Community Pulse Mary Thengvall

Developer Relations has gone through quite a few changes over the last few years. In that vein, some people have found new skills in the ever-evolving world of tech. Along their journey, they moved away from DevRel, but still use those abilities in new ways. So, what is it like when you bounce from DevRel?


Quote: “The message I’m sending to myself: I can’t change the world until I change myself first” - Kendrick Lamar


Checkouts
Taylor Barnett-Torabi



Range by David Epstein


Matt Broberg



ADRs or documenting decisions as a thing™ – Any Decision Record (formally Architectural)
If you’re looking at PM roles, The Product Manager Interview by Lewis C. Lin helped me get my footing


Wesley Faulkner



How Teams Can Skip the Drama and Embrace Healthy Conflict with Amy Gallo | SXSW 2024


Jason Hand



DASH - 2024


PJ Hagerty



Frank Turner’s latest album - Undefeated
Gary Clark Jr - JPEG RAW
Geeky Jerseys


Mary Thengvall



The Humans by Matt Haig
Contributor Covenant code of conduct - they’re working on v3 of the code of conduct and want feedback on how community builders have implemented CoCs in the past. Take the survey to help out!


Photo by Mantas Hesthaven on Unsplash


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Special Guests: Matt Broberg and Taylor Barnett-Torabi.

Our hosts elaborate on the notion that, apart from speaking engagements, much of the work undertaken by DevRel professionals remains backstage, yet through live streaming, they can learn publicly and involve community members, overcoming concerns and fostering engaging content for community learning.


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With the exception of speaking at conferences, much of what we do as DevRel professionals is behind-the-scenes. However, with live streaming, we’re able to not only learn in public, but bring our community members into the experience.


While this can be intimidating, and lead to questions like “what if I make a mistake?” - or - “What if I don’t know all the answers?” - or - “How do I make sure I come across as knowledgeable while I’m also learning?” it can also be a great way to create engaging content that helps your community learn alongside you.


Checkouts
Laurent Bugnion



Learn Live - the show I produce for Microsoft
GalaSoft - my website with my blog, past presentations and future appearances


Darko Mesaros



AWS Community - Livestreams
rup12


Wesley Faulkner



Spyware leak offers ‘first-of-its-kind’ look inside Chinese government hacking efforts


Jason Hand



“Use Gemini AI to improve productivity while using Datadog” @ Google Next
Datadog On Data Science


Mary Thengvall



The Roaring Days of Zora Lily (and everything by Noelle Salazar)
Timeshifter - app for avoiding jetlag


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Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Darko Mesaros and Laurent Bugnion.

PJ and Wesley expound on stories of success, what it takes to get to a "win" and reflect on their conversation with Ole and Kevin.


Enjoy the podcast?
Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.

Sharing success stories can be helpful in finding what the next step is for your Developer Relations and Community team. That one project that just went perfectly; that moment that showed everyone things were moving forward. Today we’ll share the vision, strategy, approach, and bumps along the way and the end result…some stories of wins that will lead us forward.


Checkouts


Kevin Blanco



Davinci Resolve & Storytelling for DevRel
Live every week Davinci Resolve & Storytelling for DevRel


Ole Hejlskov



Post-layoff assistance to find new positions - take it!


Wesley Faulkner



BioDrop - Heard from Eddie Jaoude
Tech Industry Mass Layoffs


PJ Hagerty



Sunny Day Real Estate by Novum Vetus


Artwork photo by Jason Dent


Enjoy the podcast?
Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Kevin Blanco and Ole Hejlskov.

Wesley, PJ, and Jason wrap up their conversation about mentoring as well as being a mentee.


Enjoy the podcast?
Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.