Erin Mckean - Developer Relations Program Manager at Google - podcast episode cover

Erin Mckean - Developer Relations Program Manager at Google

Jun 21, 202153 minEp. 49
--:--
--:--
Download Metacast podcast app
Listen to this episode in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episode description

Talking Points:

  • Developer advocacy
  • Write good documentation
  • Confusing the solution with the problem
  • Define clear goals
  • Learning with joy

Quotable Quotes:

  • "Does this solve a problem that everybody agrees is an actual problem?" - EM
  • "Whenever you've run into problems, it's probably a goal problem." - EM
  • "When you don't know what you want a function to do it can be really hard to write that function." - EM
  • "A lot of people just don't like to close off possibilities so they want to do everything all at once." - EM
  • "You can't ever make yourself irreplaceable, you can only make yourself a single point of failure." - EM
  • "You really have to practice being okay with feeling dumb." - EM
  • "You should always be looking to figure out how you can bring other people into your circle instead of keeping people out." - EM

Notes:
Erin's Website:

erinmckean.com
Erin's non-profit organization:
wordnik.com

Erin's Twitter:

twitter.com/emckean

Erin's GitHub:

github.com/emckean
Junior to Senior Community
community.juniortosenior.io

For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android