Competing with Amazon’s cloud services, a space in which the Seattle tech company holds around 40 percent of market share, is a tough undertaking.

For Google, one way to make its pitch as the better provider is through Google Developer Groups — meetup sessions centered around cloud hosting and other topics. Here in Philly, the company just launched GDG Cloud Philly led by Old City-based developer Zach Russell.

“The application was pretty straight forward, anyone is open to apply and just have to fill out a form to kick off the process,” said Russell in an email. “I then had to wait something like 6 weeks to hear back from them (I’m guessing a lot of people are applying) to set up an interview. In the interview they basically want to make sure that you are familiar with the topic of the meetup (Google Cloud), have experience running meetups, and have the capability to find event space and speakers.”

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