Community Pulse

Mary Thengvall

Community Pulse is the spot for Developer Relations and Community professionals who are looking for information on building technical communities. Community Builders and DevRel veterans Jason Hand, Mary Thengvall, PJ Hagerty, and Wesley Faulkner interview experts in the field of Developer Relations and Community Leadership on a broad range of topics related to building community.

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Meet the Hosts (Ep 1)

Community Pulse

09/28/15 • 17 min

TL;DR:
Jason and Mary introduce themselves and announce that they’re starting a podcast on building communities. Why? There are a lot of really awesome communities and fantastic ideas both within and outside of the tech community, but there aren’t a lot of resources for those of us who are actively building communities. (Shoutout to Jason Hibbets for suggesting our name: Community Pulse.)

In short, this podcast is for those of us who keep a pulse on our communities. Our hope is that this podcast will be an opportunity for us to learn and share aspects of community building with developer evangelists, technical community managers, community builders, and advocates alike.

Links:
Community Manager/Developer Evangelist Slack Group
Community Leadership Forum

Upcoming Events:
DevRelCon: Sept 30, London, UK
CMX Summit: Oct 14-15, San Francisco, CA
Chef Community Summit: Oct 14-15, Seattle, WA

Special Guest: Sarah Allen.

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DevRel Salary Survey Results (Ep 62)

Community Pulse

10/15/21 • 39 min

Figuring out what the standard pay is for a DevRel professional can be difficult, especially when considering expectations, experience, and different niche industries within tech. What’s the average, what makes sense for the role, what’s fair - these are all questions that come to mind when considering compensation for what we do. Luckily, today’s guests have gathered some information and crunched the numbers to help you make a more informed approach to what a fair salary is for your role.

DevRel Collective 2021 Salary Survey Results

Checkouts
Wesley

How do we get sponsors to support our tech event? - DEV Community

Mary

DevRelResourc.es is live!

Wesley

Mitchell’s New Role at HashiCorp

Mailchimp’s Engineering Blog is now LIVE!

Greg

Matrix.org - Decentralized modern chat
Mozilla’s thoughts on Matrix
GNOME’s thoughts on Matrix

Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash

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Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.

Special Guests: Greg Sutcliffe and Jocelyn Matthews.

Online Community Platforms (Ep 58)

Community Pulse

04/16/21 • 44 min

Creating a place for your specific community to gather online is a challenge every Developer Relations or Community team is likely going to address at some point, whether it’s because your executive team is asking you to create this space or you see a need for it. In this episode of Community Pulse, we talk to two specialists in the community industry about what to keep in mind when evaluating how to create a place for your community to gather online.

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Mary Thengvall

Demystifying Management course by Lara Hogan

PJ Hagerty

Liz Phair - Spanish Doors

Wesley Faulkner

An NDA Was Designed to Keep Me Quiet by Ifeoma Ozoma - California legislature begins hearings on the Silenced No More Act - Ms. Ozoma is a tech policy expert with experience leading global public policy efforts at Pinterest, Facebook and Google.

SJ Morris

Meg Stalter: My pandemic savior

Noele Flowers

Gardening is “growing” in popularity (pun compliments of Wesley)
C School

Jono Bacon

Tools: Topia.io / Superhuman
Rahul Vohra’s Product Market Fit Engine
The Obstacle Is The Way
I created a heavy metal project across the US, Germany, Finland, Denmark - all because the Internet is amazing

Photo by Prateek Katyal on Unsplash

Special Guests: Jono Bacon and Noele Flowers.

After Pulse: Everything in Moderation

Community Pulse

06/25/21 • 17 min

Jason, PJ, Wesley, and SJ sit down to discuss what they learned from our guest on moderation and some of the pitfalls they've experienced in being a part of moderated communities.

Everything in Moderation (Ep 60)

Community Pulse

06/04/21 • 35 min

One of the most difficult parts of managing a community is ensuring everyone adheres to a universally acceptable system of behavior. With events, there is generally a Code of Conduct that makes it clear what behaviors are acceptable, what behaviors aren’t, and the consequences of operating outside of the rules. Sometimes it falls on an individual or a team to handle this in the online world. Today, we’ll be talking about moderation with a guest who knows exactly how it works.

Checkouts
Wesley Faulkner

Tire rings

SJ Morris

Pick your battles, take some time, and give yourself a breather.

Rosie Sherry

Community Creator Economy

PJ Hagerty

Call of Conduct - an app to track Code of Conduct reporting - still in beta

Special Guest: Rosie Sherry.

DevRel Around the World (Ep 59)

Community Pulse

05/28/21 • 29 min

It’s easy to say that Developer Relations and Community Management is not universal, but sometimes, we focus so much on what is being done in our part of the world that we can forget how things might be different in different places.

