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Kudos to Kelsey Hightower

2023/7/2
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Kelsey Hightower (@kelseyhightower) announced his retirement from Google this week. What comes next is unknown, but let’s take a few moments to appreciate the lessons he passed along to everyone.

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THE WORLD IS FULL OF SMART PEOPLE - BUT NOT ALL SMART IDEAS GET COMMUNICATED

  • Lots of people in the DevRel world want(ed) to be like Kelsey Hightower
  • He was a little bit like Keiser Sozer; he left a small footprint behind.

HOW DID KELSEY HIGHTOWER MAKE AN IMPACT ON YOUR TECH CAREER?

  • He spoke from a position of authority, that he created and demonstrated
  • He believed that community was bigger (and more important) than company
  • He seemed to believe in the rule of “2 vs 1” - listen more than talk
  • He didn’t take himself too seriously)
  • He connected with crowds of people, and individual people
  • He highlighted the good more often than he criticized the bad
  • He was always demonstrating the art of the possible

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