

{"id":5680,"date":"2019-04-23T18:33:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T13:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/?p=5680"},"modified":"2021-06-07T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T09:45:47","slug":"google-developers-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/google-developers-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"I am now a Google Developers Expert in Web Technologies!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has just <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/community\/experts\/directory\/profile\/profile-ahmad-awais\">welcomed me<\/a> into the Google Developers Experts Program after recognizing <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AhmadAwais\">my open source work<\/a> as a web technology expert. As you can imagine, I&#8217;m quite happy to have earned this distinction.<\/p>\n<p>Woohoo! \ud83e\udd73\ud83e\udd73\ud83e\udd73<\/p>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/community\/experts\/directory\/profile\/profile-ahmad-awais\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5697 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Google-Developers-Expert-Ahmad-Awais.jpg\" alt=\"Google Developers Expert Ahmad Awais\" width=\"1472\" height=\"1732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Google-Developers-Expert-Ahmad-Awais.jpg 1472w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Google-Developers-Expert-Ahmad-Awais-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Google-Developers-Expert-Ahmad-Awais-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Google-Developers-Expert-Ahmad-Awais-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Google-Developers-Expert-Ahmad-Awais-860x1012.jpg 860w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Google-Developers-Expert-Ahmad-Awais-680x800.jpg 680w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Google-Developers-Expert-Ahmad-Awais-400x471.jpg 400w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Google-Developers-Expert-Ahmad-Awais-50x59.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1472px) 100vw, 1472px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"postcontents full dark\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"%f0%9f%98%87-the-story-goes-like-this\">\ud83d\ude07 The Story Goes Like this\u2026<a href=\"#%f0%9f%98%87-the-story-goes-like-this\" class=\"heading-link\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"postcontents wrapper\">\n<p>I worked alongside the Google Developer Relations team back in 2017 hacking together a couple of open source projects. Since then I&#8217;ve got the opportunity to hang out with and work alongside some of the finest engineers in the web industry.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<section class=\"devsite-landing-row devsite-landing-row-1-up programs-hero devsite-landing-row-50 devsite-landing-row-large-headings devsite-landing-row-no-image-background \">\n<div class=\"devsite-landing-row-group\">\n<div class=\"devsite-landing-row-item \">\n<div class=\"devsite-landing-row-item-description \">\n<h4 id=\"experts-program\">Experts Program<\/h4>\n<p>A global program to recognize individuals who are experts and thought leaders in one or more Google technologies. These professionals actively contribute and support the developer and startup ecosystems around the world, helping them build and launch highly innovative apps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"devsite-landing-row devsite-landing-row-2-up \">\n<div class=\"devsite-landing-row-group\">\n<div class=\"devsite-landing-row-item programs-features-item programs-features-item-colored devsite-landing-row-item-no-image \">\n<div class=\"devsite-landing-row-item-description \">\n<h4 id=\"eligibility-criteria\">Eligibility Criteria<\/h4>\n<div class=\"devsite-landing-row-item-list-item-content\">\n<div class=\"devsite-landing-row-item-list-item-description \">\n<ul>\n<li>Be a expert in the subject area.<\/li>\n<li>Have the ability to articulate clearly and provide meaningful advice to others.<\/li>\n<li class=\"&quot;devsite-landing-row-item-list-item\">Display continued activity in the startup and developer ecosystem, by:\n<ul>\n<li class=\"devsite-landing-row-item-list-item\">Being an influential and recognized speaker at large and small tech conferences.<\/li>\n<li class=\"devsite-landing-row-item-list-item\">Creating high quality technical content, including: tutorials, code samples, educational books, blogs posts, and videos.<\/li>\n<li class=\"devsite-landing-row-item-list-item\">Mentoring tech entrepreneurs in designing, developing, and distributing their products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s basically how I got the invite from a couple of Googlers and ended up going through the Google Developers Experts interview process. You are first referred by a Googler and then vetted through a fair interview process.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"postcontents full dark\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"%f0%9f%8e%96-the-badge\">\ud83c\udf96 The Badge<a href=\"#%f0%9f%8e%96-the-badge\" class=\"heading-link\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"postcontents wrapper\">\n<p>I&#8217;m a developer advocate for Open Source &amp; JavaScript. You can find me advocating all things F\/OSS. Over the years, I&#8217;ve produced <a href=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/2018-open-source\/\">170+ open source projects<\/a> which are used by <a href=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/1-million-developers-using-shades-of-purple-theme\/\">millions of developers<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/community\/experts\/directory\/profile\/profile-ahmad-awais\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5700\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-GDE-Web-Technologies-Badge.png\" alt=\"2019 GDE Web Technologies Badge\" width=\"220\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-GDE-Web-Technologies-Badge.png 505w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-GDE-Web-Technologies-Badge-252x300.png 252w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-GDE-Web-Technologies-Badge-400x476.png 400w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-GDE-Web-Technologies-Badge-50x60.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, I had a couple of interviews with a web GDE and a Googler \u2014 the rest, as they say, is history. You can read more about the process <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/programs\/experts\/\">here<\/a>. As a form of recognition, the Google Developers Experts also get a badge. I got the one for Web Technologies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/community\/experts\/directory\/profile\/profile-ahmad-awais\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6848 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-2019-GDE-Web-Technologies-Profile-Badge.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmad Awais 2019 GDE Web Technologies Profile Badge\" width=\"601\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-2019-GDE-Web-Technologies-Profile-Badge.jpg 601w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-2019-GDE-Web-Technologies-Profile-Badge-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-2019-GDE-Web-Technologies-Profile-Badge-400x418.jpg 400w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-2019-GDE-Web-Technologies-Profile-Badge-50x52.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"postcontents full dark\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<h2 id=\"%f0%9f%a6%8a-whats-next\">\ud83e\udd8a What&#8217;s Next?