[VOTE NAY - RESUBMISSION IN PROCESS] Activation and retention of developers in Turkey and India for the Polkadot Ecosystem

Hi all, I am Gulcan. We at Rise In onboard web2 developers into web3 with free-of-charge structured bootcamps, courses, and career and venture-building opportunities. We have 200,000+ web2 developers on our platform, with 25k+ of them joining our web3 programs that we carry out in partnership with leading web3 protocols and ecosystems.

This year, we also partnered with Polkadot and have successfully delivered two cohorts of developer bootcamps for Polkadot in Turkey. The total number of students enrolled in the bootcamps exceeded 2,000 and has produced tangible evidence of developers entering and building in the Rust and Substrate Ecosystem. On top of that, we launched our web3 programs in India and already have 10,000+ developers in India learning our courses and are interested in doing even more.

However, training is only the beginning of creating a sustainable developer community. The following problems persist:

Graduating from the bootcamp is only the initial step for building a career. Developers question what they should stay in the Ecosystem, they want to see success stories. Otherwise, they simply leave.
There is a lack of knowledge and opportunities related to earning and career-building opportunities in the Polkadot Ecosystem. Without an intentional marketing and community-building strategy with a dedicated team behind it, it’s very difficult to collect this information and present meaningful guidelines for developers.
It’s difficult for developers to stay committed to an Ecosystem without physical communities. Physical events and being present at universities and hackathon environments provide confidence to developers to continue building in the Ecosystem.

That is why, this proposal aims to create a training and then career-building program for developers in Turkey and India. We propose to start with activating developers with an online course and bootcamp program in Turkey and India during 2024 (Unique Network, Apillon, Kilt and Bifrost Finance have expressed interest to have their content as part of the curriculum) Meanwhile, we’ll also do community events, hackathons, and integrate our students with the existing Polkadot Ecosystem, mainly parachains, to create success stories of developers.

As a result, we believe we can onboard 10,000 developers across Turkey and India in 2024 for the Polkadot Ecosystem through project partnerships, an enhanced bootcamp curriculum, 10 events, and 10 hackathons. We aim to bring in at least 500 developers building projects in the Ecosystem alongside 2,500+ new wallet addresses.

The full proposal is here.

Gulcan is part of a group called Rise In that helps web2 developers learn about web3 for free.
They have over 200,000 web2 developers, with 25,000 learning through web3 programs.
They work with partners like Polkadot to run developer bootcamps, especially in Turkey.
More than 2,000 students joined bootcamps in Turkey and learned about the Rust and Substrate Ecosystem.
Rise In has started programs in India, attracting over 10,000 developers interested in web3.
They face challenges in keeping developers in the ecosystem, including needing more success stories and local communities.
In 2024, they plan to have online courses and events in Turkey and India to engage 10,000 developers for Polkadot.
They hope to encourage at least 500 developers to work on projects and create new wallet addresses in the ecosystem.

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Hi all, I am Gulcan. We at Rise In onboard web2 developers into web3 with free-of-charge structured bootcamps, courses, and career and venture-building opportunities. We have 200,000+ web2 developers on our platform, with 25k+ of them joining our web3 programs that we carry out in partnership with leading web3 protocols and ecosystems.

This year, we also partnered with Polkadot and have successfully delivered two cohorts of developer bootcamps for Polkadot in Turkey. The total number of students enrolled in the bootcamps exceeded 2,000 and has produced tangible evidence of developers entering and building in the Rust and Substrate Ecosystem. On top of that, we launched our web3 programs in India and already have 10,000+ developers in India learning our courses and are interested in doing even more.

However, training is only the beginning of creating a sustainable developer community. The following problems persist:

Graduating from the bootcamp is only the initial step for building a career. Developers question what they should stay in the Ecosystem, they want to see success stories. Otherwise, they simply leave.
There is a lack of knowledge and opportunities related to earning and career-building opportunities in the Polkadot Ecosystem. Without an intentional marketing and community-building strategy with a dedicated team behind it, it’s very difficult to collect this information and present meaningful guidelines for developers.
It’s difficult for developers to stay committed to an Ecosystem without physical communities. Physical events and being present at universities and hackathon environments provide confidence to developers to continue building in the Ecosystem.

That is why, this proposal aims to create a training and then career-building program for developers in Turkey and India. We propose to start with activating developers with an online course and bootcamp program in Turkey and India during 2024 (Unique Network, Apillon, Kilt and Bifrost Finance have expressed interest to have their content as part of the curriculum) Meanwhile, we’ll also do community events, hackathons, and integrate our students with the existing Polkadot Ecosystem, mainly parachains, to create success stories of developers.

As a result, we believe we can onboard 10,000 developers across Turkey and India in 2024 for the Polkadot Ecosystem through project partnerships, an enhanced bootcamp curriculum, 10 events, and 10 hackathons. We aim to bring in at least 500 developers building projects in the Ecosystem alongside 2,500+ new wallet addresses.

The full proposal is here.