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Symphtoms

  • Declining Numbers of participants on user groups
  • Less interesting new topics/events
  • Less new Startups
  • Braindrain
  • Big complex companies suck up talent and ideas
  • Totally standardized spaces and offices

Declining Numbers of participants on user groups

  • about 30% decline HH.js (guess)
  • about 50% decline Ruby Usergroup
  • Usergroups are very specific and short lived
  • Still they are boys entertainment
  • We start to see 'german only' usergroups - maybe not many new expats
  • The usergroups are very dry and formal - no yearly BBQ, no contact to arts etc. Another 3 hours in a conference room.
  • Still alcohol is served reguarly.
  • Everyone is buy 'working'

Less interesting new topics/events

  • We are repeating all the same events over and over again (PHP Unconf, RUBY Unconf)
  • We see talks that are mostly company representatives reading feature lists
  • Its just boring to attend sometimes. Its OK to talk tech, but there is more to life. Maybe reflect that in the schedule and go away from the main UG/Conference topic.
  • Cooperate more with the Universities. They have the young and hungry people

Less new startups

  • What new interesting ideas did you come across in Hamburg?
  • Except for the big VCs (Burda, Otto, Gaming Companies, VW, Daimler) - Who did just build a cool thing and launched?
  • All this is very 'efficient' and does not create a eco system of related jobs. 1 office management on 100 persons does not make for good social relations

Solutions

  • Everyone: Shots fired. Address the problem
  • People: Fund and found new startups - fast
  • Big Companies - Give up control over these startups in order to re-create a eco system
  • Get young people from school, over university into good jobs
  • Stop the overhyped startup thingie
  • Big Companies: Fund open source initiatives. With money and development time.
  • Big Companies: Stop getting IP over open Source
  • Banks, VCS, IHK: Start getting money into this. fast
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