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Getting organized: register a Delphi user group or club!
It’s been a hectic week at Delphi Developer, but a highly productive one! I am very happy that so many developers have responded and help with the organizational work. Because Delphi and C++ builder developers must get organized. If you want to see lasting, positive results, this has to happen. There are wast quantities of individuals, groups and companies that use Delphi and C++ builder around the world. Yet we all sit in our own bubble, thinking we are alone. It’s time to change that.
“we have decades of experience and technical expertise. And that is worth protecting”
In 2016 I was contacted by a Norwegian HR company (read: head hunters) and offered a Delphi position as at a local business. Turned out the business had struggled to find Delphi programmers for over six months. When I told them about Oslo Delphi club and showed them the 7500 members we have in Delphi Developer on Facebook, they were gobsmacked. The human resource company was equally oblivious to the sheer number of Developers just in Norway, let alone internationally.
Part of what I do today as an Embarcadero SC, is to front human-resource companies with clear information as to where they can look for competent Delphi developers. But in order to deliver that effectively, we first have to establish a map.
Put your local club or interest group on the map!
Last friday (24.08.2018) I published an open document on Delphi Developer. This is a document open and available to everyone, with the sole purpose of making it easier for developers to find clubs and interest groups in their region (jobs are often found through acquaintances, so connecting to a local group is important). It will also simplify how we as a community can approach human resource companies. Our document is growing but we still need more! So please take five minutes to add your local user group.

The Delphi and C++ builder community is large, but we need representation with HR
Delphi and C++ builder is seeing a stable and healthy growth. It has taken a lot of hard work and effort to get where we are today, both by Embarcadero and developers that use RAD Studio as their business backbone.
My hope is that everyone who read this can allocate few minutes, just five minutes to add to our document. So if you know of a Delphi or C++ builder user group, perhaps a club or organization? Then please check the document (Note: The document is pinned as an announcement on top of the Facebook group feed, but members can also reach it directly by clicking here) and add the club if it’s not already there.
Note: Please make sure that the information is correct. Call the club or group if possible. Remember, this document is for everyone. We want to maintain the document and keep it available 24/7.
Building bridges
The work members are doing for the community is quite important. It determines where we can go next. In fact, I will contact each and every club to establish communication and co-operation. There is much to debate, such as capacity for tutoring, courseware, primary contact for new users and more. If need be I will personally travel so we can meet face to face. I am deadly serious about this, because there is no other way to build critical mass. Our group alone have thousands of members whom have invested a lot of money in software, components, formal training and education; we have decades of experience and technical expertise. And that is worth protecting.
Getting organized to safeguard our education, our language of preference, our jobs and ultimately to nurture our future is a worthy cause. I hope I have everyone’s blessing in this — but I can’t do everything alone. It is impossible for me to know if there are 3 Delphi clubs in Venezuela, 4 in Canada and 15 in India. We need to get them pinned on a map and formulate a strategy for lasting, positive results.

The past is experience, the future is opportunities
I want to thank each and every one that has added to the document. Thank you so much, this will help our community more than you think. It might seem as a small step, but that first step is the most important of them all. All great things start as an idea, but when you apply force and determination – it becomes reality.
I am extremely lucky because this work is now a part of my job. My work includes a bit of everything: studies, authoring, coding, consulting and presentations. But the part I love the most is to connect people.
Real life results
If you think the document in question is a waste of time, think again!
Last week we had 3 rather frustrated members that desperately needed a job. After calming the situation down I made some calls and was able to find remote work for all of them.
It is a wonderful feeling when you can help someone. It is also what community is all about. The more organized we get, the better it will be for everyone. LinkedIn is great but networking without an infrastructure that responds can bear no fruits. And that is where Delphi Developer comes in. We are very much alive and kicking.
So with less than a week of organization behind us, we found and delivered jobs as a direct consequence of the Delphi Developer Facebook Group.
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