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Beginnings of a Platform Strategy

(Bluxome Labs : 5/18-5/18)

After reviewing the company’s developer docs and Platform Roadmap, I addressed low-hanging fruit around improving readability and structure while working with key stakeholders (Head of Platform, VP PROD) to organize growth priorities regarding platform adoption over timeframes of 1, 1-3, 3-6, and 6-12 months.

Upon further iterations around growth KPIs while learning about constraints of the platform engineering team, I advocated for the creation of a separate Developer Relations team of a minimum of a Lead, Partner Engineer, Developer Advocate, and a Product Manager (and provided the basic job descriptions for each.)

Also, upon discovering that the Hello World experience of integrating with the platform was less-than-intuitive, crafted the following How-To in one take without a script and using QuickTime:

Result

  • Laid foundation for Developer Relations.