Happy 10th birthday TurkuSec!

Today, we celebrated the 10th birthday of a community very dear to my heart, TurkuSec.

To finish the night, I gave a short birthday speech, which roughly went like this:

Dear TurkuSec, happy 10th birthday!

Some of you might know me, some might not. I’m Juhis and 10 years ago I was sitting in my office when Shamil came to talk about his idea for a cyber security meetup and wanted some encouragement and advice.

What comes to communities, 10 years is a holy shit scale. Most meetups die before the first event and of those who survive that, most die before the second event. Reaching 10 years is wonderful.

Benjamin talked earlier today about what AI can and cannot do and what we can do better than it. This is one of the things we’ll always do better: coming together, sharing stories, learning from each other and making friends.

The most impactful thing a community does is when 2 people come to an event and meet. Multiply that by 10 years, 100 events and 1000 people and we can see the magnificent impact this community has had in the local community.

Happy 10th anniversary and pystyy vetää!