Some personal news:

I& #39;m thrilled to announce that I& #39;ll be joining @ProductHunt as a Community Programs Manager

It feels surreal writing these words as my love story with PH goes back to 2018! It gave me so much so far and now it& #39;s my turn to give back

Here& #39;s my PH story https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">
It was 2018 when I got introduced to a platform that help people to discover new products and makers to launch new projects.

I was instantly hooked as I have an innate passion towards building products and getting inspired by them on a daily basis.

It was love at first sight!
Back then I was a lurker commenting on newly launched products, encouraging the makers, sharing my $0.02, giving product feedback and just participating in the community.

It was all because I formed a daily habit of spending 30mins on PH(which I still do) going through the feed
Massive thanks to PH, a product called Follow Friday helped me find out no-code. I promised myself that I will ship a product in less than a month.

I did launched on PH and it went #3 product of the day thanks to the incredible community who welcomed me with wide arms
Fast-frowarding to 2021, I applied to Head of Community role and started talking to @EJSnowdon. While I don& #39;t have the experience PH is looking for, Emily suggested a different role.

https://twitter.com/5harath/status/1369404031882440711?s=20

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I started the interview process with @ahiggz and met a couple times discussing how to build programs that help founder/maker community!

She saw my passion towards building communities and serve them by creating value first. Fast-frowarding today, PH made an offer and I accepted!
What is there for PH?

I& #39;m going to bring my A game serving the best community I ever know by taking value-first initiatives with a service-mindset.

I& #39;ll strive to bring the best out of the community, celebrate founders/makers, help them with building/launching/growing products.
What is there for me?

I& #39;m fairly new to startups and doesn& #39;t have the credential leverage. This opportunity opens up that and I get to learn a lot as a operator building long-term relationships with people while also focusing on personal growth as a founder.
In the last 2.5yrs, I shipped 8 more products, won a Maker Festival Award, nominated as community member of the year(2019), named as Maker Grant Receipient, learned how to build community, launch products, talking to customers, made a lot of friends and now about to work for PH!
While all this is good, some of you might ask what about @shoutoutso_
It would still remain as a side project and as usual. I will build in public with @curtisjcummings, share our progress, highs & lows, serve our customers and amplify, educate people on social proof!
I want to take a moment and thank @EJSnowdon and @ahiggz for making the hiring process so smooth and putting trust on me!

I can& #39;t wait to start my new chapter with @ProductHunt under @joshbuckley leadership and work with an amazing team @rrhoover built over the last 8yrs.
Give me a follow here @5harath to follow along my story and I take incredible initiatives at Product Hunt!

Thanks for reading and see y& #39;all on the other side https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙏" title="Gefaltete Hände" aria-label="Emoji: Gefaltete Hände">
You can follow @5harath.
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