+====================================================================+ | root@borough:~# cat manifesto.txt | | | | THE BOROUGH EXISTS TO POWER THE UAE'S TECH ECOSYSTEM WITH ITS MOST | | VITAL ASSET: WORLD-CLASS, DRIVEN TALENT. | | | | COMMUNITY BUILDING TO US MEANS DARING TO INNOVATE, EMPOWERING | | OTHERS, AND FOSTERING REAL ENGAGEMENT. | +====================================================================+
+====================================================================+ | WHAT WE AVOID | | | | - SEEKING APPROVAL OR BUILDING A FOLLOWER BASE | | - TOLERATING SELF-PROMOTION OVER SUBSTANCE | | - EMPTY HYPE, AI-SLOP, AND LOW SIGNAL | +====================================================================+
+====================================================================+ | WHAT WE DRIVE | | | | - UNCOMPROMISING QUALITY STANDARDS FOR TECH PROFESSIONALS | | - GIVING YOUNG TALENT THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS TO STAND ON | | - RESTORING THE CLASSIC ENGINEERING MINDSET | | - BUILDING A SERIOUS POOL OF TALENT WITH REAL SIGNAL | +====================================================================+
+====================================================================+ | ACCESS | | | | WE ARE NOT REALLY INVITE-ONLY, BUT WE ACT LIKE ONE TO MITIGATE BAD | | QUALITY INFLOW. PEOPLE MAY JOIN THE DISCORD, INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, | | AND IF WE FIND YOU LEGIT, WE WILL APPROVE YOU. | | | | discord: https://discord.gg/u7AxwvuE7E | +====================================================================+
+====================================================================+ | STATUS | | | | WE ARE SMALL, AND GROWING. WE AIM TO HOST MEET AND GREETS, | | WORKSHOPS, AND FUTURE CONVENTIONS. | | | | WE LIKE AI, BUT NOT AI-SLOP. BE GENUINE. | | | | WE ARE IN THE UAE RIGHT NOW. SOON, OTHER COUNTRIES TOO. | | | | WE ARE GATEKEPT, AND WE LIKE IT THAT WAY. | +====================================================================+