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Developer Avocados π₯ Weekly
πHow to Write Better Technical Content - Karl Hughes shared his writing tips for professionals who struggle to create strong technical content.
πSalmaβs non-traditional journey into tech and DevRel - Salma got interviewed about what led her to developer relations and how she accidentally increased engagement in the Contentful Community Slack by 200% on her first day.
πYear In The Life Of A Material Design Advocate - Yasmine Evjen wrote about a year of DevRel focusing around a single event: Google I/O.
πHow to hire the ideal community manager - Yuval Yarden highlights the paradox of community management, and how to identify the right people to hire for the role.
π»Measuring Community Metrics - Patrick Woods went on the Technically True podcast to talk about the orbit model, the impact of tooling on culture, measuring community metrics, and healthy communities.
πHow to Create Better Presentations - Thaisa Fernandes compiled a tool-agnostic list of things to keep in mind when youβre preparing for a presentation and designing your deck.
πBuilding your technical writing portfolio - Sneha Sridharan answered a series of questions designed to help you build a tech writing portfolio.
πOnline Conferences for Technical Writers - ClickHelp did small-scale research in their Telegram channel for technical writers to find out what they think about online conferences.
πResources To Get Started With Developer Relations - Catalin Pit came across a handful of resources for getting into DevRel and wanted to share them with the world.
π CFPs π
πAPI The Docs Virtual - https://apithedocs.org/virtual-2021
CFP: https://www.papercall.io/apithedocsvirtual3
Deadline: February 28, 2021
Location: Online
Date: April-July, 2021
Code of Conduct: https://www.writethedocs.org/code-of-conduct/
πͺMinnesota Developers Conference - https://mndevconf.com/
CFP: https://sessionize.com/mdc/
Deadline: February 28, 2021
Location: Online
Date: May 4, 2021
Code of Conduct: https://mndevconf.com/code-of-conduct
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