Finding DevelopersRod Burns

@rodburns

So, where are the developers?

Well, pretty much everywhere…

Why might you want

to find out where

they are?

To provide local support on the

ground

To target your event and local

outreach activities

To understand if you need to localise

resources

How do you reach

those developers?

Firstly, what kind of

developers you are looking for?

If you know this we can get

geographic data from the

internet…

First Things First

Have you made the most of your own data?

•Google Analytics data from your website

•Registration data from your database

Developer Thermometer

London

161

Paris

79

Berlin

73

Source: Meetup.com

Amsterdam

68

Barcelona

41

Number of mobile technology

meetups in cities

Developer Thermometer

London

3169 members

Paris

2462 members

Berlin

287 members

Source: Meetup.com

Amsterdam

672 members

Barcelona

524 members

Largest Android meetups

in cities

Do bear in mind the success of a

group does depend on the

organisers

Startup Thermometer

London

4871

Paris

1317

Berlin

990

Dublin

399

Stats: angel.co

Amsterdam

602

Barcelona

449

Number of startups in cities

Moscow

725

Find Out About Startup Events

Startup Digest is available in cities in the world curated by

those in the local startup community

Find out how many events there are, what are the hot

topics etc.

Startup Activity And

Access To Funding

Google Developer Groups

Maybe you are targeting developers using Google

products? Or the same developers as Google?

GDG “Pulse” Information

Job Trends For Cities

GitHub Advanced Searching

Enough already, give me an example

London Paris New York Peckham

Mobile Meetups 161 79 448 ?

Mobile Developer Job Adverts 500 -25 250 ?

Android Meetup Members 3169 2462 2533 ?

Android Job Adverts 2500 100 2000 ?

Startups 4871 1317 9077 ?

GDG Attendees In Past 6 months 390 490 1115 ?

How do you do it?

What information do you use to make your

decisions?