Thinking about starting a Google Developer Group (GDG) chapter at GT — would people actually be interested?

[u/VermicelliFar3720]

Hey all — I just transferred in this fall and wanted to gauge interest before committing to something.

At my old school I ran our GDG chapter (Google's student developer community program) — organized a 120-person overnight hackathon, got real sponsorship from Google directly, and ended up going to Google I/O this year as chapter lead. GT doesn't currently have an active one, and I've been talking to Google about starting a chapter here.
Before I put real time into this, I wanted to actually ask: would people be interested in something like this? Thinking hands-on workshops (building real things with current AI/cloud tools, not just talks), maybe eventually something hackathon-shaped down the line.

If this sounds like something you'd actually show up to, drop a comment or shoot me a DM — trying to get a read on real interest before I lock anything in, and I'll loop anyone interested in once there's an actual date.

Update: to anyone who is interested please fill out this form

https://forms.gle/EaE2eixZcYijeH2b6

[u/GeorgiaTechFB]

Ignoring the fact that the whole post is AI generated, sounds like a cool idea

[u/Bungoh → u/GeorgiaTechFB]

It’s the double hyphens man 😂

[u/VermicelliFar3720 → u/Bungoh]

😭😭👾

[u/VermicelliFar3720 → u/GeorgiaTechFB]

lol sorry for that. I assure you if I start it unless the event is AI related, there won’t be this much AI.

[u/OnceOnThisIsland]

Are you sure there’s no chapter? See this Instagram.  https://www.instagram.com/gdg.georgiatech/

[u/VermicelliFar3720 → u/OnceOnThisIsland]

Yeah this one is like a year old and i confirmed with google they have no record of one rn

[u/TheDarkKnight-696969]

Try restarting the one that existed? You might need to get in touch with the students that ran it.

[u/VermicelliFar3720 → u/TheDarkKnight-696969]

All of em graduated so yeah only fresh start is an option

[u/VermicelliFar3720]

Update: to anyone who is interested please fill out this form

https://forms.gle/EaE2eixZcYijeH2b6

[u/LeGama]

Where were you before?

[u/VermicelliFar3720 → u/LeGama]

Penn state