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Weaponizing hyperfocus: Becoming the first DevRel at Tailscale

https://tailscale.dev/blog/weaponizing-hyperfocus

This is a little history of the DevRel team at @tailscale and how working on it has let me transmute a part of myself that I hated into an asset.

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Weaponizing hyperfocus: Becoming the first DevRel at Tailscale

The story of how the DevRel team at Tailscale was formed, as told by Xe, our first developer advocate.

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Jan 30, 2023 at 9:08pmWeb
Show threadXe Jan 31, 2023
Fun fact: when I outlined this I originally talked about it in terms of soul alchemy and transmuting a constant from an impediment to an advantage, then just started filing the serial numbers off to avoid people seeing the witchyness and clicking away.
Show threadHugo Slabbert ⚠️Jan 31, 2023
@cadey "transmuting impediments to advantage" has some solid Vajrayana Buddhist vibes going for it as well. Nice writeup, and I'm so happy to hear you could build something like this and find a place that would provide the space to support and nurture it.
Show threadvera grey Jan 31, 2023
@cadey lol this got me to actually read the post
Show threadterraJan 31, 2023
@cadey I wish I could learn of that, as someone who is trying to accomplish similar via neuromancy or otherwise.
Show threadcraftxboxJan 30, 2023
@cadey @tailscale
I always love seeing your personal blogging style bleed into corporate posts
Show threadXe Jan 30, 2023
@craftxbox @tailscale Be warned: I have plans.
Show threadcraftxboxJan 30, 2023
@cadey @tailscale eheheh oh no xD
Show threadMartin RaagJan 31, 2023

@cadey ah the itch, my first friend, my enemy.

Happy to hear you’ve got a role that let’s you scratch it. Sounds like a dream job to be honest.

Show threadシナモン ​ Jan 31, 2023
@cadey @tailscale But is "behind able to work on your blog" the secret, or is it more like "being able to decide the topic of blog posting that you feel like (feel interested) at a given moment"?
Show threadrecursive 🏳️‍🌈Jan 31, 2023
@cadey thanks for this post. As I work on rediscovering my hyperfocus (long story about how I sort of lost access to it) it's nice to read things like this