We all know our community member @stof, he rocks. However contributing to the Symfony ecosystem is not that hard.
Check this out mom! And I will have 24 badges, 1 more than @stof has very soon when my PR to swiftmailer is merged 
And when @fabpot fixes a problem with registering contributions for doctrine repo then I will have 25. Exciting? Yeah!
Of course it does not mean that my contributions are more than the ones @stof has, but it does mean that you are active in the community, willing to help, and have true passion for what you do. In reality badges are not that important, however within the community they should at least represent a token that you are active. Whether is badges for conferences or for contributions it means you are there for the community, you benefit from it and you help as well.
If you are liking this blog please support me on my way to Warsaw on the awards vote cordoval for blogger http://awards.symfony.com/community. I need all support to get to Warsaw!
Thanks!
Encouragements in all good!
undeservedly still going and with passion!
your friend,
@cordoval