to lead a community, start by joining one #techcommunity #career

17 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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To lead a community, join one first. The speaker argues that effective leaders embrace humility, contribute without needing credit, and serve rather than seek recognition. Success depends on engaging with existing communities before trying to build your own.

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I think it's really important to join community before you create community. Do you want to talk about some pillars that you have about building communities? The most important thing as a community member, as a community leader, is understanding that you're the least important. If you are willing to put yourself out there, you have to wholeheartedly be okay with your name being nowhere in the credits. I think it's important to have been a member of communities first. It's a privilege to have that responsibility to act accordingly. And I think applying that to Freaks of Nature, it's really important to join community before you create community. And that's kind of the foundation of where all of this starts for me. Shimmering in the light.