Essay contest to highlight one developer's experience creating for the web in 2022

[rviscomi]

I love how intensely data-driven and quantitative the Web Almanac is, and how that's balanced with authors' personal experiences and unique perspectives in the way they narrate their interpretations of the results. I'd be really interested to explore how we could capture more of the latter.

Here's an idea, what if we organized an essay contest where we ask the community to write about their experience developing for the web in 2022? We'd ask them to give us all the gory details of what makes it fun or frustrating, what sort of community they're a part of, what tools they're using and why, etc. I'm especially interested to hear from underrepresented developers and amplify their story to the community. The winner's essay would be included in the 2022 Web Almanac, maybe as a preface between the foreword and first chapter. We could also arrange a cash prize from one of our sponsors.

Let me know what you think of this idea, or if you have any other suggestions for ways to capture more of the personal experience of being a web developer.