GDE Program

Application guide
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Experts Program
Google Developers Experts is a global community of experienced
developers who love to share their knowledge and passion with others.
They are independent professionals working at different companies
or startups.

Do you have expertise in some Google technology like Android,

Angular, Assistant, Cloud, Go, Flutter, Firebase, Google Play, Maps or
Machine Learning?

Do you often speak about those technologies at big and small events,
or blog about them? Maybe you lead tech workshops or create video
tutorials to help other developers? If so, read on to learn how to
become a Google Developers Expert.
Why join?
Google supports Experts in many ways. Some of them may include:

• recognizing their skills via Experts website and badges that

Experts may use in their social media profiles or personal websites,

• facilitating access to Google product teams and projects,

including early access programs,

• invitations to Google events around the world,

• supporting travel to conferences where they can speak about their

favorite technologies,

Last but not least, Experts are becoming part of an amazing,

international community of passionate developers who share
knowledge, support each other and often become friends for life.
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The GDE program has brought me in close contact

with a diverse group of highly talented people
within the Android community. This has made me
more aware of my existing biases and exposed me
to new interesting insights on how to solve
challenging problems

Jeroen Mols, Android GDE

GDE program empowers you to share your

knowledge better, learn from other communities
and get insider experience on Google technologies
you already use and love

Javier Provecho, Cloud GDE

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Who can become a GDE?

To be eligible to apply you need to meet all 3 requirements below.

01 Have solid knowledge of one or more Google or open

source technologies.

02 Display continued activity in the developer and/or startup

ecosystem, by:

• Being an influential and recognized speaker at tech

conferences

• Creating high quality technical content, including: tutorials,

code samples, educational books, blog posts and videos
or contributing to open source projects

• Mentoring other developers, conducting technical

workshops or trainings

03 Have the ability to articulate clearly and provide

meaningful advice to others.

If your activity as a speaker, mentor or content creator is not very high,

try building up your “portfolio” in the upcoming months. If you know you
Tip will be giving more talks or writing tech articles soon, wait with applying
to the program until you can include those activities in your application.
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Application process
The application process for the Experts program consists of 3 steps:
application form, the community interview and the product interview.

Step 01
Application form
In order to get access to the application form, you need to be referred by an existing
Expert or a Googler. Try reaching Experts at events or via their social media channels
to discuss your eligibility.

The application form will ask about your experience, community contributions and
your motivation to join the program. Make sure to fill out the form carefully and to
showcase your impact and contributions for a prolonged period of time.

Successful GDE candidates have a long track record of tech talks or written content
they created themselves. If on top of that you have been organizing events, you can
mention this in the application form. If your activity so far has been mainly organizing
developer events, you may not be eligible for the GDE program.

The form will ask you which Experts category you want to apply for (Android, Flutter,
Cloud, etc). If you don’t see some category in the application form, it means we are
currently not accepting new candidates. Keep checking the form from time to time,
since new categories may appear over the course of the year.

the form will ask you about your activities and contributions to
the developer community. Make sure that the activities you list
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are related to the product category you are applying for.
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Step 02
Community Interview
Once you are past the application form step, you will be matched with
one of the current Google Developer Experts for the Community Interview.
The aim of this interview is to get to know you, your motivation to join the
program and your expertise in the category you are applying for.
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Step 03
Product Interview
You are almost there! After passing the Community Interview, this
time you will be matched with a Googler for a Product Interview.
The interviewer will focus mostly on your technical knowledge and
expertise. No need to stress out - you’ve got this! Remember this
is not a job interview but rather a conversation with someone who
is as passionate about technology as you are.

This video by Firebase Expert Jeff Delaney will give you many useful
Tip hints on the application process and what it means to become a GDE.
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Meet the Experts

Who are the Experts? What do they do for a living?
What are they passionate about? Meet 3 Google Developer Experts:
Britt Barack, Laura Moringo and Robert John.

Britt is a worldwide public speaker, a mentor at Google Campus Tel Aviv,

and Android blogger. She is co-leading Android Academy TLV - one of the largest
and most active Android communities out there. Britt is also Women Techmakers
Israel community lead and acts to promote diversity in the tech industry.

Britt Barack
Android GDE,
United Kingdom

Laura is a senior software developer, advocate and mentor. Originally from

Buenos Aires and now based in London, she works as a web developer advocate
for Samsung Internet. Besides coding, Laura is really active in the tech community.
She is the co-organizer of GDG Cloud London and a Women Techmakers
Ambassador. As a mentor, she helps startups via accelerator programs like Google
Launchpad and the World Food Programme by the United Nations. She is an
Laura Moringo
international speaker who loves to share her passion for technology while traveling.
Firebase GDE,
Argentina
She has also been teaching coding to students of different ages on a volunteer basis.

Robert has worked with databases and developed enterprise software for over
a decade. He recently transitioned to the field of Machine Learning and Data
Visualization. He contributes to the developer ecosystem by hosting meetups,
codelabs, and tutorials. He also writes articles on Medium about data visualization,
machine learning, and Google Cloud Platform and is Coursera mentor.

Robert John
Machine Learning &
Google Cloud GDE,
Nigeria
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Are you ready?

Fill in this checklist to see if you are ready to apply to become a GDE*!

Others have been seeking my expert advice on one or more

Google or open source technologies.

I have at least a few years experience in the technology

(technologies) mentioned above.

I have been actively sharing my knowledge in this field with the

developer community as a speaker or content creator (tech
blogger, open source contributor, vlogger, workshops trainer or
other). I can provide links to talks I gave
or content I created.

My current work is being a developer, engineer, data scientist

or researcher in IT-related field.

*These are general requirements for every GDE candidate. Each category may have
different and more specific requirements related to your knowledge, level of contributions
or the ability to communicate in English. Checking in all the boxes does not guarantee that
you will become a GDE.
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What happens when I become a GDE?

If you passed all the 3 steps of the application process, then

congratulations and welcome to the Experts community! You will
soon be contacted by us with more information about program
benefits and your local points of contact at Google. Remember that
the GDE title is granted for 1 year and may or may not be prolonged.

Keep up doing what you were doing for the developer community,
and make the most of your GDE Membership!
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My application got rejected. What to do?

Some applications get rejected on various stages of the application

process. Don’t worry, and don’t give up! Due to the number of
applications received, we are not always able to give you detailed
feedback.

Keep helping the developer community as a speaker, content creator or

open source contributor. It’s helpful to keep links or screenshots to the
content you created. If you haven’t done any talks or content creation -
start today! You can always re-apply in the future.

If there is an event in your area where one of the Experts is speaking -

go talk to them and ask for tips!
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Find us online
Check out our website and the
directory of all active Experts.

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