JUG World Tour: Chicago JUG and KUG (#27)

Since December last year, the Foojay podcast virtually visited a Java User Group monthly. This journey has already brought us to many places around the world. And this time, we are in Chicago to learn from the Java and Kotlin user groups. Guests Mary Grygleski https://foojay.social/@mgrygles https://twitter.com/mgrygles John Burns https://bigshoulders.city/@wakingrufus https://twitter.com/wakingrufus Podcast Host: Frank Delporte https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte https://twitter.com/FrankDelporte Links Chicago JUG https://twitter.com/CJUGhttps://foojay.social/@ChicagoJUGhttps://www.youtube.com/@ChicagoJavaUsersGrouphttps://www.meetup.com/chicagojughttps://discord.gg/U25g437 Chicago Kotlin https://twitter.com/ChicagoKotlinhttps://foojay.social/@ChicagoKUGhttps://www.meetup.com/chicago-kotlin/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWCHNOYemampfWXMUdQ95Swhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1tSwQ0ReIFFJbVpbNGIvmELaucyBTaL  A gift from DataStaxDataStax Vector DB and Search (no credit card and $25 monthly complimentary usage for up to a year):  https://bit.ly/3L1DkgiContent00:00 Intro and introduction of the guests02:08 How Mary and John got into Java, Kotlin and user groups06:55 History of the Chicago JUG08:43 How Chicago switched from dotnet to Java in 2010’s 09:09 How Chicago JUG and KUG cooperate13:04 Size of the communities13:55 Impact of Covid and working-from-home18:20 About streaming the event versus in-person19:47 How to attract new visitors23:00 Personal benefit of being part of a community27:39 Speaking at conferences around the world31:41 Most remarkable sessions38:25 Outro