In 2016, the Magento Community presented over 800 talks on Magento or at Magento-centric events, produced over 100 podcast episodes centered around Magento, organized conferences and meetups in over 34 different countries, wrote seven books about Magento, contributed to official product documentation and core code, wrote over 1,100 blog posts to raise awareness and education, and answered thousands of questions on both StackExchange and the Magento Forums. In this session, we’ll look at what that means for the Magento Community in India and how you can help grow the Magento ecosystem while enhancing your personal career.

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Enhancing Your Career
with the Magento
Ecosystem

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Sherrie Rohde
Community Manager, Magento

5. A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of
sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
What is community?

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Community Collaboration in 2016:
• Over 1,100 contributors.
• Presented over 800 talks on
Magento or at Magento-centric
events.
• Produced over 120 podcast
episodes centered around Magento.
• Organized and produced
conferences and Meetup groups in
over 30 countries.
• Wrote seven books about Magento.
• Contributed to official product
documentation.
• Wrote over 1,100 blog posts to raise
awareness and education of our
platform.
• Answered thousands of questions
on both StackExchange and the
Forums.

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tiwarimuk nmohanswe dev_amitbera
Top Contributors in India
RakeshJesadiya imSanthoshPgetatish

8. Abraham Maslow
Human motivation is based
on people seeking
fulfillment and change
through personal growth.

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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Physiological
Safety
Belonging
Esteem
Cognitive
Aesthetic
Self-Actualization
TranscendenceDeficiencyNeeds
(Coping)
GrowthNeeds
(Happiness)

10. Affiliating, being part of a group (family,
friends, work).
Belonging

11. Magento Global Ecosystem
205,000+
Engaged
Magento
Developers
7,500+
Certified
Developers
145+ Events
34 Countries
6 Continents
$4.2B
Ecosystem revenue in 2016
300+
Top-Tier
Solution
& Technology
Partners

18. Achievement, mastery, prestige, respect from
others, and a feeling of accomplishment.
Esteem

19. 980 certifications in India.
918 individual certified developers.
32 certified solution specialists.
Magento Certification

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Gabriel Guarino muk_t Rich Cleverley JLHC
Forum Moderators
Daniel Sousa snowdog Brent W Petersonptomter
Black Cat
kab8609

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davidalger miguelbalparda Vinai dmanners
GitHub Moderators
schmengler avoelkl mzeisfooman

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miguelbalparda scottsb DavidLambauer JosephMaxwell
DevDocs Contributors

24. Knowledge and understanding.
Cognitive

25. u.magento.com
Magento U

26. community.magento.com
Magento Forums

27. Since relaunching in 2015.
235,000+ members
2,300+ accepted solutions
5,800+ kudos

29. magento.stackexchange.com
StackExchange

31. devdocs.magento.com
Documentation

32. Realizing personal potential, self-fulfillment,
seeking personal growth and peak
experiences.
Self-Actualization

34. crowdin.com/projects/MagentoTranslations
Translations

36. github.com/magento
GitHub

38. devdocs.magento.com
Documentation

40. Over 800 talks given at 145+ events in 34+
countries in 2016.
Public Speaking

46. How else can you contribute your expertise?
Get Creative

49. Helping others to achieve self actualization.
Transcendence

52. http://bit.ly/Magento2Books

57. Pick one area to get involved / need to meet.
So what now?

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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Physiological
Safety
Belonging (Global Ecosystem, Local Meetups)
Esteem (Certification, Moderator, Contributor, Magento Master)
Cognitive (Magento U, Forums, StackExchange, DevDocs)
Aesthetic
Self-Actualization (Forums, Translations, GitHub, DevDocs, Speaking)
Transcendence (Forums, Katas, Books, Blogs, Job Boards, …)DeficiencyNeeds
(Coping)
GrowthNeeds
(Happiness)

59. Questions?

60. @sherrierohde
sherrie@magento.com