Welcome! 👋
This week simultaneously flew by and also felt long -- can anyone else relate? 😅 After an unexpectedly disconnected weekend of camping I jumped head-first into planning, hiring, and executing the last few projects so we could close out Q3 smoothly, and I'll admit that put the newsletter on the back burner!
This issue is worth the wait though... let me tell you! There's so much great content in this week's episode and so many meaty blogposts to read, re-read, and continue mulling on in the days and weeks to come.
For those of you in the United States who are looking forward to a long weekend, I hope it leaves you feeling rested, reconnected, and restored! For the rest of you, I'm looking forward to seeing you online next week with even more content to share.
In the meantime, take a few minutes to fill out this tooling survey from my friends over at Orbit. The past 2 years have seen a stunning increase in the number of tools available in the DevRel industry and I'm excited to see what's coming next!
Best,
Mary (@mary_grace)
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Tidbits 🕔
Offer Something of Value
twitter.comIf you want someone to join your community , you need to offer something of value
You need to deliver experiences for which they are willing to pay. While it may not cost them money, an individual’s time and attention can be of equal value ✨
Lay the Foundation First
twitter.comIf I've learned nothing else about #community, it's these seemingly small but big things:
-Set expectations & boundaries.
-Communicate clearly.
-Remain transparent.
-Be consistent.Without these building blocks, being a #cmgr becomes 10x as difficult.
The People are the Secret Sauce
twitter.comIn a brand community, the people are the secret sauce.
There. You can stop wondering how [insert hot community-focused company of the moment] did it.
Do people want to be around each other? Is there any chemistry? Any intimacy? Do people laugh together?
Then is that intimacy sustained while the brand remains highly conscious of power differentials and potential inequities?
Yeah. That's it. That's the sauce.
Tangibles 🤓
How We Run Community Health Surveys At CMX
Interested in running a survey of your community members? Beth McIntyre has some tips for you based on her recent experience. From setting goals to building a timeline and promotion, she covers all the bases that you might have questions about.
cmxhub.com
Interpreting Rising Activity Per Member
I'm a huge proponent of "don't just report the metrics -- understand the patterns behind the metrics" and this article from Rich Millington is a perfect example. In it, Rich talks about a common metric for online communities: level of activity per active member. But it's not enough to only track this metric. You also need to understand what it means if the level of activity is rising (hint: it's not always a good thing!).
feverbee.com
Surfing the Wave of Developer Relations
I've read this post twice and have bookmarked it to read a third time in the near future. Kevin Chen walks through not only the value of Developer Relations (a topic I of course care deeply about) but takes it a step further to talk about how Developer Relations can be instrumental in international expansion. By using publicly available data to better understand where your community is located, you can adjust the way you approach your community to better serve their needs. Then, by creating code clarity, collaborating excessively, and commissioning globally, you can build an incredibly successful Developer Relations team that can assist in growing your company's brand as well as community around the world.
interconnected.blog
Storytime 📚
DevRel Podcasts and Videos
- After Pulse: Everything in Moderation - Community Pulse
- Build an Online Community in 6 Steps by Jono Bacon (video)
- How to Win Budget for Your Community Project by Chaordix (video)
- Erin Mckean - Developer Relations Program Manager @ Google - Junior to Senior with David Guttman
- What is Developer Experience? with Adam Wathan and Lee Robinson - Developer Experience
- What is a Developer Advocate? with Wassim Chegham - freeCodeCamp Talks (video)
- Being a Developer Advocate at Google with Stephanie Wong - Francesco Ciulla (video)
- Managing a Million-Member Enterprise Tech Community with Monica Lluis - Masters of Community
- MasterTips: Developer-led growth with Tyler Jewell, Kimberlee Archer, Patrick Chanezon, and Emilio Salvador - Under the Hood of Developer Marketing
Events 📆
DevRel Events
Whether online or offline, there are all sorts of ways to meet up with other fellow DevRel folks, come see what's happening here!
raindrop.io
Jobs 👩💻
Head Of Developer Relations
We are seeking a talented DevRel Lead to build our Developer Relations practice from the ground up! This is an exciting role where you will work directly with builders in enterprises, collaborators at Add-on partners, the broad open source community, and the core Ockam engineering team.
ockam.io
Developer Advocate
Miro is an online collaborative whiteboard platform that enables distributed teams to work together effectively. Join the team as a Developer Advocate to engage with developer communities around the world, evangelise the Miro open developer platform, and provide developers and partners the support and guidance they need to be successful.
Check out our open roles in Amsterdam and Austin.
miro.com
Developer Relations Lead
Dagster is an open-source toolkit for building data platforms. Engineers, analysts, and scientists use Dagster to develop, deploy, and monitor their data pipelines and explore the assets they produce. Elementl, the company behind Dagster, is hiring its first Developer Relations Lead to help grow the community.
elementl.com
Jobs 👩💻
Developer Relations Jobs
It seems like more DevRel roles are springing up by the day! If you're looking, you're in luck: there are hundreds in our collection!
raindrop.io