I really admire what you and the DEV team achieved so far in so little time.
What would you say the reason for DEV's fast growth? is it leveraging twitter power? or using dev rels in a smart way? or sharing it through conferences? or the tasteful sponsorship? or a mixture of all? or just a secret sauce totally different than all that?
Leveraging Twitter as a start, but also knowing that it's not the be-all-end-all of organizing on the Internet.
I think the big thing is always looking to the next step, rather than being too consumed with what's currently working.
I had an online business in college which allowed me to make a lot of mistakes in terms of being overly reliant on gimmicky traffic stuff and short term thinking. With DEV I've always tried to predict scenarios years out and not let anyone argue me out of principled thinking about how to treat the community with respect and fairness as we grow.
I really admire what you and the DEV team achieved so far in so little time.
What would you say the reason for DEV's fast growth? is it leveraging twitter power? or using dev rels in a smart way? or sharing it through conferences? or the tasteful sponsorship? or a mixture of all? or just a secret sauce totally different than all that?
Leveraging Twitter as a start, but also knowing that it's not the be-all-end-all of organizing on the Internet.
I think the big thing is always looking to the next step, rather than being too consumed with what's currently working.
I had an online business in college which allowed me to make a lot of mistakes in terms of being overly reliant on gimmicky traffic stuff and short term thinking. With DEV I've always tried to predict scenarios years out and not let anyone argue me out of principled thinking about how to treat the community with respect and fairness as we grow.
Thanks a lot... I needed to hear that ❤