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taylor desseyn

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building a community of 100M technologists | vp of global community @torc.dev | follow along for the journey | @appwrite.io hero | linktr.ee/taylordesseyn

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taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 17d

new @torc.dev vlog drop!! this highlighted my 30 hours in raleigh speaking and moderating a panel at @allthingsopen.bsky.social on the state of your career and ai. heck of a time as always building community in raleigh!

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making the staffing industry cool, finding friends in raleigh, & ai’s role in your career | ep. 22

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taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 8h

my wife just blind drew me 🙄🙄

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taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 10h

i just saw someone make cold brew with maxwell house coffee on tiktok……

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 11h

😂😂😂

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 11h

i want to be a kid now. the parks and playgrounds available are wayyyyyyy better than when i grew up. i was lucky to have a slide and a jungle jim.

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 13h

idk how i feel about this one

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 14h

just asked my daughter if she was “tired hungry or thirsty” and a mom turned around to me and goes “i am all of them” 😂😂

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 14h

big fan of the middle of nowhere indiana

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 18h

hotel in question 😍😍

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 18h

sneaky hotel chain i’m loving that i didn’t expect

hyatt

got a lot of smaller nicer quainter hotels in their lineup

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 1d

mark it. on this day of our lord oct 9th i got pooped on by a bird on my right arm whilst eating at a restaurant

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 1d

you know it’s funny. the division i built at vaco at the end of my time there was essentially torc. but we ran it off of a trello board and not a custom ai platform.

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 1d

still can’t believe i’m keynoting my second ever conference next week. going to bring the absolute HEAT for this talk.

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 1d

day 2 journal of me really giving you a bts of building the torc communtiy team

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Day 2 Journal

A day in the life: team stand-ups, Java DevRel strategy, community building with Fidelity, video creation, designer collab, Java meetups, and mentoring.

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taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 2d

😂😂

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 2d

hopped on a call just now and they asked 'just confirming are we live or no'

lolol

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 2d

👀👀

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 2d

facts

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 2d

just got told i look like travis kelce. i’ll talk it.

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 2d

stop blacking out in interviews. write it down.

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taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 2d

idk where to put this yet but im starting a daily journal of more behind the scenes on what were building at torc. its going to be a place where i document my meetings and give yall a true behind the scenes on whats going on. would love to know your thoughts.

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Daily Journal

A daily journal discussing soft skills, networking, community building in LatAm, product development, hiring initiatives, and talent platforms.

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taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 2d

things you should ask when interviewing for a role:
-why was this position created
-is it a new hire all together
-did someone leave and im filling it?
-if a person left what were they lacking that you really needed

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 3d

deep work playlist.

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 3d

SUPER pumped to announce we have opened back up our mentor/mentee program for signups and our ambassador program. to make it easy on us EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN APART OF EITHER PROGRAM YOU HAVE TO REAPPLY TO GET ACCEPTED.

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taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 3d

. @macielph_ going to drop a banger @commityourcode vlog next monday. 👀👀

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 3d

using chatgpt to create bedtime stories for my daugther so i dont have to fight dimlight trying to read a book is a gamechanger.