No One Gives a 💩 About Your DevRel Programs - 🧑💻🥑📆 219
(and what to do about it)
Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly
📖 No One Gives a &*^@# About Your DevRel/Community Programs (and What to Do About It)
Angie Byron shared a collection of lessons learned—most of them the hard way—in the hopes they can help others who are struggling in DevRel right now.
📖 Being a First-Time Mom in Developer Relations
Amanda Cavallaro shared her experience of becoming a mom while working in Developer Relations and the ways her journey continues to evolve as a developer advocate and a mother.
📖 Short Tech Writing Style Guide for Developers
Lorna Mitchell shared a short-form style guide she started using after running a number of projects with developers rather than specialist documentarians as the main contributors.
📖 What is Your Speaker Mission Statement?
Cecelia Martinez recommended crafting a mission statement for why and how you speak to audiences. Doing so makes the process of writing abstracts less overwhelming and ensures that you get joy out of speaking.
📖 How Recurring Hackathons Drive Continuous Growth
Rachael Amy made a strong case that the progression through multiple hackathons offers a parallel experience of growth and comfort within a developer community.
🎬 The DevRel Playbook for Web3 Companies in 20 Minutes
Ben Greenberg introduced a framework for DevRel that you can use in any blockchain company where developer success is at the core of your business model.
📖 How Does a Changed Market Affect Developer Relations?
Christian Heilmann wrote about how the changing landscape for big tech companies affects expectations for Developer Relations and what we can do to fix the ecosystem.
📚 CFPs 📚
👾 Pixel Pioneers
CFP: https://pixelpioneers.co/call-for-speakers
Deadline: April 15, 2024
Location: Bristol, UK
Date: June 14, 2024
Code of Conduct: https://pixelpioneers.co/code-of-conduct
🐐 EuRuKo
CFP: https://www.papercall.io/euruko2024
Deadline: April 15, 2024
Location: Sarajevo, BiH
Date: September 11-13, 2024
Code of Conduct: https://2024.euruko.org/coc/
🤖 DroidCon San Francisco
CFP: https://sessionize.com/droidcon-san-francisco-2024/
Deadline: April 7, 2024
Location: San Francisco, CA
Date: June 6-7, 2024
Code of Conduct: https://sf.droidcon.com/code-of-conduct/
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