I It is the time of the year when ACEs for next season are announced. It was hard to get into this program, it is a bit easier to stay in it. I had to collect 100 points and I did managed 360, most of them through my blog. Hopefully next year I will reach to ACE Pro and get the few things I miss. So far I am contributing through my blog for over 2 years (and I have just reached the 100k views), and on GitHub a bit longer through my several open source projects. Being an ACE motivates me to write a better content, to not get satisfied with quick articles and don't go for easy topics. Basically I have to produce something I can be proud of. And that is great. ACE benefits You can explore the official list of benefits under Why join section. What I got from the ACE program? I can't say it was life changing, at least not yet, but: I can brag about being ACE I am part of the great community, I can reach out to these people more easily and I did connected
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