MongoDB World 2018 Developer Advocacy Day talk on steps and ways to get involved in the MongoDB Community and how it can help one's career.

1. MongoDB Community
Getting Involved to Advance Your Career

2. Ken W. Alger
Teacher, Treehouse
@kenwalger

3. Community

4. Interacting with like-focused people
• We get to interact, share, and get to know people all over the world
with shared interests and focus.
• Even if you don’t feel that you’re able to contribute much to the
community right now, you will still get benefits.
• You can contribute!!! Nobody has the same background as you do and we all
start at the beginning.
• Real-time problem solving

5. Where are you involved?

6. Advocacy Hub
• Where
• https://mongodb.influitive.com/
• What
• Educational Challenges
• Social Media (Spread the News)
• Rewards
• Training and knowledge: MongoDB Certification/Books
• Gift Cards
• Ask an Expert

7. MongoDB Community Slack Group
• Where
• https://mongo-db.slack.com
• What
• Community discussion room
• All sorts of topics, language, product, general information, conferences, etc.
• Unofficial support

8. MongoDB Google Group
• Where
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mongodb-user
• What
• Open forum for discussion of MongoDB technical questions

9. Access to Amazing Resources
• Vendor introductions
• MongoDB staff
• Startup Accelerator program
• Continuous education is key for careers in this industry

10. Education

11. Cutting-edge learning
• Stay up to date on current MongoDB features and tools
• Beta program access in some cases
• Provide pre-release product feedback
• Exposure to new perspectives and how other MongoDB deployments
are done.

12. How Can You Impact the MongoDB
Community?
• Write a Blog Post, the Advocacy Hub is a great spot for ideas
• Don’t like writing? What about a Podcast?
• Training Videos
• Host or Speak at a Meetup
• Speak at a Conference

13. Career

14. What’s the Pay Off?

15. Career Advancement
• Public recognition as a MongoDB thought leader
• Book offers
• Job advancement and mentoring opportunities
• Recent Indeed.com search had over 6,500 open MongoDB positions just in the
U.S.

16. Ken W. Alger
ken@kenwalger.com
@kenwalger

17. Thank You!