How can we grow the MySQL Community? It has always been hard to find qualified MySQL Developers and Database Administrators and there is still a great shortage. The NoSQL world has bright shinny 'toys' and MySQL is now in a 'young adult stage' which keeps us from the 'new and flashy' crowd. With containerization and verbalization there is more demand for the MySQL skills but that does not seem to be growing the community at the same pace. The MySQL Certification exams are much more difficult and maybe more relevant to the true job functions but it seems to have slipped in prestige. AWS, Aurora, other other similar technologies are MySQL-like but how do we leverage those professionals into the MySQL Community? So how do we promote our community to attract more people, how do we promote the knowledge of MySQL skills to hiring managers, is there a way to mentor new people as does the PHP Community, and how do we provide support for each other. I honestly think it is time we try to coalesce strategies to help build and promote the MySQL community. Please come to provide your ideas so we can get more of us.