Camunda Champion's Path

What is the Champion's Path?

A progression-based pathway for Camunda community members to contribute to. This will help community members advance in their journey toward becoming a Camunda Champion. By starting out as a Camunda Comrade and adventuring the Comrade's Quest, you'll learn the foundational building blocks of Camunda hands-on by contributing to the community.

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Who is eligible?

Community members active in any of our communities (Camunda Cloud, BPMN.io, and Camunda) can start their journey toward becoming a Camunda Champion by submitting an application during any open application window.

How are Camunda Comrades, Adventurers, and Champions selected?

Interested community members can submit an application during an open call for our next batch of cohorts have their application reviewed by the Camunda Champion Program Apps. This team consists of the following Camunda team members:

  • Luca Buchholz, Global Community Manager, Camunda
  • Joshua Wulf, Developer Advocate, Camunda
  • Mary Thengvall, Director of Developer Relations, Camunda
  • Niall Deehan, Sr. Developer Advocate, Camunda
  • Rin Oliver, Technical Community Builder, Camunda

The Champion Program team reviews applications asynchronously, leaving detailed feedback on each application before casting final notes.

Successful applicants are notified via email if their application is accepted.

Applications reopen in 2022, and we want to hear from you! The closing date for applications is April 2022 for those who wish to be eligible to start with our next cohort of Champions starting May 2022. The Camunda Champion Program team reviews all applications and notifies applicants by email if they're accepted.

Step One: the Comrade's Quest

When you're just starting out on your journey as a Camunda Champion, the road may seem daunting. While you may be new to Camunda, you're not alone in your journey. There is a vibrant community here to support you on your path toward becoming a Camunda Champion. By starting out as a Camunda Comrade and undertaking the Comrade's Quest, you'll learn the foundational building blocks of Camunda hands-on by contributing to the community.

To reach Camunda Comrade status, one may complete a variety of the following tasks (note that you don't need to complete all of these tasks, and are encouraged to undertake only those that interest you!):

  1. Contribute a minimum of five merged (pull requests) PRs to the following Camunda GitHub organizations (Note: These pull requests can be enhancements, bug fixes, documentation improvements, etc.):
    • Camunda Cloud
    • Camunda
    • BPMN.io
    • The Camunda Community Hub
  2. Organize an ongoing (virtual) Camunda Community Meetup.
  3. Give a presentation/talk about your experience with Camunda at the following events:
    • a. Camunda Community Summit
    • b. Camunda Meetup
    • c. CamundaCon
    • d. An industry event
  4. Contribute to the Camunda Community forums.

Rewards:

  1. Camunda swag
  2. Support and collaboration from Camunda's Developer Relations team
  3. Shoutouts in our Developers Newsletter
Step Two: the Adventurer's Journey

As you gain experience with Camunda, you may find yourself leading an adventure of sorts. As an intermediate Camunda user, you are familiar with Camunda products, services, and have worked with Camunda in the past. You often find yourself helping others navigate the journey of working with Camunda, getting started with BPMN, or solving an issue with Camunda Cloud. Whatever it may be, Camunda Adventurers lead their fellow community members toward their goals by embodying collaboration, communication, compassion, resourcefulness, and empathy.

To reach Camunda Adventurer status, one may complete a variety of the following tasks [note that you don't need to complete all of these tasks, and are encouraged to undertake only those that interest you!]:

  1. Contribute a minimum of 10 merged PRs to any repository in the following Camunda GitHub organizations (Note: These pull requests can be enhancements, bug fixes, documentation improvements, etc.):
    • Camunda Cloud
    • Camunda
    • BPMN.io
    • The Camunda Community Hub
  2. Be a maintainer of an open-source project in the Camunda Community Hub.
  3. Become a meetup organizer.
    Or, if you already are one, organize at least four Camunda Meetup events per year.
  4. Present about Camunda at a regional (NA, EU, LATAM, APAC) conference.
  5. Have at least five videos about Camunda on YouTube.
  6. Eligibility for 'Hearts' or 'Solutions' in a quarter of the Camunda Community forum of your choosing.

Rewards:

  1. Everything listed for Camunda Comrades, PLUS:
  2. Invitations to speak at and attend Camunda events, such as:
    1. Camunda Community Summit
    2. A Camunda Meetup
    3. CamundaCon
  3. Access to Slack workspace exclusively for highly-engaged community members
  4. Access to Camunda team members for help creating content
  5. Firsthand information about updates from the Camunda Universe
Step Three: the Champion's Call

To learn more about becoming a Camunda Champion, visit our Champions resources. Camunda Champions are some of the foremost experts across Camunda, and exemplify what it means to be a Champion by being helpful, collaborative, and empathetic.

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