Community Pulse

Wesley and PJ spend some time after the show to continue chatting about similarities and differences of internal and external developer relations. 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.

While DevRel holds some universal truths, there is at times a difference between how we handle our external communities as opposed to our internal communities. While we are still bringing people together, some of the approaches and interested parties may change. How do we foster communities and communicate feedback within an organization? Is it so different from “traditional” DevRel?   To find out more, Wesley and PJ sit down with Aja Hammerly, Davey Shafik,  and Kevin McIntosh to talk about the ins and outs of both sides. Checkouts PJ Galactic Camera Wesley Email Dumpster Fire: Send an email, watch it printed out and immediately burned Davey PHP 8.0 released! New JIT, moar types, named arguments, annotations Kevin The Hearthstone platform changed it monetization model and the community is up in arms about it Lunch Club Aja Exposure Notifications platform - Apple/Google Project Using technology to help public health authorities fight COVID-19 Photo by Jonas Jacobsson 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: Aja Hammerly, Davey Shafik, and Kevin McIntosh.

It's been a long year in the world of DevRel! In this episode, our hosts take a look back at 2020, discuss the trends they noticed along a wave of change driven by outside forces, and give their predictions for 2021. Have a chat with Mary, Jason, SJ, Wesley, and PJ about everything community in 2020! 2020 Episodes Finding the DevRel in You: Common Characteristics of Developer Relations Professionals - Amanda Folson & Geertjan Wielanga The Ethical DevRel - Coraline Ada Ehmke & Don Goodman-Wilson COVID-19 Retrospective (Community Pulse LIVE) Developer Relations And Developer Marketing: The Differences, The Similarities, The Partnerships - Elizabeth Kinsey & Karen White Online Community Management: How DevRel Is Going Virtual - Marjorie Anderson & Wesley Faulkner A Talk About Racism, Privilege, And DevRel: Community Pulse Live - Summer Edition Advocating For DevRel As A DevRel Professional - Elizabeth Ruscitto & Jaime Lopez Metrics, KPIs, and OKRs - Oh My! - Donovan Brown and Patrick Collins DevRel at the Foundation - Aydrian Howard, Taylor Barnett, David Simmons Events in the Pandemic - Community Pulse LIVE! - Rahmona Henry & Floor Drees Budgets Rule Everything - Bear Douglas 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.

Host SJ, Wesley, and Mary discuss the big budget episode and share some anecdotes on things that have been successful and others that were a bit of a trip up. 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.

As we’ve mentioned in previous episodes, budget concerns are an ever changing part of working in DevRel. Now more than ever, DevRel teams are expanding their functions and responsibilities while stretching the idea of how we do the things we do. In this episode, we sit down with Bear Douglas of Slack to talk budgets, what budget allocations mean to a DevRel and how do you calculate what you need vs what you want? Checkouts SJ Morris The Dodo empire Mary Thengvall Boop My Nose Instagram Wesley Faulkner Wesley’s kittens Bear Douglas Attracting Native Pollinators Photo by Kelly Sikkema 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 Guest: Bear Douglas.

All five hosts jump in to add some notes and references from our awesome live episode. See what Mary, Jason, PJ, SJ, and Wesley have to say! 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.

We’re almost 8 months into a global pandemic. The last time we gathered to discuss COVID-19, we were mere weeks in and scrambling to figure out how to adjust. Given how much has changed since then, it was time for another Community Pulse LIVE! Our questions include “What have we learned?” “How the pandemic has changed our perception of attending in-person conferences?” and “How does this uncertainty impact our budgets for the years to come?”. Guests Rahmona Henry (HubSpot Developer Advocate) and Floor Drees (Microsoft DevRel Program Manager) join us to discuss how they’re approaching their 2021 event strategy. Guests Rahmona Henry, Developer Advocate at HubSpot Floor Drees, DevRel Program Manager Microsoft 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: Floor Drees and Rahmona Henry.

After chatting with our guests, Wesley, SJ, and Mary are joined by PJ to talk about early stage DevRel and their views on experiences in the startup world. 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.

As companies are starting to realize that Developer Relations can be a competitive advantage, we’ve been noticing more and more job descriptions for Developer Advocates or DevRel Professionals who are the first non-engineering hire at early-stage startups. But when you’re an early hire working alongside the founder and a few engineers, what does your role look like? How is it different from joining a company as employee #30, 120, or even 1432?   Mary, SJ, and Wesley chat with David G Simmons, Taylor Barnett, and Aydrian Howard to talk about being DevRel number one. Checkouts Aydrian Howard Party Corgi Network Taylor Barnett Why Fish Don’t Exit David Simmons Stop sending me “Ewww, David!” Memes, please and thank you Dr Tatiana’s Sec Advice to All Creation SJ Morris Schitt’s Creek Flyless Dev Community Wesley Faulkner Insulting your employees is costing you money Mary Thengvall Hot Ones Photo by Andrew Neel 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: Aydrian Howard, David G. Simmons, and Taylor Barnett.

Your hosts gather together to discuss tactics, goals, and to break down everything discussed in Episode 50 with Patrick Collins and Donovan Brown! 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.