In this episode, we decided to try something a little different. We reached out to folks around the world to tell their stories, to let us know what makes their experiences unique. We wanted to get a sense of what unites us in DevRel and what small or large tweaks need to made to adjust for geography and culture.

Virtual Events and ROI - Are we getting our money's worth? (Ep 61)

Community Pulse

09/03/21 • 38 min

Over the last year, we’ve talked about virtual events quite a bit - from how to get started to bringing things together in a short period of time. That said, being a sponsor at these virtual events has been somewhat of a challenge. With no real “booth” or physical location for interaction, where can value be found in these events and how do we show the benefits to our sponsoring organizations. To discuss this, we brought together a few folks who have experienced virtual events from different points of view.

Checkouts
Wesley Faulkner

How do we get sponsors to support our tech event? - DEV Community 👩‍💻👨‍💻

Mary Thengvall

Disconnect if you can – highly recommend hiking! If you have a dog... https://dogtrekker.com has great resources for filtering hikes by dog-friendly, offleash, etc.

Matty Stratton

Ted Lasso. That’s it.
We Appreciate Your Enthusiasm - The Oral History of Q101 by James VanOsdol
Follow my dog on [Instagram](instagram.com/moxie_aussie) or [Twitter](twitter.com/moxieaussie).

Ben Lloyd Pearson

Google Instant Apps - I hate apps, this lets you use them without installing them to your phone.

PJ Hagerty

Decibullz - ear plugs you can mold at home
Rever - motorcycle rider social media platform

Special Guests: Ben Lloyd Pearson and Matty Stratton.

After Pulse: DevRel Content Channels

Community Pulse

03/31/21 • 15 min

The hosts sit down to discuss what we've learned from our guests on pushing limits, finding new ways to deliver content, and how the community can benefit from the larger amount of information flowing through the DevRel ecosystem now, and moving forward.

DevRel Content Channels: What's hip. What's cool. What's, like, so out. (Ep 57)

Community Pulse

03/19/21 • 34 min

Developer Relations professionals are known for creating a lot of content and the platforms that are available to us seem to grow by the day. For this episode of Community Pulse, we’re diving into what platforms exist today and what types of content works best for each channel. We’re joined by two guests: Cassidy Williams and Joe Karlsson, who are known throughout the tech industry for their humorous tech-centric content. We’ll talk about how to know which channels and types of content are most effective in reaching our specific audience, and how to measure our success.

Checkouts
Mary Thengvall

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb- a fantastic (non-fiction) book about therapy, from a therapist’s viewpoint

PJ Hagerty

Renegades: Born in the USA - a podcast from Barack Obama & Bruce Springsteen

Wesley Faulkner

Cassidy Williams

Itaewon Class - a really good k-drama on Netflix
[Obsidian](obsidian.md) for notes (obsidian.md)

Joe Karlsson

Working through the Best Picture Noms
Minari/ Judas and the Black Messiah - My personal favs
Nomadland - The one I think will win

Photo by Georgia de Lotz on Unsplash

Special Guests: Cassidy Williams and Joe Karlsson.

DevRel Resources (Ep 63)

Community Pulse

11/19/21 • 37 min

If there’s one thing that’s true across developer relations professionals, it’s that we live to educate and support. That extends to our fellow devrels - and in recent years, a flurry of developer relations related supporting materials have surfaced; from blogs to books, tweets to (ahem) podcasts, and more. What’s the best way to dig through them all to get the support and guidance you need? Today’s guests will cover that from several angles - from someone new to the devrel world, to someone looking to get more folks connected to devrel, and us hosts that are somewhere in between.

Checkouts
Wesley Faulkner

Polywork

SJ Morris

Noodle the Pug - Bones/No Bones

PJ Hagerty

Sapiens: A brief history of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Albrey Brown

DevRel Collective Slack
DevRel Salary Report

Jessica Rose

I’ve gotten really into the idea of doing less; there are a ton of disparate resources so I’m not quite sure where to point folks, but it feels like right now there are a lot of people around the world wanting to work less, buy less, and chill more which I find so reassuring.

Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash

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Special Guests: Albrey Brown and Jessica Rose.

FAQ

How many episodes does Community Pulse have?

Community Pulse currently has 116 episodes available.

What topics does Community Pulse cover?

The podcast is about Open Source, Tech, Community, Podcasts, Technology, Business and Careers.

What is the most popular episode on Community Pulse?

The episode title 'Meet the Hosts (Ep 1)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Community Pulse?

The average episode length on Community Pulse is 35 minutes.

How often are episodes of Community Pulse released?

Episodes of Community Pulse are typically released every 18 days, 8 hours.

When was the first episode of Community Pulse?

The first episode of Community Pulse was released on Sep 28, 2015.

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