Last week, I participated as a speaker for the first time at Community Over Code 2024.

Community Over Code is a key principle at Apache, highlighting the importance of having a solid and collaborative community rather than just focusing on the code. While good code is essential, the community’s strength and resilience keep a project going and growing. I love how this is expressed in the “Apache Way.”

Renaming ApacheCon to “Community Over Code” reflects this idea, emphasizing the central role of community in Apache’s approach. This year, Community Over Code was in Bratislava, Slovakia. My talk was in the Community track, where I spoke about Outreachy Internship, the Apache Software Foundation, and Apache Airflow. My goal was to celebrate the success of the Outreachy program, which has surpassed 1,000 internships, and I am proud to be one of them.

I talked about the community, shared success stories, and provided clear examples, such as Bowrna Prabhakaran and Ephraim Anierobi, and shared my personal experience. I also explained how Outreachy, along with my mentors from Apache Airflow, Jarek Potiuk, and Elad Kalif, boosted my professional career in Open Source 03 years ago.

Now I work for Percona, which has been recognized as one of Inc. Magazine’s 2024 Best Workplaces! I love my job and the amazing things we are building at Percona. Percona is an open-source software company that fully believes that open source should remain open throughout. This belief inspires me to work at Percona.

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