{"id":75589,"date":"2019-02-27T07:31:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T15:31:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-29T08:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T15:29:24","slug":"why-developers-should-use-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opensource.microsoft.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/27\/why-developers-should-use-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 3 reasons developers should use social media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Social media has some great benefits for developers, in their careers and in connecting with their communities. This post kicks off a blog series that will describe the value I\u2019ve gotten from social media and what I&#8217;ve learned about specific social media platforms, including tips for using each platform effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re looking to just keep in touch with other developers or wanting to build up your personal brand, today we\u2019ll focus on \u201cwhy social media?\u201d Read on for my top three reasons why some time on social media is worth it for developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-connects-you-with-tech-communities\">#1: Connects you with tech communities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Social media helps you connect with people online around common interests, especially favorite or emerging technologies. It\u2019s given me a sense of being part of other tech communities, beyond the people I interact with in my day-to-day job and regardless of geography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems like a long time ago now, but social media today reminds me of when I was first playing video games . The communication mechanisms for that platform were all very open. When you were in a game you could talk with the other players and hear each other reacting to the game real time. Based on your skill level you were grouped up with other people who were very much like you and you\u2019d find yourself socializing around gaming. It created real connections via the internet. It was one of my first experiences like that, where I built up online friendships with people around a common interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast forward to today. The communication mechanisms for gaming aren\u2019t quite as open, but I\u2019ve found that social media channels, like Twitch, have created a similarly open experience. It&#8217;s mostly text, partly voice, but the feeling is still the same &#8212; people connecting directly around a common interest, in this case programming. I&#8217;m live streaming what I&#8217;m doing, they&#8217;re seeing me and my screen, and we\u2019re communicating candidly over chat. We\u2019re building community. Through Twitch I&#8217;ve even made friends, who I\u2019ve later met in person at tech events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, there&#8217;s something about communication online that removes some of the social barriers, which I love. No need to worry about body language or what socks I\u2019m wearing. It feels comfortable and more accessible. For people who have that kind of personality, maybe they identify more as an introvert, it can feel relatively easy to connect with people online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-advances-your-career-while-helping-others-in-the-process\">#2: Advances your career (while helping others in the process)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Social media is a great way to broadly share your expertise and work \u2013 through online courses, blogs, video tutorials, whatever \u2013 picking the channel that best suits the content. This will not only bring value to tech communities you care about, but also to yourself. You\u2019ll build a portfolio that showcases your work online and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you share your expertise online, people may start viewing you as someone who can help with certain subjects. It\u2019s a win-win all around &#8212; you&#8217;re helping other people and those people can recognize you as a subject matter expert for that topic or technology. 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For example, when I first started using Twitter, I was a consumer of sports news \u2013 football, basketball, whatever sport was in season. I could follow my teams and get the updates on what\u2019s happening with them. Then, I quickly realized that I should do the same for my job. I can follow experts \u2013 some who I wouldn\u2019t otherwise have access to \u2013 including core contributors to the different libraries, frameworks, or technologies that I use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It keeps me current and more impactful at my job. I bring that value back to my own company because I&#8217;m staying in step with the bleeding edge. Since I can tap into \u201cwhat\u2019s next\u201d via social media, I can \u201cfuture-proof\u201d my work projects, given the insights I have into various project roadmaps. Speaking of the future\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-social-media-is-the-future-and-the-present\">#3: Social media is the future (and the present)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I get it. Social media can sometimes feel like an online mosh pit. As much as you may be hesitant, social media is where people in tech are connecting and building community. As a society we\u2019re moving more and more online \u2013 IoT, the cloud, video streaming services, the list goes on. In the US, approximately 70% of the adult population is on social media and it\u2019s likely even higher if you look at technology professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We think of our identities as tied to the physical world, but how do our identities translate online? If you&#8217;re passive about being online, you may be missing out on the opportunity to establish yourself the same way you would offline. Proactively thinking about how and where you want to present yourself on social media gives you control over how you\u2019re perceived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, , why not be proactive and take control over your online identity? And, be authentic in the process. Never portray yourself as something that you&#8217;re not. That will get sniffed out right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, your daily time spent on social media can be guilt inducing. Especially with the new mechanisms to track your time \u2013 like Screen Time in Apple&#8217;s iOS 12, which tracks how much time you spent on social media or other apps. It can be eye opening and jaw dropping. However, you can treat social media as just another aspect of your work-life balance. Set boundaries and goals and stick to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you convinced? If so, this blog series will continue to focus on the future (and present) of social media, looking closer at specific social platforms and how to use them. 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