Interview
Rodrigo Graciano
Q: Can you share a career story related to user group participation?
A: Absolutely: my story revolves around how I was able to help someone advance in their career thanks to the JUG. This individual joined one of the Java SIG meetings, the New York Java SIG meetings, during the Covid-19 pandemic when we were holding them online. If it wasn’t for the pandemic, he would have never got in touch with us, but sometimes good things come from bad situations. He asked for help on how to learn Java and I provided him with a list of sources, videos, and people to follow. After some time, he disappeared, but then a few months later, he reached out to me again saying that he had a job interview for a Java developer position. I offered to help him prepare, and we spent an hour on Zoom going over interview questions. He had studied hard and was very dedicated, even attending the call at 2 or 3 A.M. his time from his clay house in Cameroon with minimal furniture...