Welcome! 👋
I've heard a lot of different analogies over the years when it comes to DevRel and community building, but this one from Cat McGee is new to me. 😅 She's not wrong tho...
trying to develop a project on a new protocol is like eating cereal & milk with your hands. dev rel is the bowl. hire dev rel
All that to say, I hope your week is going well and your attempts at being the bowl that makes cereal easier to eat are successful!
Best,
Mary (@mary_grace)
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Tidbits 🕔
What does the future have in store?
twitter.comThe future of developer experience is empathy and storytelling.
Share your Successes
Share your successes with potential devrel employers.
- Showcase creative strategies you used to stand out in the industry
- Explain the outreach & engagement tactics you used
- Highlight the measurable results you achieved
- Show that you can solve problems and deliver value
- Demonstrate your ability to think critically, collaborate, and deliver tangible value to users and the business.
Remember, the key is to showcase your accomplishments in a clear and concise manner that highlights the skills and value you bring to the table.
-@reetbatra.eth
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Beating Imposter Syndrome
David Spinks recently shared a stream-of-consciousness style tweet about imposter syndrome that resonated with me. In it, he unpacks what imposter syndrome actually means behind the fear, and gives advice on how to handle it when it rears its head.
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Public Speaking Skills
If you're working on improving your public speaking skills, these two tweet threads from Beacamp may be helpful!
The first thread establishes the strong foundation you should build before you give a presentation.
Next, they highlight some tips on how to improve your technique and engage more easily with your audience.
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Tangibles 🤓
The Story of CMX Connect: How We Built a Global Network with Chapters
Building a global network of community-run chapters or meet-ups can seem overwhelming at first. Ana Levidze walks through how CMX set up their initial chapters and some of the best practices she'd recommend now.
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Prioritizing DevRel's Backlog with a Process Model, Forms & DMN
A few weeks back, I wrote a blogpost about how I used Camunda to implement a decision-making process for my team's priorities. As Raza Rython said in a recent tweet,
The longer I'm in dev rel the more I realise...
Dev rel is saying f*** you to 100 initiatives and prioritizing what will impact the most.
It's like either:
1% progress at a 100 initiatives or abso-fucking-lutely crush one that will bring immense value to devs.
With this many possible tasks coming our way, my team desperately needed a way to sift through them. And what better way to do so than to build out a process with our own product?
camunda.com
Tangents 🐰
The 5 Dimensions of API Consistency
API consistency is an important part of an optimal developer experience. But what does this mean? And how do you go about achieving it? Arnaud Lauret talks through the five areas he believes need to show consistency in order to maximize use of the API in this recent blogpost.
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Storytime 📚
Need Better Technical Content?
Draft.dev has helped over 100 Developer Relations teams scale up their technical content production. Book a call to learn more about how we can help you grow and improve your content production efforts.
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Storytime 📚
DevRel Podcasts and Videos
- Trends in Developer Relations with Mary Thengvall - DevRel(ish) (video)
- Creating a Developer Vibe with Richard Rodger - The MongoDB Podcast
- Jono Bacon, Community Leadership Core at Open Source Summit, NA, theCUBE (video)
- 3 things that could help your DevRel journey by Esther (video)
- Developer Relations and Beyond with Jamie Barton - Interviews with Doers and Shakers (video)
- Community Management in Web3 (Twitter Space)
- 10 Steps to Take Your Meet-Ups Program to the Next Level by Maria Alcantara (video in Spanish)
- A Developer-Centric Approach to Measuring and Improving Productivity with Margaret-Anne Storey & Abi Noda - TechLead.Journal
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Face-to-Face, Online, and Hybrid Events by Pedro Galván (video in Spanish)
- Community is a Critical Element of Building a Business by Jono Bacon (video)
- Developer Advocacy Uncovered with Nele Uhlemann (video)
- A Close Look at Peloton's Developer Experience Survey with Thansha Sadacharam - Engineering Enablement
- How To Break Into Developer Relations with Curtis Evans (video)
- Scaling Dev Communities from Weekend Hackers to Enterprise with Andrea Muttoni - kapa.ai podcast (video)
- Find a Developer to Spy on by Adam DuVander (video)
- API Experience is Developer Experience by Lorna Mitchell - WTF is SRE 2023 (video)
Events 📆
DevRel Events
We have been hard at work curating a series of events that will connect you with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices. Whether you are a seasoned developer relations professional or just starting out, there will be something for everyone on our events page.
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Jobs 👩💻
DevRel Jobs
Are you looking for exciting new career opportunities? Look no further than our DevRel job board! Whether you're interested in developer advocacy, technical writing, community management, or another aspect of DevRel, our job board has something for you.
p.s. If you're looking to land your first DevRel gig, this article from Louise Ogilvy may come in handy.
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