Community Pulse

2021 has been a year of ups and downs in the world of DevRel and Community work. From the shifting quicksand of events returning in person, then virtual once again, to the massive opening of job reqs for positions under the DevRel umbrella, it’s been a wild ride. We’ve also tried new things, both on the podcast and personally, and in this episode we will cover our perspectives on the year that was 2021. Links: Sonder Top Episodes: Online Community Platforms (Jono Bacon, Noele Flowers) - Episode 58 DevRel Content Channels (Cassidy Williams, Joe Karlsson) - Episode 57 DevRel Around the World - Episode 59 Send in your feedback! Hit us up on Twitter or shoot us an [email](info@communitypulse.io). Special shout-out to Sarah Allen for all of the hard work getting the new website up and running. Photo by Moritz Knöringer on Unsplash 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.

If there’s one thing that’s true across developer relations professionals, it’s that we live to educate and support. That extends to our fellow devrels - and in recent years, a flurry of developer relations related supporting materials have surfaced; from blogs to books, tweets to (ahem) podcasts, and more. What’s the best way to dig through them all to get the support and guidance you need? Today’s guests will cover that from several angles - from someone new to the devrel world, to someone looking to get more folks connected to devrel, and us hosts that are somewhere in between. Checkouts Wesley Faulkner Polywork SJ Morris Noodle the Pug - Bones/No Bones PJ Hagerty Sapiens: A brief history of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari Albrey Brown DevRel Collective Slack DevRel Salary Report Jessica Rose I’ve gotten really into the idea of doing less; there are a ton of disparate resources so I’m not quite sure where to point folks, but it feels like right now there are a lot of people around the world wanting to work less, buy less, and chill more which I find so reassuring. Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash Links/Resources The Business Value of Developer Relations Developer Relations: How to Build and Grow a Successful Developer Program Docs for Developers: An Engineer’s Field Guide to Technical Writing devrelresourc.es 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: Albrey Brown and Jessica Rose.

Figuring out what the standard pay is for a DevRel professional can be difficult, especially when considering expectations, experience, and different niche industries within tech. What’s the average, what makes sense for the role, what’s fair - these are all questions that come to mind when considering compensation for what we do. Luckily, today’s guests have gathered some information and crunched the numbers to help you make a more informed approach to what a fair salary is for your role. DevRel Collective 2021 Salary Survey Results Checkouts Wesley How do we get sponsors to support our tech event? - DEV Community Mary DevRelResourc.es is live! Wesley Mitchell’s New Role at HashiCorp SJ Mailchimp’s Engineering Blog is now LIVE! Greg Matrix.org - Decentralized modern chat Mozilla’s thoughts on Matrix GNOME’s thoughts on Matrix Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash 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: Jocelyn Matthews and Greg Sutcliffe.

Over the last year, we’ve talked about virtual events quite a bit - from how to get started to bringing things together in a short period of time. That said, being a sponsor at these virtual events has been somewhat of a challenge. With no real “booth” or physical location for interaction, where can value be found in these events and how do we show the benefits to our sponsoring organizations. To discuss this, we brought together a few folks who have experienced virtual events from different points of view. Checkouts Wesley Faulkner How do we get sponsors to support our tech event? - DEV Community 👩‍💻👨‍💻 Mary Thengvall Disconnect if you can – highly recommend hiking! If you have a dog… https://dogtrekker.com has great resources for filtering hikes by dog-friendly, offleash, etc. Matty Stratton Ted Lasso. That’s it. We Appreciate Your Enthusiasm - The Oral History of Q101 by James VanOsdol Follow my dog on [Instagram](instagram.com/moxie_aussie) or [Twitter](twitter.com/moxieaussie). Ben Lloyd Pearson Google Instant Apps - I hate apps, this lets you use them without installing them to your phone. PJ Hagerty Decibullz - ear plugs you can mold at home Rever - motorcycle rider social media platform 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: Ben Lloyd Pearson and Matty Stratton.

Jason, PJ, Wesley, and SJ sit down to discuss what they learned from our guest on moderation and some of the pitfalls they've experienced in being a part of moderated communities. 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.

One of the most difficult parts of managing a community is ensuring everyone adheres to a universally acceptable system of behavior. With events, there is generally a Code of Conduct that makes it clear what behaviors are acceptable, what behaviors aren’t, and the consequences of operating outside of the rules. Sometimes it falls on an individual or a team to handle this in the online world. Today, we’ll be talking about moderation with a guest who knows exactly how it works. Checkouts Wesley Faulkner Tire rings SJ Morris Pick your battles, take some time, and give yourself a breather. Rosie Sherry Community Creator Economy PJ Hagerty Call of Conduct - an app to track Code of Conduct reporting - still in beta 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 Guest: Rosie Sherry.

It’s easy to say that Developer Relations and Community Management is not universal, but sometimes, we focus so much on what is being done in our part of the world that we can forget how things might be different in different places.  In this episode, we decided to try something a little different. We reached out to folks around the world to tell their stories, to let us know what makes their experiences unique. We wanted to get a sense of what unites us in DevRel and what small or large tweaks need to made to adjust for geography and culture. 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.

Creating a place for your specific community to gather online is a challenge every Developer Relations or Community team is likely going to address at some point, whether it’s because your executive team is asking you to create this space or you see a need for it. In this episode of Community Pulse, we talk to two specialists in the community industry about what to keep in mind when evaluating how to create a place for your community to gather online.  Checkouts Mary Thengvall Demystifying Management course by Lara Hogan PJ Hagerty Liz Phair - Spanish Doors Wesley Faulkner An NDA Was Designed to Keep Me Quiet by Ifeoma Ozoma - California legislature begins hearings on the Silenced No More Act - Ms. Ozoma is a tech policy expert with experience leading global public policy efforts at Pinterest, Facebook and Google. SJ Morris Meg Stalter: My pandemic savior Noele Flowers Gardening is “growing” in popularity (pun compliments of Wesley) C School Jono Bacon Tools: Topia.io / Superhuman Rahul Vohra’s Product Market Fit Engine The Obstacle Is The Way I created a heavy metal project across the US, Germany, Finland, Denmark - all because the Internet is amazing Photo by Prateek Katyal on Unsplash 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: Jono Bacon and Noele Flowers.

The hosts sit down to discuss what we've learned from our guests on pushing limits, finding new ways to deliver content, and how the community can benefit from the larger amount of information flowing through the DevRel ecosystem now, and moving forward. 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.

Developer Relations professionals are known for creating a lot of content and the platforms that are available to us seem to grow by the day. For this episode of Community Pulse, we’re diving into what platforms exist today and what types of content works best for each channel. We’re joined by two guests: Cassidy Williams and Joe Karlsson, who are known throughout the tech industry for their humorous tech-centric content. We’ll talk about how to know which channels and types of content are most effective in reaching our specific audience, and how to measure our success. Checkouts Mary Thengvall Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb- a fantastic (non-fiction) book about therapy, from a therapist’s viewpoint PJ Hagerty Renegades: Born in the USA - a podcast from Barack Obama & Bruce Springsteen Wesley Faulkner Beyond the Gender Binary Demi Lovato Alok Vaid-Menon Cassidy Williams Itaewon Class - a really good k-drama on Netflix [Obsidian](obsidian.md) for notes (obsidian.md) Joe Karlsson Working through the Best Picture Noms * Minari/ Judas and the Black Messiah - My personal favs * Nomadland - The one I think will win Photo by Georgia de Lotz on Unsplash 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: Cassidy Williams and Joe Karlsson.