Things I wish I knew while joining a Community

Community provides an environment that urges and inspires one and all to flourish as an individual and empower others in and around us to make the ecosystem a better place.

The purpose of this session is to share that how community impacts and lands novel opportunities to excel in career.
This talk focuses on tech communities and covers
-> Why community matters
-> What is community
-> How to start and contribute to the community
-> Challenges, opportunities and achievements of #WomenInTech that how a community plays an essential role in women's success by providing a safe and growing environment
-> General do's and don'ts

Talk given for #DevFest 2019 at GDG Siliguri on August 24, 2019

Transcript

1. Things I wish I knew while joining a Community @dhruvashastri12
2. Dhruva Shastri Business Developer, dhruvashastri12 All Events Ambassador, WTM Ahmedabad
3. Why community matters?
4. To Improve
5. What is community?
6. Idea Execution Collaborate Network Expand Dedication Passion
7. How community helps you Grow?
8. How community helps you grow? • Adds extra technical skillset to your profile • Handful of resources • Access to experts
9. How community helps you grow? • Network with like-minded people • Better opportunity options • Opportunities to attend global conferences and grants
10. How community helps you grow? • Learn to blend in team • Management and Leadership skills • Grow as a better person
11. The Journey
12. 2014 2017 2019 2018 2015
13. How this transformation happened?
14. I Follow 1. Consistency 2. Hard work 3. Dedication 4. Risk taking 5. Improve on feedback 6. Achieve 7. Celebrate
15. The tech industry is booming but where are women?
16. Why women leave?
26. Success Stories
27. @rpdesai24 @CharmiChokshi
28. Where are communities?
29. • Google Developer Groups • Google Developer Groups Cloud • Women Techmakers • Google Developer Experts • Google Launchpad • Google Business Groups • Developer Student Club • Girl Script • Py Ladies • Girls who code
30. How to start getting into community?
31. 1. Find out a community • Find out community of your interest ◦ Join GDG, WTM, DSC ◦ Meetup platform ◦ Ask friends/ seniors/ colleagues ◦ Search on professional platforms ◦ Search on social media • Limit yourself from going to various events of different communities ◦ Get biased based on someone else’s opinion/ experience
32. Exercise 1: Let’s join a community
33. 2. Share your knowledge • Write blogs on Medium/ paid guest blogging • Make youtube channel • Take sessions at regional meetups • Start with teaching your friends’ group • Don’t afraid to share knowledge • Don’t think like helping someone will make them succeed more than you • Medium/ Stack Overflow or any tutorial materials won’t be available then
34. Exercise 2: Let’s take action
35. Let’s decide a topic of your interest: Go home and let’s write a blog on it or Write a blog on attending this DevFest
36. 3. Open source contribution • Helpful for building your profile • Working in team remotely gets easy • How to contribute article
37. 3. Open source contribution • Find and commit on Github projects ◦ First Timers Only ◦ First PR Opportunities ◦ Make a first PR at GDGAhmedabad Learning Resources ◦ Write documentation/ translation ◦ Coordinate for projects with Mentors and Mentees • Communities ◦ Fossasia ◦ Outreachy ◦ Awesome opensource apps
38. Do’s and Don’ts
39. Be Consistent Get carried away with rumors or others’ opinions
40. Be Interactive Be Reserve
41. Encourage/help peers Laugh at or demotivate
42. Be humble & respectful Disrespect
43. Share your concern directly in first set of conversation Just drop ‘hi/hello’
44. Give feedback humbly Be introvert
45. Thank You! “ Not only the laureates get to shoot the stars, the best way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting the excellence.”