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taylor desseyn

@tdesseyn.bsky.social

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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 · 16d

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 · 5h

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 · 8h

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 · 9h

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 · 15h

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

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(text 'journal' to 615-235-5650 if you don't want to miss these)

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 · 1d

😂😂

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 1d

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

lolol

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 1d

👀👀

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 1d

facts

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 1d

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

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 1d

stop blacking out in interviews. write it down.

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taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

deep work playlist.

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 2d

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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Torc - Developers

Unlock your career potential for the next role and beyond

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taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 2d

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

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 2d

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

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 2d

for the most part you should post not for likes but for you to stay on the top of peoples mind about a certain topic you want to be known for. thats the goal.

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 2d

hot take. if you go to college for anything outside of being a:

-doctor
-attorney
-accountant/finance

you’re wasting money

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 3d

my buddy.

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 3d

one of the most powerful ways that i network is leveraging the 'stories' feature on instagram. to be able to comment real time on folks doing things on x or linkedin would be huge. i HATE that both platforms took away that feature.

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 3d

my daughter asked to draw. she don’t know about this.

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 3d

oooo like left development and went functional?

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taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 3d

if you want to create a project to show your skills...

a) ask around everyone has projects/ideas in their brain
b) what are you passionate about? build something to solve an area you are passionate about
c) love a product/software? create a demo around that and add features/suggestions

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 3d

my biggest advice to my mentees as @uofsc is to get on linkedin and x and just consume content and follow people in the jobs you want and just observe

i wish i had access to all the avenues now that i didnt have in 2011

taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social · 3d

reminder here are other positions to break into tech that just being a developer:

-data analyst/business analyst
-customer success
-anything in content
-recruiter
-project manager/project coordinator

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