DevRel Book Club

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There’s a wealth of books out there that can inform our practice of developer relations. But which books are most useful? The DevRel Book Club welcomes one DevRel professional each month to share a book that has impacted their career and practice for the positive. Join Matthew Revell and Ramón Huidobro for the live stream of each book club, where you can take part directly, or catch up with past episodes by watching the videos or subscribing to the podcast. read less
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Introducing the DevRel Book Club
14-12-2021
Introducing the DevRel Book Club
Welcome to the DevRel Book Club from DeveloperRelations.com. Each month a DevRel professional will join us to share a book that they’ve found useful and DeveloperRelations.com members can join the Discord to take part through questions, comments, and maybe even joining the livestream itself.

Episodes

Tribal Leadership with Lian Li
29-03-2023
Tribal Leadership with Lian Li
Loft Lab’s Lian Li shares ‘Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups To Build A Thriving Organization’, in DevRel Book Club. Sponsored by Common Room. Find the transcript and more at https://developerrelations.com
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
23-03-2023
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
In this episode of DevRel Book Club, Adyen's Amy Mbaegbu shares Sarah Drasner's ‘Engineering Management for the Rest of Us’.
The Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research with Joe Nash
08-02-2023
The Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research with Joe Nash
Developer education is an increasingly important area of developer relations. Joe Nash shares an academic text that can help us level up how we approach developer education in DevRel.
Laziness Does not Exist with Jessica Rose
26-01-2023
Laziness Does not Exist with Jessica Rose
Jessica Rose shares how the book Laziness Does not Exist has impacted her approach to work and DevRel.
Quiet with Bekah Hawrot Weigel
29-11-2022
Quiet with Bekah Hawrot Weigel
Bekah Hawrot Weigel shares how Susan Cain's book on the power of introverts has influenced her career in developer relations.
Badass: making users awesome, with Erin McKean
12-10-2022
Badass: making users awesome, with Erin McKean
Open source documentarian Erin McKean shares how Kathy Sierra's work has influenced her approach to both product development and developer education.
The War of Art with Adam DuVander
26-09-2022
The War of Art with Adam DuVander
Adam DuVander shares how Steven Pressfield's The War of Art has helped him to overcome "resistance", which is an idea presented in the book as an outside force that stops us from pursuing our creative endeavours. Join Ramón, Matthew, and Adam as they dive into what the book has to offer and look at some of its more controversial elements.
A City is not a Computer with Erin Mikail Staples
16-08-2022
A City is not a Computer with Erin Mikail Staples
Technical Community Builder Erin Mikail Staples joins Matthew and Ramón to share how Shannon Mattern’s book “A City is not a Computer” has impacted her career.
The First 90 Days with Tessa Mero
05-07-2022
The First 90 Days with Tessa Mero
Tessa Mero shares how The First 90 Days has helped her shape her DevRel career towards leadership.
The Art of Gathering with Suze Shardlow
04-04-2022
The Art of Gathering with Suze Shardlow
Events, whether in person or online, are an essential part of many developer relations programs. But are we doing them as well as we could be? In this episode of the DevRel Book Club, Suze Shardlow shares how Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering has influenced her approach to events. If you prefer, catch the video:
Superfans with Tessa Kriesel
16-02-2022
Superfans with Tessa Kriesel
Blogs and, later, social media created business opportunities that would have been unviable without the potential for a global audience. Using community building, amongst other techniques, entrepreneurs have been able to reach customers through a shared interest. In Superfans, entrepreneur Pat Flynn shares the story of how building a personal following affect the success of his […]
Building Successful Online Communities with Joe Nash
20-01-2022
Building Successful Online Communities with Joe Nash
There are relatively few books on community management that draw on academic research. Building Successful Online Communities, from MIT Press, is a collection of papers that provide practical, evidence based insights that will help anyone working in developer relations. In this opening episode of the DevRel Book Club, Joe Nash joins Matthew Revell and Ramón […]
Introducing the DevRel Book Club
14-12-2021
Introducing the DevRel Book Club
Welcome to the DevRel Book Club from DeveloperRelations.com. Each month a DevRel professional will join us to share a book that they’ve found useful and DeveloperRelations.com members can join the Discord to take part through questions, comments, and maybe even joining the livestream itself.