Celebrating 25 Years of Sitecore. A Journey I am proud to be part of and excited to continue

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Sitecore turns 25 this year, and I feel like I have grown up alongside it.

I started working with Sitecore nearly 14 to 15 years ago, back at version 6.6. As a .NET developer, picking up Sitecore MVC was easy from the start. The initial learning was not complex at all, which made it simple to keep going and build on what I already knew. That momentum carried me further than I expected.

Over the years, I worked across the full Sitecore stack. MVC, JSS, CDP, Personalize, Content Hub, Sitecore Connect, Sitecore AI, and the Marketplace. Each product helped me understand digital experience better, not just technically but strategically. Working with some of the biggest brands in the UAE showed me what digital experience really looks like in real life. Sitecore was at the heart of every solution I delivered.

Speaking at events like SUGCON Bangalore, running webinars and seminars, and sharing Sitecore also shaped who I am professionally in ways I did not expect.
Sitecore also shaped who I am professionally in ways I never expected. Before Sitecore, I did not blog, I did not speak at events, and I would never stand in front of a room and share what I knew. The confidence was simply not there. But the community, the MVP programme, and the culture of knowledge sharing within Sitecore changed all of that. It pushed me to start writing, presenting, and contributing.

The move from India to the UAE. Sitecore played a quiet but significant role in that, too. The credibility built over years of deep platform work opened doors that would otherwise have stayed closed.

Being recognised as a Sitecore Technology MVP three years running, 2024, 2025, 2026, has been one of the real highlights of my career. The early access, instructor-led training, free certifications, and webinars are genuinely valuable. But more than that, it is the people. Fellow MVPs from around the world, the connections made at Sitecore Symposium are a community that feels like a second professional family.

25 years in, and Sitecore keeps evolving, and so do I. In the AI era with Next.js, composable architecture, and the Marketplace, there has never been a more exciting time to be building on this platform.

Thank you, Sitecore, for the platform, the community, and the confidence. A win for the customers, a win for the partners, a win for everyone in this ecosystem.

One thing I am personally hoping for is Sitecore AI with Blazor support. As a .NET developer at heart, that would be the perfect next chapter.

Let's learn and grow together, happy programming 😊

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