JUG World Tour: Java Dominicana (#39)

Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it. Today, we are traveling to the Dominican Republic to learn more about the country and its Java community.

Guests
Brayan Muñoz Vargas
• twitter.com/Brayanmnz_
• linkedin.com/in/brayanmnz
Eudris Cabrera Rodriguez
• twitter.com/eudriscabrera
• linkedin.com/in/eudriscabrera

Podcast
Host: Frank Delporte
• foojay.social/@frankdelporte
• twitter.com/FrankDelporte
Content

00:00 Introduction
01:10 About the Dominican Republic
02:02 About JavaDominica
04:43 Cooperation with other Caribbean and Latin-American JUGs
06:16 Spanish as the main language
07:13 Gender mix of the community
08:05 Java education in Dominican Republic
11:16 About JConf Domonica
• jconfdominicana.org
• jconfdominicana.org/archive/jconf2023/speakers
15:40 Java in Education Community Award

• jcp.org/java-in-education
• jcp.org/en/press/news/awards/2023awards
• alice.org
• scratch.mit.edu
• webtechie.be/post/2023-09-18-jep-445-unnamed-c…
20:11 Best and worst JUG session
22:26 Personal motivation to be part of the organisation
25:06 Java career opportunities
27:47 Plans for the future
30:13 How to get in contact
• eventbrite.com/cc/java-dominicano-talks-219639
• site.javadominicano.org
• github.com/JavaDominicano
• facebook.com/groups/javadominicano
• twitter.com/javadominicano
• t.me/javadominicano
32:33 Invitation to publish on Foojay
• foojay.io/today/how-to-submit-your-next-articl…
• foojay.io/today/join-slack-com-t-foojay-signup
33:12 Outro
Music

Barbershop John
Hermine Deurloo
Synapse by Shane Ivers - silvermansound.com