i am from Milan, you can go to user groups ( like http://milano-xpug.pbworks.com http://milano-xpug.pbworks.com http://www.webdebs.org/ http://www.webdebs.org/

i am from Milan, you can go to user groups ( like http://milano-xpug.pbworks.com http://milano-xpug.pbworks.com http://www.webdebs.org/ http://www.webdebs.org/ ) or hacker spaces ( see http://www.talentgarden.it/it/ http://www.talentgarden.it/it/ ). Lot of people here with experience, if you need advice. There are also A LOT of free conferences ( http://www.agileday.it/ http://www.agileday.it/ http://2013.jsday.it/ http://2013.jsday.it/ http://rubyday.it/ http://rubyday.it/ http://www.communitydays.it/ http://www.communitydays.it/ http://2013.nosqlday.it/ http://2013.nosqlday.it/ ) where you can talk with italian (and expat) developers. From there you can choose, europe is an easy target ( in berlin, london there are a lot of italians )