Kelsey Hightower (@kelseyhightower) announced his retirement from Google this week. What comes next is unknown, but let’s take a few moments to appreciate his lessons that can help everyone.
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SHOW NOTES:
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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