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<\/p>\nThis industry is full of really clever people saying really clever things. Here’s a roundup of a few wise and smart takes I’ve enjoyed lately.<\/p>\n
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Wesley Faulkner did a lovely thread of bite-sized videos<\/a> about how companies can build a developer influencer program.<\/p>\n The second video talks about two forms of currency with influencers. There is the regular economic system where you can buy access to an influencer through money. The second (and more powerful) currency comes from building relationships with someone you’re aligned with.<\/p>\n If your mission overlaps with the values and needs of the influencer, your relationship will be easier to build. If there’s a gap in your alignment, you have to make that up with cash.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/wesley83\/status\/1489632284256911368<\/p>\n As in most of life, Faulkner argues lasting relationships generally don’t come through cash. (This is a concept that might be an interesting segue to some of the discussion currently happening around open source maintenance, but that’s for another day.)<\/p>\n I loved this thread from Benji Weber<\/a> about how teams are composed not just of individuals, but of all the relationships between those individuals. Replacing a team member means not only replacing a single person but also rebuilding all the connectivity and context between people.<\/p>\n In the comments, there was the following exchange<\/a>:<\/p>\n I think there's a lot of truth to this. <\/p>\n Interestingly there also seems to be a "Ship of Theseus" aspect to teams. I've seen teams where after every person from the original team has left the team still retains much of its original culture.<\/p>\n — Benji Weber (@benjiweber) January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n“Teams are immutable” vs. “a ‘Ship of Theseus’ aspect to teams”<\/h1>\n
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