Foojay Podcast #46: JUG Switzerland

In this podcast, once a month, we discuss the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it.

In this episode, I’m leaving the European Union and stepping over the border of Switzerland, the country where the Red Cross was started, and many international institutions have their headquarters.

Let’s find out if there is also a big Java community…

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Speakers

Patrick Baumgartner

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/patbaumgartner/
• https://twitter.com/patbaumgartner

Simon Martinelli

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonmartinelli/
• https://twitter.com/simas_ch

Podcast Host: Frank Delporte

• https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankdelporte/

Links

• https://ijug.social/@jugch
• https://www.jug.ch/
• https://www.youtube.com/c/JavaUserGroupSwitzerland/videos
• https://jugch.slack.com/
• https://twitter.com/jugch
• https://twitter.com/VoxxedZurich
• https://voxxeddays.com/zurich/

Content

00:00 Introduction of the guests and topic

01:40 What should we know about Switzerland?

02:57 Java community in Switzerland

05:47 Java experience of the guests

07:10 What programming languages are reached?

08:15 JUG locations

10:08 Swiss JUG has sponsors and a back-office

12:45 Being a JUG speaker

14:02 Number of attendees

15:48 Impact of Corona

17:13 Other events like Voxxed

18:48 Motivation to be an organizer

21:32 Motivation to be a conference speaker

23:36 A JUG is where you learn to be a speaker

26:52 Remarkable sessions of the past

31:55 Format of the JUG sessions

32:27 Future plans

34:03 Questions for the listeners

36:42 Conclusion

Music

• Barbershop John
• Hermine Deurloo
• Synapse by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com