<a href=\"#%f0%9f%a6%8a-whats-next\" class=\"heading-link\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"postcontents wrapper\">\n<p>Well, for the most part, it&#8217;s business as usual. I love open-source and developers are my people. I am going to keep doing what I do as a developer advocate. Building communities and helping developers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"postcontents full\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/community\/experts\/directory\/profile\/profile-ahmad-awais\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7632\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developer.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmad Awais Google Developer\" width=\"1289\" height=\"981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developer.jpg 1289w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developer-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developer-1024x779.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developer-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developer-860x655.jpg 860w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developer-680x518.jpg 680w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developer-400x304.jpg 400w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developer-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1289px) 100vw, 1289px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"postcontents wrapper\">\n<p>\u2705 I&#8217;m super eager to work alongside the development teams behind Chrome&#8217;s V8 Engine and the Speed\/Perf team that works on making the web more accessible for everyone but especially for the <em>Next Billion Users<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude80 This GDE program membership is a blessing in disguise for my work on Progressive Web Apps and the JavaScript SEO issues that I so badly want to address as I work on JAMstack applications with offline support via Service Workers. Has to do with the Mobile-First Test using Chrome 42 (I guess).<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd19 I&#8217;m going to be releasing seven pretty awesome pieces of open-source software (somewhat interconnected) that I&#8217;ve been working on for quite some time now. This is something I am super excited to share.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f I&#8217;ve several speaking engagements planned throughout the year. With the GDE program, there are going to be a couple more opportunities for me to speak \u2014 especially about web performance with PWAs and JAMstack \u2014 at a few local conferences. Fingers crossed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you&#8217;re planning an event that has to do with developers and you&#8217;d like me to talk about the cutting-edge web? Then go ahead, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/speaker-terms\/\">Want Me To Talk page and get in touch<\/a> with me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"alert gray\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PROFILE<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/community\/experts\/directory\/profile\/profile-ahmad-awais\">Ahmad Awais \u2014 Google Developers Expert<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"postcontents full dark\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<h2 id=\"%f0%9f%98%8e-global-gde-summit\">\ud83d\ude0e Global GDE Summit<a href=\"#%f0%9f%98%8e-global-gde-summit\" class=\"heading-link\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"postcontents wrapper\">\n<p>In October 2019, I was invited to Google&#8217;s Silicon Valley campus on an all-paid trip to a gathering of 400+ Google Developers Experts. That summit was super awesome.<\/p>\n<p>The opening keynote was by the astronaut <strong>Dr. Garrett Reisman<\/strong>. He had worked with NASA and now works with Elon Musk at SpaceX. Phenomenal story of his 100+ days in the space. He made us laugh a lot.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"postcontents full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6851\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developers-Expert-Web-Technologies-Profile-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmad Awais Google Developers Expert Web Technologies Profile\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developers-Expert-Web-Technologies-Profile-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developers-Expert-Web-Technologies-Profile-scaled-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developers-Expert-Web-Technologies-Profile-scaled-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developers-Expert-Web-Technologies-Profile-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developers-Expert-Web-Technologies-Profile-1536x843.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developers-Expert-Web-Technologies-Profile-2048x1124.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developers-Expert-Web-Technologies-Profile-1680x922.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developers-Expert-Web-Technologies-Profile-860x472.jpg 860w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developers-Expert-Web-Technologies-Profile-680x373.jpg 680w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developers-Expert-Web-Technologies-Profile-400x219.jpg 400w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ahmad-Awais-Google-Developers-Expert-Web-Technologies-Profile-50x27.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div>\n<section class=\"postcontents wrapper\">\n<p>Then two full days of awesome panel discussions with different teams at Google and several NDA&#8217;d workshops, talks, updates on what&#8217;s next with Google Developers. I also attended a <strong class=\"gk ip\">Technical Writing<\/strong> course.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday night we had the party at the <strong>Tech Interactive Museum<\/strong> in San Jose, California. It was a fun way of networking and nerding-out with GDEs from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>And the closing keynote was from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidnihill\">David Nihill<\/a> was all about making your audiences laugh. Yes, it was on &#8220;how to talk funny&#8221;. For an amateur comedian like me, that was everything I needed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"postcontents full\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6856\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC03462-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmad Awais GDE Summit\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC03462-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC03462-scaled-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC03462-scaled-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC03462-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC03462-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC03462-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC03462-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC03462-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC03462-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC03462-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC03462-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"postcontents wrapper\">\n<p>I wonder if you can spot me in there? OK\u2026I&#8217;m there on the extreme left in the fourth row from the bottom, <a href=\"https:\/\/to.awais.dev\/mLn589\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5680 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/google-developers-expert\/20191025_164934\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-ahmadawais.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20191025_164934-rotated-150x150.jpg\" 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