# Event Details - **Event Name**: techSPARK Next Gen: What I Wish I'd Known - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: A relaxed community for the next generation of people working in tech.About this EventtechSPARK Next Gen: What I Wish I'd KnownNew to tech? Still figuring out what half the job titles even mean? Same.techSPARK Next Gen is a laid-back, no-agenda-except-honesty evening for people early in their tech careers.No sales pitches. No recruiters lurking with a LinkedIn QR code. Just a room of people roughly where you are, hearing from people who were once exactly where you are, before they figured a few things out (or didn't, which is arguably more useful to know).For our first get-together, we're putting six people from wildly different corners of the tech world, software, product, data, design, marketing, sales, ops, on the spot with one question: what do you wish you'd known earlier in your career?They get five minutes. That's it. No slides, no pitching, no polished career highlight reel. Just wrong turns, unexpected opportunities, confidence wobbles, career changes, and the advice they learnt the long way round, because nobody told them sooner.Come for their wisdom. Or, their lack of it. Either way, you'll leave knowing you're not the only one who has no idea what you're doing, and neither did they, for quite a while.The Details📍 Where: Central Bristol📅 When: Wednesday 23rd September🕠 5:30pm — Doors open. Grab a drink, arrive, settle in, meet people.🎤 6:00pm — Welcome + What I Wish I'd Known: six lightning talks, five minutes each.🍕 6:30pm — Pizza arrives. From there, it's simply time to eat, have a drink, and chat.👋 7:30pm — Official wrap up (though nobody's kicking you out).No forced networking, awkward icebreakers, or organised breakout groups. Stay as long as you like, talk to whoever you like.This is a small, intentional, event so it stays a conversation, not a conference.Who This Is ForBroadly, people in the first 0–7 years of working in tech or a tech-adjacent role. Software, product, data, design, marketing, sales, customer success, operations, or something else entirely, first job, fourth job, or a total career pivot into tech. It's about career stage, not age or job title.Come on your own. Come with someone from work. Come with mates. Come with questions, or just come and listen.What's NexttechSPARK Next Gen runs every other month. At the end of the evening, you'll get to nominate who you'd like to hear from next, so if there's someone in the community you'd want to grab a coffee withand pick their brain, tell us.Future topics on the cards:Is AI Going to Take Our Jobs?Productivity & Balance (perfect for January, when everyone's New Year energy has already fizzled)Recruitment: CVs, LinkedIn, and how to be seen without cringingWellbeing: looking after your (very tired) brainNext dates: Wednesday 25th November · Wednesday 27th JanuarytechSPARK Next Gen A relaxed community for the next generation of people working in tech. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bristol/techspark-next-gen-what-i-wish-id-known/100001998221929582 - **Event Categories**: fitness - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Central Bristol - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Bristol - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Central Bristol - **lat**: 51.4522585 - **long**: -2.5924622 - **full address**: Central Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: techSPARK Next Gen: What I Wish I'd Known - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/d8272e2e9ad3b0bf989b5c340a89d002bf9f047d1fd621bd5d8410981ac7dd90-rimg-w1200-h600-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1787061364 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is techSPARK Next Gen: What I Wish I'd Known being held? - **A:** techSPARK Next Gen: What I Wish I'd Known takes place on Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Central Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing techSPARK Next Gen: What I Wish I'd Known? - **A:** techSPARK Next Gen: What I Wish I'd Known is organized by TechSPARK. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "techSPARK Next Gen: What I Wish I'd Known", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/d8272e2e9ad3b0bf989b5c340a89d002bf9f047d1fd621bd5d8410981ac7dd90-rimg-w1200-h600-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1787061364", "startDate": "2026-09-23T17:30:00+01:00", "endDate": "2026-09-23T19:30:00+01:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/bristol/techspark-next-gen-what-i-wish-id-known/100001998221929582", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Central Bristol", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Bristol", "postalCode": "Bs1 1RP", "addressLocality": "Bristol", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "51.4522585", "longitude": "-2.5924622" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "A relaxed community for the next generation of people working in tech.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-18", "availabilityEnds": "2026-09-23T19:30:00+01:00", "validFrom": "2026-08-18", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/bristol/techspark-next-gen-what-i-wish-id-known/100001998221929582" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-18", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-08-18", "url": "https://allevents.in/bristol/techspark-next-gen-what-i-wish-id-known/100001998221929582", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-18", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-08-18", "url": "https://allevents.in/bristol/techspark-next-gen-what-i-wish-id-known/100001998221929582", "price": 0, "name": "Donation" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "TechSPARK", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/techspark/20021147" } ] } ] ```