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Approaching Developer Relations in an Open Source Community Shedrack Akintayo @coder_blvck

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● Developer Advocate @ Cloud Foundry Foundation. ● Technical Writer, LogRocket, Smashing Magazine ● Auth0 Ambassador ● OSCA Core Team member About Me.

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This entire talk is based off my article on how we approach developer relations at the Cloud Foundry Foundation(an open source community) Link:https://medium.com/cloud-foundry-foundation/approachi ng-developer-relations-in-an-open-source-foundation-77b1c660 bf95

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Developer Relations isn’t just for corporate companies, Developer Relations is for every community of developers. Shedrack Akintayo “ “

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What is Developer Relations?

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It’s a group of Developer Advocates, Technical Community Managers, Technical Ambassadors, Documentation Writers, Trainers, and more who all exist to empower you(developers) to do your best work. - Mary Thengvall What is Developer Relations

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What is Developer Relations to OSS communities?

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It is basically caring about developers, educating, growing and collecting feedback from the community. Developer Relations can come in any form like community management, documentation writing etc. What is Developer Relations to OSS communities?

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Why should OSS communities care about Developer Relations?

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● Developers are at the core of every OSS community. ● Creates a sense of empathy towards Developers. ● It empowers developers to be able to utilize the software properly. ● It enables collaboration internally and between other communities.

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How do we pay more attention to Developer Relations as an OSS community?

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● Listen to the community. ● Understand what you are trying to achieve. ● Learn from other communities getting developer relations right (VueJS, ReactJS, Gatsby, Drupal). ● Develop a strategy

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How to build an effective developer relations program in an open-source community.

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● Understand the demographic of your community. ● Provide feedback avenues for folks in your community. ● Make your community inclusive and accessible. ● Community Reward Programs. ● Great Documentation for the technology. ● Collaboration with other communities. ● More tutorials and use cases. ● Organize talks and webinars.

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Thank You! Website: sheddy.xyz Twitter: @coder_blvck Github: hacktivist123 Email: [email protected]