are they focused on analytics, AI, data science, or more of an industry in general? …

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