#Global Masters

Hi Community!

We're pleased to invite all DC members to the InterSystems Global Masters Gamification Platform to get points and prizes for your contribution to the Community, learn with selected content about InterSystems technology, network with your peers and have fun!

▶️  What is Global Masters?

Global Masters is a gamification platform, where you learn technology, complete tech quizzes, watch videos, etc. You will be completing challenges (tasks) related to ISC technology, earning badges & points, and exchanging points for a variety of rewards.

It’s no secret that the InterSystems Global Masters program is integrated with Developer Community, Open Exchange, and Ideas Portal. Whenever you contribute to any of these platforms, you automatically earn points and badges on Global Masters. 

We’ve created a short guide to help you discover the best ways to earn points on Global Masters:

I am so proud and excited to share this news! 

InterSystems Global Masters program  🎉 WON the 2021 Influitive BAMMIE Award for People’s Choice: Most Passionate Community  🎉 

Influitive Announcement with all Winners here
BIG thanks to you, our awesome Community members - you made this possible! We got this win together!
We will continue building the best engagement program for you, dear Community Members - more exciting things to come in 2022! Stay with us! 

Hi Community!

In this post, you will find info about the Levels of the Developer Community & InterSystems Global Masters Advocate Hub.

All Global Masters members (Advocates) can achieve various levels of advocacy which depends on contributions  Developer Community and activity in Global Masters. 

Every new level opens new types of challenges/tasks and new types of rewards. 

To level up, you should earn a number of badges from the next level.  Badges can be earned for completing various challenges at the Global Master.

Now there are  6 Levels:

1. Insider (you start here)
2. Advocate
3. Specialist 
4. Expert
5. Ambassador
6. Legend

➡️  Place the mouse cursor over the badge to see how to earn it.

Hi Community, 

Global Masters opens the doors!
Logging in using InterSystems SSO
Access the platform using >> [this link] << and log in with your InterSystems SSO.
Please note: during recent tests, we discovered that some users are encountering errors when trying to log in this way. We’re currently investigating the issue with the vendor. If you experience this error, just ping me via DM, and I will send you a manual invitation!
BETA Disclaimer

Hi Community!

Here you will find info about badges of the Developer Community & InterSystems Global Masters Advocacy Hub, and the complete list of badges with descriptions on how to get them. 

Please note: our current vendor doesn't have Levels functionality yet, but we are working on bringing it back.

A Minute Of Laughter on the Developer Community with #InterSystemsMemes

Meme author: @Mathieu Delagnes 

Have your own idea for a meme? Submit in this challenge on Global Masters.

Access for Global Masters:
Please access Global Masters via ➡ this link.

Log in using InterSystems SSO ("Login with InterSystems" button on the left). 

At InterSystems, we strive to give you the best quality in everything. Including the realization of our Global Masters program. 

The vendor of this platform has been acquired by another company, and unfortunately, we will no longer be able to continue hosting our esteemed Global Masters program on this platform. We are currently evaluating new platform providers to facilitate the transition of the Global Masters Advocate Hub.

Beginning April 26th, we will temporarily suspend access to the Global Masters program as we transition to a new platform.

FAQ:

Hi Community, 

We’ve missed Global Masters, and we’re sure you have too!

🚀 Global Masters is Relaunching on October 3, 2024!

It's time to announce the Winners for March! Please welcome our awesome Global Masters Heroes!

The storm of applause goes to these developers and their great contribution to DC in March:

🥇 @Iryna Mykhailova, Associate professor at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
🥈 @Danusa Calixto, Sales Engineer at InterSystems
🥉 @Sylvain Guilbaud, Sales Engineer at InterSystems 

   Learn more about the competition and our awesome winners below.

Starting out with ObjectScript, it is really exciting, but it can also feel a little unusual if you're used to other languages. Many beginners trip over the same hurdles, so here are a few "gotchas" you'll want to watch out for. (Also few friendly tips to avoid them)

NAMING THINGS RANDOMLY

We have all been guilty of naming something Test1 or MyClass just to move on quickly. But once your project grows, these names become a nightmare. 

➡ Pick clear, consistent names from the start. Think of it as leaving breadcrumbs for your future self and your teammates.

Hey Community,
It’s time to celebrate the Top Global Masters of 2025 🚀
Throughout the year, Global Masters actively completed activities, shared achievements, invited new members and helped grow the community.
 

You’ve been dropping memes into our inbox — here's our top 20!
Get ready to laugh, nod in agreement, and maybe spot the one you created! 👀Let us know in the comments which meme is your favorite!

It's time to announce the Winners for March! Please welcome our awesome Global Masters Heroes!

The storm of applause goes to these developers and their great contribution to DC in March:

🥇  @YURI MARX GOMES, Software Architect, YM Services, Braz

🥈  @Prashanth Ponugoti, Technical Architect, Optimus IT Infra Ltd, London, United Kingdom  

🥉  @Djeniffer Greffin, Soluctions Architect, Sabin Medicina Diagnóstica, Brazil

 Learn more about the competition and our awesome winners below.

Hi Developers!

InterSystems Developers Community today unites more than 7,000 developers from all over the world. Since 2016, our community has been growing and improving for you, our dear developers! 

Together we've done a lot over these years, and much more is planned for the future!

So, who makes our community better every day? Who tries for all of us and improves the space for developers?

Let's warmly greet our team:

It's time to announce the Winners for January! Please welcome our awesome Global Masters Heroes!

The storm of applause goes to these developers and their great contribution to DC in January:

🥇 @Luis Angel Pérez Ramos, Sales Engineer, InterSystems
🥈 @Pierre LaFay,  CEO, Ellipse
🥉 @Sylvain Guilbaud, Sales Engineer, InterSystems

Learn more about the competition and our awesome winners below.

