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Scaling DevTools

Hire engineers who don't mind talking, with Brian Douglas from OpenSauced

Brian Douglas - or bdougie - is the founder of OpenSauced - an open source intelligence tool. Brian was previously Developer Experience Lead at Netlify and Director of Developer Advocacy at GitHub

Summary

  • Every engineer is an advocate. 0:00
  • Joining GitHub with a 30/60/90 plan. 1:17
  • What was the goal when you joined Netlify? 3:16
  • How to get started with bootcamps. 7:53
  • What are the top projects in open source? 10:52
  • The bottom up strategy for adoption at GitHub. 15:22
  • Netlify’s Aha moment. 21:19
  • How do you get started in reaching out to community and consistently? 25:57

Links:

  • https://opensauced.pizza/ 
  • https://twitter.com/bdougieYO

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