For the next 30 days I am going to spend a large portion of my time on developer advocacy. I have minimal experience in this area but it is something that I want to get better at. I am writing this document at the start to commit myself to giving it my all for a month, then figuring out a more sustainable approach afterwards.
My goals for this exercise are to
- Build a developer audience
- Learn new things
- Get out of my comfort zone
- Advocate for enclaves & confidential computing
- Advocate for my company: capeprivacy.com
I don't know much about community building or this space, so I will be learning as I go. I expect to not be great at it and produce stuff with lots of rough edges.
What I do have going for me is that I am a good software engineer, and I like to learn and try new things.
What I think will work against me is lack of experience putting myself out there and the social anxiety that comes along with doing that.
Since I know nothing about this, my naive initial approach is going to be trying to stick to a content schedule. I will try to make a few different types of content:
- Videos (1 per week)
- Tweets (>= 1 one per day)
- Blogs (2x per week)
Other things I will try to do but not committing to an amount include
- Comments on HN
- Comments / posting on random subreddits
- /r/golang, /r/kubernetes, etc
I'll change this up as I learn more.
How will I know I was successful? I am not sure. I think there will be a lot to learn just in doing the exercise, even if I gain 0 followers (although I hope I get at least one). I can also look at metrics for social posts (e.g., am I getting more impressions?), follower counts on twitter & linkedIn, etc.
Looking forward to the next 30 days! If you are reading this and have ideas for me or things to try out, or would like to play along, let me know! I would love to learn from anyone that has done this before :).
Top comments (2)
We are in the same boat , so fingers crossed that it works out 😊
What I would suggest is also promoting content, because in my opinion creation is only a part of it.
Perhaps try to cross post blogs and videos also I would try submitting them to various subreddits you've mentioned.
I would also try to submit some talks at various conferences and meetups.
will follow you and wondering what I can learn from you.
Incredible! Looking forward to seeing how this goes!