Coffee Chat
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
An informal one-on-one or small-group conversation, often framed around coffee, used for networking, mentoring, relationship building, or low-pressure exploration of ideas. In tech culture coffee chats are common in hiring, remote team bonding, and internal alignment.
In plain English: An informal meeting to talk, connect, or learn from someone.
Example: "She scheduled a coffee chat with the staff engineer not to ask for a favor immediately, but to better understand how the platform team thought about priorities."