Developer Advocacy, Burnout Recovery and Communities with Lian Li
Beyond Coding8 Elo 2023

Developer Advocacy, Burnout Recovery and Communities with Lian Li

Connect with Lian Li:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lian-li

https://twitter.com/lianmakesthings

https://lianmakesthings.dev


Full episode on YouTube ▶️

https://youtu.be/tuIxuiG2MIY

New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode!


OUTLINE:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:25 - Reminiscing about older videos
00:02:46 - Standing on stage
00:04:22 - The impact of developer advocacy
00:06:04 - Measuring your impact
00:10:09 - Transitioning to developer advocacy
00:12:19 - What to focus on as dev rel
00:14:32 - Discussions and disagreements
00:16:21 - Creating a shared understanding
00:18:29 - Lian's career choices and progression
00:21:21 - Consultancy mindset
00:22:58 - Under-promise over-deliver
00:24:02 - Starting over with dev rel?
00:26:09 - Lian's burnout
00:30:39 - Recovering from a burnout
00:32:58 - Timeouts and routine
00:34:58 - Sleep in your running shoes
00:35:44 - Living in pajamas
00:36:03 - Remote working
00:36:44 - Tourists in Amsterdam
00:38:02 - Building a community
00:40:59 - Teams and communities
00:42:00 - Giving your thing away
00:43:13 - Micromanaging and letting go
00:45:36 - Tribal leadership
00:48:04 - Behaviour while being stressed
00:49:40 - Self awareness and triggers
00:50:07 - All tech problems are human problems

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