This is great! Anything that encourages more (and more diverse!) people to "teach what they know" to their fellow devs and devs-in-training is a positive imo 🙌
I've noticed, as a (white, male) content creator myself that most of my readers/subscribers are also male. I don't think I do anything to cause that, but it happens nonetheless. It's an interesting phenomenon, and not restricted to the developer community I think. I notice the same in the online business world, where it seems the male-run businesses attract a male-weighted crowd, and the female-run businesses attract more women than men. And in those cases, it's not just the face of the business that's different -- everything is different, down to the messaging, the marketing, the website design.
I've thought a bit about why that is, and what I could do to attract a more balanced group of folks. I don't have a lot of good ideas, honestly. And I wonder if, really, it comes down to that we humans like to learn from people like us. I hope this takes off!
It would be awesome to highlight pieces of content created by these folks too. Maybe a weekly email newsletter to showcase the latest work? Syndicating their articles/videos? Some way to make it a combination of "look at all these creators like me" and "look at all this great content, I should definitely bookmark this/sign up".
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This is great! Anything that encourages more (and more diverse!) people to "teach what they know" to their fellow devs and devs-in-training is a positive imo 🙌
I've noticed, as a (white, male) content creator myself that most of my readers/subscribers are also male. I don't think I do anything to cause that, but it happens nonetheless. It's an interesting phenomenon, and not restricted to the developer community I think. I notice the same in the online business world, where it seems the male-run businesses attract a male-weighted crowd, and the female-run businesses attract more women than men. And in those cases, it's not just the face of the business that's different -- everything is different, down to the messaging, the marketing, the website design.
I've thought a bit about why that is, and what I could do to attract a more balanced group of folks. I don't have a lot of good ideas, honestly. And I wonder if, really, it comes down to that we humans like to learn from people like us. I hope this takes off!
It would be awesome to highlight pieces of content created by these folks too. Maybe a weekly email newsletter to showcase the latest work? Syndicating their articles/videos? Some way to make it a combination of "look at all these creators like me" and "look at all this great content, I should definitely bookmark this/sign up".