Communities and their role in shaping my career

A presentation on how communities helped me build my career and why everyone of us should strive to be a part of one!

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1. Communities And their role in my life (so far) ... Harshit Dwivedi
2. Communities and me XDA Developers
3. Circa 2011
4. Learnings from XDA 1. Peaked interest in android 2. Linux 3. Communicating with people from different cultures and backgrounds 4. Made some amazing friends despite never meeting them in person! 5. Common Sense ...
5. Now Well, not an achievement per se; but yeah!
6. Communities and me Google Developer Groups
7. Circa 2015
8. Learnings from GDG 1. Got me serious about tech and coding 2. Helped me know what’s life and career outside of college 3. Introduced me to people whom I could look up to 4. Helped me become more of an extrovert person 5. Swags!!!
9. Now
10. Communities and me Udacity
11. Circa 2015
12. Learnings from Udacity 1. Android; extensively 2. Learnings and adapting new things 3. Access to a community of 500 first Nanodegree graduates in India 4. Opportunity to teach and mentor others 5. Learning to Google! (Trust me; this is a must have skill in life)
13. Now
15. Communities and me Google Summer of Code
16. Circa 2016
17. Learnings from Google SUmmer of Code 1. Using my android skills in real world applications 2. Maintaining and working with a huge codebase 3. Reviewing and writing clean code 4. Managing (and convincing) people 5. Working with people coming from different time zones, backgrounds and cultures
18. Now
19. Now 1. Google Summer of Code Mentor with FOSSASIA 2017,2018 2. Google Coding in Mentor with FOSSASIA 2016,2017 3. Google Code In Organization Admin with JBOSS 2018 4. Google Summer of Code Mentor with JBOSS 2019
20. Why Communities?
21. Benefits that You can get from a Community 1. Accelerated Learning 2. Non-Conventional thinking 3. Meeting like and differently minded people 4. Building projects and possibly products together 5. Building a portfolio for yourself 6. Get chance to travel and see the world 7. Long lasting connections
22. Had it not been these communities; I would probably not have have been the person I am today!
23. What Makes a Successful Community?
24. It’s not about you; it’s about YOU What makes a Successful Community
25. Better Together What makes a Successful Community
26. The More You Give; The More You Get What makes a Successful Community
27. A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats What makes a Successful Community
28. Think Global; Not Local What makes a Successful Community
29. Who am I?! Good thing you asked; I’m an • Android Developer who’s working on the platform for the past 3 years • Open Source contributors to various organizations like Firebase, Apache, FOSSASIA, RedHat, etc. • Tech Blogger • One of the first Google Certified Android Developers • Speaker at 10+ international conferences • Facilitated Mobile Development across 25+ countries ... • And a community person at heart
30. Communities you can be a part of!
31. Google Developer Groups GDG New Delhi
32. Developer Student Clubs DSC IGDTU
33. Thank you! Questions???