It's time to announce the Winners for August! Please welcome our awesome Global Masters Heroes!

The storm of applause goes to these developers and their great contribution to DC in August:

🥇 @Muhammad Waseem, HIS Team Lead, International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
🥈 @Robert Cemper, ex Senior Sales Engineer from InterSystems, Austria
🥉 @Mario Sanchez Macias , Senior Support Specialist & Technical Account Manager, InterSystems, Spain
🥉 @Lucas Enard , Student, ESILV Paris, France

   Learn more about the competition and our awesome winners below.

🎄✨ Holiday Greetings from the Community! ✨🎄
 

On Global Masters, you’ve sent us wonderful greetings for the community, and we can’t wait to share them with everyone! We’ve transformed your greetings into beautiful holiday cards—check them out below 💌. Thank you all for your warm words!

We also held a small contest on Global Masters for the most original holiday greeting, and @Harshitha Balakrishna's card was chosen as the best one! Here it is: 👇
     📌 Below, you can see all the greetings shared by Global Masters members. They remind us of how important it is to be part of such a united and creative community. 

Hi Community!

New Badges're already on Global Masters Advocacy Hub! 

We're happy to announce that this year we again introduced three annual badges on Global Masters Advocacy Hub to let you remember how much you contributed to Developer Community in 2018. Here they are:

✔ DC Best-Selling Author 2018
✔ DC Expert 2018
✔ DC Opinion Leader 2018

Let's take a closer look at the DC Wall of Fame 2018 and greet everyone with big applause! 

It's time to announce the Winners for September! Please welcome our awesome Global Masters Heroes!

The storm of applause goes to these developers and their great contribution to DC in September:

🥇 @Sylvain Guilbaud 
🥈 @Luis Angel Pérez Ramos 
🥉 @Ashok Kumar 

 Learn more about the competition and our awesome winners below.

Hi Community!

It's started! Home sale of the year!

This weekend, November 23-25, is a Black Friday Deals weekend on InterSystems Global Masters Advocate Hub!

Hi Community! We have exciting news for you!

Once you achieve one of the highest levels of the Global Masters program: Expert, Ambassador, or Legend, you will receive a shiny Credly Digital Badge to highlight and validate your contributions to the InterSystems Developer community!⚡

How to accept Credly badge:  

Let's celebrate start of the summer by special Hello Sunshine Campaign on Global Masters! Join it to introduce yourself to the other developers, and to get some points for your participation! And yes - just in time new rewards arrived:

Amazon Echo Dot (4th Generation)
available from 2nd Advocate level

Hi Developers, 

It's time to announce the Winners for November 2021! Please welcome our awesome Global Masters Heroes!

The storm of applause goes to these developers and their great contribution to DC in November 2021:

🥇 @Robert Cemper, ex Senior Sales Engineer from InterSystems, Austria

🥈@Oliver Wilms, Integration Engineer, Take2 Consulting, USA  

🥉 @Mary George, Team Lead, Barts Health NHS Trust UK 

Learn more about the competition and our awesome winners below.

Hey Developers,

This post is a compilation of Top Authors, Top Experts and Top Opinion Makers of the InterSystems Developer Community in 2020. And it is a good guide "Who to Follow" in 2021.

We're glad to present these people who have contributed a lot to our community in 2020. 

Let's take a closer look at the DC Wall of Fame 2020 and greet everyone with big applause! 👏🏼 

Here’s a special thread where you can tell a bit about yourself — because connecting and learning more about each other is what makes this community great 💬✨

We had a similar discussion on our old Global Masters platform — you might remember! We’re excited to bring that networking opportunity back to the community.

💬 Here’s a simple format to help you get started:

• Name
• Where you’re from / based
• What you do (your role / company / areas of interest)
• Expertise – What are your key areas of expertise or main tech topics? How can you help other community members?

It's time to announce the Winners for November! Please welcome our awesome Global Masters Heroes!

The storm of applause goes to these developers and their great contribution to DC in November:

🥇 @Enrico Parisi, Senior Consultant, Gaivota Consulting SA, Switzerland
🥈 @Luis Angel Pérez Ramos, Sales Engineer, InterSystems, Spain 
🥉 @Daniel Aguilar,  Senior Developer, Aquaservice, Spain

Learn more about the competition and our awesome winners below.

It's time to announce the Winners for February! Please welcome our awesome Global Masters Heroes!

The storm of applause goes to these developers and their great contribution to DC in February:

🥇 @Muhammad Waseem, HIS Team Lead, International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
🥈 @Heloisa Ramalho,  Software Developer in the Application Services, InterSystems, USA
🥉 @Robert Cemper, ex Senior Sales Engineer from InterSystems, Austria

   Learn more about the competition and our awesome winners below.

It's time to announce the Winners for December! Please welcome our awesome Global Masters Heroes!

The storm of applause goes to these developers and their great contribution to DC in December:

🥇 @Enrico Parisi, Senior Consultant, Gaivota Consulting SA, Switzerland
🥈 @Tani Frankel , Sales Engineer Manager, InterSystems, Israel 
🥉 @Daniel Aguilar,  Senior Developer, Aquaservice, Spain

Learn more about the competition and our awesome winners below.

It's time to announce the Winners for April! Please welcome our awesome Global Masters Heroes!

The storm of applause goes to these developers and their great contribution to DC in April:

🥇 @Muhammad Waseem, HIS Team Lead, International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
🥈  @Luis Angel Pérez Ramos, Sales Engineer, InterSystems, Spain
🥉 @YURI MARX GOMES, Software Architect, YM Services, Brazil  

 Learn more about the competition and our awesome winners below.