The life of a website programmer can be quite interesting, but it can also be lonely, especially if you are self-employed and work on your own. Even if you are a programmer that works for an agency and therefore work alongside others in a office, you will spend a lot of your time with your head down programming and cannot be distracted. If you are a programmer and run your own business, then it may not only be the social side of this that causes an issue. You need to stay in touch with latest developments and have time to promote your business.

Over the last few years that’s has been a noticeable increase in networking events and groups set up specifically for the people that are involved in the online world such as web programmers, web designers and online marketeers. These are often quite informal get-togethers, where people can share ideas and possibly even make new acquaintances that they may call upon in the future as well as giving them some all-important time to socialise. If you are interested in attending one of these groups, search on some of the social media sites. If there is not a group near you then it may be an idea to contact some people in the local area who work in this industry to ask if they would be interested in attending if you started one up?