How to become an AWS Community Builder and Benefits of Being One

Shubham Chaurasia
3 min readAug 31, 2022

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Hi Reader 🙂,

A Short Intro About Myself:- I love ☁️Cloud & I regularly share technical content related to the cloud on my blog & LinkedIn. Do Follow & Connect with me for updates & your queries. By Profession, I am a Certified MuleSoft Developer & Architect. By Cloud Certifications, 2x AWS | 1xGCP| 2x Azure Certified.

I congratulate you on taking the first step to become an AWS Community Builder

Do follow these people on LinkedIn to get regular updates.

  1. Jason Dunn — AWS Community Builders Program Manager
  2. Shafraz Rahim — Developer Community Program Manager, AP

Click Here to Join the Program:- Join AWS Community Builders

Note:- If the application process is not open, please join the waitlist, so you get the email when the application opens

Applications will be reviewed twice a year, and applicants who are accepted into the program will be invited on a twice-yearly basis.

How To Get Accepted Into the Builders Program(Tips & Tricks):-

  1. Showcase your projects, learnings, and POCs (link to GitHub)
  2. Mention your certifications (Could be of any Cloud)
  3. Write Technical Blog Posts, Presentations (Could be of any Cloud)
  4. Posts to AWS Forums, Stack Overflow, Reddit, Slack channels
  5. Write why you want to apply & what tech areas you are looking to learn
  6. Share any Meetup or session you have delivered in the past

If you have done a few of the above things, chances are you`ll surely get selected.

When you`re selected, you get an email like below

AWS Community Builder Email

Benefits of Becoming an AWS Community Builder

I have written the most valuable benefits out of many which we get. You can check the complete benefits here.

  1. AWS Swag Welcome Kit. (Check the below Image)
AWS Community Builder Swag Kit

2. One Certification Exam Voucher (any level: foundational, associate, professional/specialty) per 12 months.

3. AWS Credits:- You`ll get these credits within 30 days of joining the program via email. You can use these credits to learn, experiment & try out news AWS Services

4. One Year Subscription to Cloud Academy

5. Special access to events, webinars, briefings

6. Networking with SME & Other AWS Community Builders

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Gmail:-myid535@gmail.com
LinkedIn:-
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shubhamchaurasia1/

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Shubham Chaurasia

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