# I'm a Java Champion!

> Celebrate with the author as they share their excitement and future plans after being nominated as a prestigious Java Champion.

Author: [Guillaume Laforge](https://glaforge.dev/) | Published: 2018-01-18 | Topics: geek, java | Canonical: https://glaforge.dev/posts/2018/01/18/i-m-a-java-champion/


The Java Champions recently nominated me to become a Java Champion!

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There's also a [post](https://blogs.oracle.com/java/new-java-champions-in-2017) on the Java Champions' blog, and [InfoQ](https://www.infoq.com/news/2018/01/JavaChampions2017) also echoed the new nominees recently.

I'm super happy and proud of this nomination, and I'm looking forward to continuing being involved in the Java ecosystem, present at Java-friendly conferences, contribute to Open Source projects using Java and Apache Groovy, and write articles here and there using my favorite languages.