PJ Hagerty
Co-Host of Community Pulse
PJ Hagerty is the founder of DevRelate.io, Head of Developer Relations at Mattermost.com and a board member of Open Sourcing Mental Health. He is an organizer of DevOps Days Buffalo, CodeDaze, and ElixirDaze. PJ is a developer, writer, speaker, musician, and Community Advocate. He is known to travel the world speaking about programming and the way people think and interact. He is also known for wearing hats.
PJ Hagerty has hosted 112 Episodes.
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DevRel Hiring is Broken (Ep 92)
December 12th, 2024 | 39 mins 4 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
It comes as no surprise that something in the hiring of Developer Relations practitioners has become a mystery box of confusion. No standard path to follow, interviews ranging all over the map, homework assignments that go nowhere, and most conversations leading to few actual opportunities.
Wesley, Jason, and PJ share their thoughts on what’s happening and whether or not there is hope for the future.
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What is Maturity? (Ep 91)
November 18th, 2024 | 26 mins 25 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
Recently, the topic of DevRel maturity sparked a conversation: What qualities define a mature community and a seasoned team? Join PJ, Jason, Mary, and Wesley as they share their insights on past experiences, current trends shaping the field, and key indicators to monitor as you strive to build a thriving, successful community.
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After Pulse: Bouncing from DevRel
May 21st, 2024 | 18 mins 40 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
This conversation follows up on our discussion about the noteworthy changes in Developer Relations over recent years and how many of our friends and colleagues have chosen to leverage their DevRel skills in new and exciting ways.
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Bouncing from DevRel (Ep 89)
May 15th, 2024 | 44 mins 24 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
Developer Relations has gone through quite a few changes over the last few years. In that vein, some people have found new skills in the ever-evolving world of tech. Along their journey, they moved away from DevRel, but still use those abilities in new ways. So, what is it like when you bounce from DevRel?
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After Pulse: DevRel Wins
March 22nd, 2024 | 13 mins 7 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
PJ and Wesley expound on stories of success, what it takes to get to a "win" and reflect on their conversation with Ole and Kevin.
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DevRel Wins (Ep 87)
March 8th, 2024 | 45 mins 40 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
Sharing success stories can be helpful in finding what the next step is for your Developer Relations and Community team. That one project that just went perfectly; that moment that showed everyone things were moving forward. Today we’ll share the vision, strategy, approach, and bumps along the way and the end result… some stories of wins that will lead us forward.
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After Pulse: Mentoring
February 23rd, 2024 | 16 mins 48 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
Wesley, PJ, and Jason wrap up their conversation about mentoring as well as being a mentee.
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Mentoring: Leading the Future (Ep 86)
February 16th, 2024 | 41 mins 16 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
Part of the road to being better at Developer Relations is applying what we’ve learned and passing that knowledge on to others. Whether you are a direct mentor or leading a team of folks new to DevRel, it’s important to take stock of what we are doing and how we can best serve the people we know with the knowledge we have.
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2023 Year in Review (Ep 85)
December 22nd, 2023 | 40 mins 35 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
Our Community Pulse hosts take a look back at 2023.
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After Pulse: 2023 Compensation & Culture Survey
November 30th, 2023 | 19 mins 29 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
Mary, PJ, and Jason wrap up their conversation of the Common Room survey and what it might mean for the industry moving forward.
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2023 DevRel Compensation & Culture Survey (Ep 84)
November 22nd, 2023 | 46 mins 38 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
As the industry continues to change, keeping a pulse on it becomes even more difficult. Luckily, the team over at Common Room partnered with a number of DevRel professionals (some of whom are on this call!) to create a survey focused on DevRel compensation as well as roles and responsibilities, business impact, success metrics, and personal wellbeing. In this episode, we’ll talk about the results of the survey and learn what we can do to push the industry forward.
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Thoughts from DevRelCon (Ep 83)
October 20th, 2023 | 23 mins 50 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
Join Wesley and PJ at DevRelCon. Both keynote speakers at this year's event, they had the chance to connect with some fantastic attendees. Here is a conversation straight from Wesley, PJ, and other attendees at DevRelCon.
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After Pulse: DevRel Hot Takes
September 8th, 2023 | 17 mins 59 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
Are you ready for even more hot takes, strong opinions, fun and a little bit of snark? Join Wesley, Jason, and PJ as they continue the discussion. You won't want to miss it!
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DevRel Hot Takes (Ep 82)
September 7th, 2023 | 51 mins 32 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
We all know there is no end to the various perceptions around what it is we do and who we are. It’s something that makes defining Developer Relations difficult and makes it difficult to describe to others. So what are some of the touch points and touchier topics when it comes to DevRel?
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After Pulse: Who are the Ops Behind the DevRel Curtain?
July 12th, 2023 | 14 mins 14 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
Tune in to PJ and Mary as they revisit their insightful discussion with Danielle and David on the subject of devops.
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Who are the Ops Behind the DevRel Curtain? (Ep 80)
June 23rd, 2023 | 47 mins 5 secs
community management, developer experience, developer relations, devrel
Many see DevRel practitioners as up front, in the spotlight, on stage, or at least with their name on lots of content. What if we told you there were people behind the scenes making community operations their priority? What does that look like, and who are the people making the lives of DevRel folks easier? That’s the topic of today’s Community Pulse episode.