“ I want these local Meetups because I am a part of this industry and in a role of a team lead, would like my team to be aware of the niches of technology. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because it's the best way to learn things. ”

“ I'm interested in web technology. ”

“ I am from Greece/Cyprus ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I want to network with other professionals ”

“ I am Group Moderator for Open Source Mobile" http://www.opensourcemobile.ning.com I look forward to other Open Source enthusiasts to join us there too, esp Mobile enthusiasts in OpenMoko, Linux embeddedGTK, KDE, Qtopia, etc ”

“ Hi, I'm interested in networking with some fellow developers and see what opportunities exist out there! ”

“ Hello everyone, I'm Jincy and I'm here to meet new friends and explore how we can utilize our free time by coding . Happy Coding!! ”

“ Hi All, I am Srini and I work as a software consultant for a financial company. Thanks, --Srini ”

“ Former programmer for a database based accounting system who is updating to newer and different programming and quality assurance technologies (read: going back to college?). ”

“ J2EE, Hibernate, Struts (not a fan), JBoss guy interested in geospatial and social software. ”

“ I run Barbary Codes and Data, an independent development shop. ”

“ Hello! As a long time Java developer/architect, I moved to San Francisco in April 2005 to try my luck in the IT training world. So far it's been both fun and challenging, but such is life. I'm looking forward to meeting you all! ”

“ Hi Everyone, I'm a Java Developer here in Oakland, mostly working with the struts/hibernate frameworks at the moment. I'm looking forward to meeting the group at the next meetup ”

“ Hi This is John Prindle of www.CaliforniaCoaching.net We are currently seeking top notch JAVA programmers for current and future Positions in the SF Bay Area ”

“ Techie. Wanna get rid of them tapes. Get HD into my life. No dogon clickin in XHTML. Store in UDF. Go optical. ”

“ Heathen swine. ”

“ Started learning Java in 2007 so a total newbie, interested in Spring, Hibernate and general web applications in Java technologies. Previously worked with C, C++ embedded RTOS systems. ”

“ CS Prof at USF, project lead for ANTLR and StringTemplate. ”

“ At Sun, I was designer and implementor for JDK4 and JDK5 language features. Chief designer, implementor, and evangelist for the effort to add Closures to Java in JDK7. A member of the Google Calendar engineering team. ”

“ I am a engineering management guy, alway interested in learning about important technologies like Java... Don't hold the management part, or that nice dress I'm wearing against me ;) ”

“ Bon, Wake, Frank, Will Eisner, Kim Veitch, Teen Titans, Courtney Crumrin, etc. ”

“ I live in Daly City but work in Mountain View and would be into South bay events ”

“ Dining and meeting people about the Bay Area are favorite pursuits of mine; see my Yelp blog at http://josephcjackson.yelp.com . ”

“ I work at SuccessFactors.com.....largest SaaS in the world.......and were looking for developers...anyone interested contact me....and we'll talk it from there :)...cool cheers ”

“ I lead a Java User Group for web developers <https://sv-web-jug.dev.java.net> and a Google Technology User Group <http://sv-gtug.org>. They both meet once a month at Google in Mountain View. Check them out! ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I am seeking developers interested in developing on the vaakya platform ( www.vaakya.com ) ”

“ I always enjoy meeting new and interesting people! ”

“ .... happy to provide introductions for J2EE developers that wish to live / work in San Ramon. I am a corporate recruiter (HR Dept) in San Ramon. https://www.officialpayments.com Official Payments Corp, a division of Tier Technologies, Inc ”

“ I am a co-founder of eDream Factory - We build Virtual Worlds like no one else. Check http://www.edreamfactory.com for more information. ”

“ I long for the day of real user interfaces instead of browsers. <sigh> ”

“ I want these local Meetups because, i work in these areas ”

“ I'm shy. background: recently graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. ”

“ I want to share new ideas and paradigms in this field and do social networking ”

“ I am interested in Java Data Objects (JDO). I also like to skateboard. ”

“ I'm the author of POJOs in Action and an architect/mentor/consultant specializing in helping organizations develop better software faster. I'm looking for new clients and new consultants. It would be great together in Oakland and talk about Java. ”