
businessJul 28, 202332:51pending
Hire engineers who don't mind talking, with Brian Douglas from OpenSauced
About this episode
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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