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...

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 Simon about 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