Keynote: 12 lessons learned from 9 years of community work

PyCon NA 2020 keynote - https://na.pycon.org/

Transcript

1. years of community work 12 9 lessons learned from
2. Honza Javorek ? @honzajavorek
4. honzaja vorek.cz junior.guru
6. Learn by organizing 1
7. 2009-2010
9. 2011 Pyvo
10. I got better in organizing, networking, and sourcing speakers
11. I got better in Python
12. I got to learn some Ruby too, eventually... 2013-2015, RIP
13. I didn't give a talk at Pyvo until 2012
14. I started a meetup because I wanted to learn the topic
15. I started a meetup because I wanted to learn the topic (BYO speakers)
16. org lecturer
17. btw Petr Viktorin @encukou
18. Starting their courses and sessions because they want to learn the topic
19. Starting their courses and sessions because they want to learn the topic (BYO lecturers)
20. Choose the right event for your town 2
21. Brno Prague
22. Ostrava!!!
23. Ostrava!!! Pyvo #1
24. Ostrava!!! Pyvo #2
25. Ostrava!!! Pyvo #3
26. Pyvo is a networking event
27. Networking is interesting especially for people with advanced knowledge
28. Where do we get them in a town with not many Python people?
29. We teach!
31. Your town isn't too small for events specialized to Python
32. Perhaps networking event isn’t the best fit for your town
33. They didn’t know it was impossible so they did it 3 -- Mark Twain
34. what about impossible I just do it? (help if you want) do it…! maybe start smaller! doubting Thomases actual Thomas
36. Kick off alone, but replicate in time 4
37. I just did it efficient!
38. community website scales better but agreeing is slow
39. new version of the website? efficient! big changes? impossible
40. which projector to buy? efficient! impossible
41. Just do it! Kick off alone, then request comments
42. BUT
43. org lecturer efficient! 2 in 1 (for a start)
44. org lecturer GOD!
45. org lecturer prevents replication being GOD burn out leads to
46. Don’t be a GOD (for too long)
47. org lecturer hmm… I can become an org hmm… I can become a lecturer
48. Documentation!
53. Your job isn’t done yet if you’re the only one doing it 5
54. Organizing Brno Pyvo for 5 years? From Prague?
55. Hiring orgs, sharing tasks, rotating shifts
56. Meetup still exists without its founder 2011-2020
57. Meetup still exists without its founder very proud parent face tears omg
58. PyCon CZ PR & Social Media prevents replication being GOD burn out leads to
59. Apprentice!
60. Hire
61. Share tasks
63. Ideally all PyCon CZ orgs were teams of at least two
65. Write docs
66. Move on 2015 Brno 2016 Brno 2017 Prague 2018 Prague
68. If you quit without handover, everything you've built gets LOST and you achieved NOTHING
69. Sharing tasks and raising apprentices postpones burn out
70. Create a life cycle of motivations 6
71. org lecturer hmm… I can become an org hmm… I can become a lecturer
72. org lecturer wants to give back attendee coach wants to teach or gives back by organizing wants to get better at teaching wants to teach or gives back by teaching easy easy
73. Volunteering must not feel like a job 7
74. Your free time, your rules
75. Overcommunicate! Don't let people assume!
76. Let people know you're working (so they know they can count on you)
77. Let people know you're NOT working (so they can replace you in time)
78. NO BLAME Responsibility? Replaceability!
79. Common goals can beat antipathies 8
80. hates loves likes dislikes hates not sure about ?
81. likes helps respects respects likes helps !
82. From feminists to libertarians, we all unite in believing in Zen of Python
83. Secret sauce: RESPECT
84. Control < Service Unification < Federation 9
85. From the very beginning we talk, visit, and work across TOWNS
86. Until today, we talk, visit, and work across ALL GROUPS
87. There is no boss
88. power, decisions work
89. services power, decisions, work
90. Control < Service
91. pyvo.cz pyvo.cz?
92. pyvo.cz pyworking.cz python.cz/en/events
93. pyvo.cz pyworking.cz python.cz/en/events pydata.cz
94. Unification < Federation
95. Open by default drives engagement 10
97. added as #pydata org hmm #pyladies hmm #pyconcz helping to coach contributing with a PyData track
98. Public Relations is also work 11
99. knows nothing talks a lot shares stuff on F B celebrity knows everything works a lot doesn't spend life on F B invisible
100. sooooo fake superficial undeserved fraud
101. Public Relations sells the work of others
102. Public Relations is important!
103. Public Relations is a honest work
104. Public Relations is a skill not so many people can do
105. Not so many people want to be so visible
106. Modesty is okay, self-loathing* is not *hello impostor syndrome
107. Community work pays off 12
108. I like to create stuff which helps others
109. Helping others is GREAT FEELING
110. I've invested tons of free time
111. I've got tons of friends, opportunities, soft skills, references, and good job offers back
112. I've learned Open Source or how to give a talk
113. Being an introvert, I was forced into social skills - I had to get my job done regardless my anxieties still not able to call strangers btw
114. I've learned how to organize an event e.g. wedding
115. I'd be NOBODY without the Python community
117. 1 Learn by organizing 2 Right event for your town 3 Do impossible 4 Kick off alone, but replicate 5 Don't quit without handover 6 Life cycle of motivations 7 Volunteering is not a job 8 Common goals beat antipathies 9 Service, Federation 10 Open by default 11 Fight impostor syndrome 12 Community work pays off