Tessa's Thoughts — Issue 4

Last week was busy. I had the opportunity to attend That Conference TX in-person and deliver the opening keynote. While at the conference, I also presented at an online event called Community-led Summit. I strongly recommend you check them both out as most sessions were recorded & streamed. At That Conference I had the opportunity to meet someone who's in the Snap Spectacles creator program and we discussed the lenses he's building in Lens Studio. It's always exciting to meet people in a new community and role you've recently joined. Snap continues to impress me and I feel blessed to be working there.

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That Conference is heading to the Midwest this summer, and I strongly recommend you check out the event.

✍ Recent Content️

The first dev project I ever built was a #GuitarHero tournament community in #Joomla. Our tournaments & #community was even showcased by Activision.

15 years later and now I'm building developer communities professionally. #DevRel https://t.co/U3M1P0CMRY
— Tessa Kriesel (@tessak22) May 21, 2022

🗣 Speaking

DevRel: How Technical Communities Can Maximize Impact & Success at Community-led Summit

In this fireside chat, Tessa Kriesel & Moschoula Kramvousanou discuss the increasing industry interest in Developer Relations and its relation to community management. Reflecting on their own experiences, they define Developer Relations, examine how it can drive impact and maximize success across multiple business areas, and share tips for launching your own developer community and increasing engagement!

Access Recording

Keynote at That Conference TX

💼 Working in Tech

I have a bunch of friends who are looking for roles due to a layoff. Please DM or post job descriptions below for the following roles:

- Program Manager
- Head of Education
- Developer Educators / Curriculum Engineers
- Developer Advocates
- Technical Editor

RT 💜🙏 #DevRel
— Tessa Kriesel (@tessak22) May 25, 2022

Add Community Leader to that list too! Lacework laid off 20% of their workforce last week. Happy to do introductions!

🥑 DevRel

Do you know of any companies that open source their developer blogs?

I’m curious if this is a thing, and if so, how it can be done well.#DevRel
— Ash Ryan Arnwine 🐱👅 (@ashryan_io) May 27, 2022

I'm a big fan of open-source documentation. Who's doing it?

Seeking 10 beta testers for our new online course - Intro to Developer Relations. Outline here: https://t.co/fGyteCMPaD
DM me if you are interested and would be willing to fill out a survey upon completion to give us feedback. Reward offered :-) #devrel
— Caroline Lewko (@CarolineLewko) May 27, 2022

Great opportunity to absorb some amazing DevRel knowledge and share your insights with the creators.

👧 Being a Wife & Mom

My daughter went pink for the summer 😱 pic.twitter.com/hGprN0vW5D
— Tessa Kriesel (@tessak22) May 30, 2022

I had a lot of fun helping my daughter color her hair pink for the summer. We promised her she could do it once school was out. 💞

🏕 Adventures

My friend Raquel was in Austin last week so we were able to spend some time together during & after the conference. It's always lovely getting to spend time with her. We even had the opportunity to grab dinner with a couple other WordPress folks—Mike Demo & Cory Webb.

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💡 Inspiration

Great leaders don't see themselves as great.

Great leaders see themselves as human.
— Simon Sinek (@simonsinek) May 11, 2022