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This blog encourage you to contribute to the Community you are participating, and your contribution makes miracle to the globe.
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I am Kosuke, who is an active AWS Community Builder since 2021, is working as a Cloud Architect and PO in the Global CCoE team based in Tokyo, a husband, a friend of a black cat "Komachi" and a father of a 3yo kid.
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Wrap up 2024 as an AWS Community Builder
Here are my contribution to the AWS communities in Japan and in the world.
- As one of JAWS-UG Chiba chapter organizers, I co-hosted 6 workshops or meetups this year, 5 out of them were workshops in-person, and the other one was online from Philadelphia, PA during AWS re:Inforce was there.
- Published 2 Japanese versions of AWS BuilderCards, the previous one was distributed 200 sets among AWS communities in Japan(JAWS-UG), and the latest one was disclosed at re:Invent 2024 and the distribution is TBD(I WISH IT WILL BE EARLIER 2025!!). See AWS News Blog by Jeff Barr for more detail about the second edition of AWS BuilderCards.
- Offered 3 presentations in person, first one was at AWS Summit Japan on June 20, presented together with JAWS-UG Chiba organizers. The second was at AWS Community Day Taiwan on September 28 in Taipei, and the other was at JAWS-UG Tokyo meetup on December 16. Go on to my Speaker Deck to refer my presentations.
- Published 7 blog posts regarding AWS related activities of mine, 3 were related to the BuilderCards, others 2 were for JAWS DAYS 2024, and other 1 was for AWS Summit Japan and the last one for AWS CBs. In total I published 10 blog posts and 30 short notes in note.com/coosuke, Qiita.com/coosuke, and sizu.me/coosuke... Except for this article!!
3 most impressive outputs
AWS BuilderCards localization project. This year I dedicated most of my CB activities to this project. Not only translation the card game to Japanese, but I worked together with my folks to enhance learning effectiveness and developer experience through the game experience. Thank you very much folks, especially much appreciated to David Heidt, Shigeru Numaguchi both from AWS, and co-organizers of JAWS-UG Chiba. This project cannot achieve such a miracle as we are at this time without our collaboration and working together.
Throughout the BuilderCards project, I was so fortunate to offer presentations at AWS Summit Japan and AWS Community Day Taiwan, where I spoke our dedicated effort to this project. These 2 were the opportunities I had never have before, as Summit was so big AWS conference in Japan and the others was my first opportunity to present in English. They were challenging but I could have a good time both.
I cannot ignore the impression of my 3rd presentation, that I presented at JAWS-UG Tokyo and I spoke how to be an AWS Community Builder. My slide earned 2.9k PVs in recent 2 weeks, while my blog post regarding the same topic earned over 700 PVs. They are incredible impressions I had never experienced, who are typically earn around 100-200 PVs each output.
Want to make miracle? Apply the CBs program
AWS Community Builders accepts applications from developers once a year, most recently in January. While there are no required criteria to become a CB, your application will be reviewed by AWS to determine if you will be accepted as a new CB member.
Metric your outputs and its impressions, this is what you must do before you apply.
The upcoming application for CB will open on January 6, 2025, as Jason Dunn, the Global AWS CB Program Manager in AWS announced in his LinkedIn post.
Catch up about CBs program? Go on to AWS Community Builders on AWS Websites, set up your AWS Builder ID(IF you do NOT have the one yet), and add your name to the waitlist.
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