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wow. what an unreal and unbelievably crazy week for me and the torc.dev team!! i’m currently typing this newsletter after just rolling out of bed in guadalajara at 8:39 local time (9:39 CST time). to be honest with you I think i’m fighting a cold. my body is just absolutely shot from all the travel this week but I honestly wouldn’t have it any other way. this week has probably been one of the most meaningful weeks in my career. when I started recruiting back in 2011 one of my mentors told me that you will have moments where you feel like you climb another mountain top, where you level up, and where you feel a huge push of momentum and this is what of those weeks.

again, what is so fun about this job is one week my team and I are focused on growing latam numbers (i.e. last week) then fast forward to this past week and it was all about throwing events, meeting new people, and introducing people to who torc.dev is in person! i want to give a shout out to briana and angelos on my team for absolutely crushing the organization and logistics of the two events we threw. the first event was an 80+ person meetup in raleigh during all things open. we had the opportunity to partner with downtown techies and renderatl, both organizations with massive communities.

i tend to think about how many ‘collabs’ we can do with other companies. just like how kith (the fashion brand) does collabs with different designers or how rappers have other rappers on their albums. i think that’s something not a lot of tech companies do and we are going to continue to do more collabs in the near future with some specifically branded swag too:) again, i pull a lot of how we do things in tech from other communities and brands outside of tech.

fast forward a few days later…briana and I are down in guadalajara hosting our very first torc.dev in person event which was a private dinner for community leaders in the area! we had an amazing turnout of 12 individuals where some traveled over TWO HOURS to eat dinner with us! (we had people show up i promise)

it was amazing getting to know the tech climate and the communities here in guadalajara. i truly believe southern baptist got it right, the best way to someones heart is through their stomach lol. we are also down here for jsconfmx where i will be speaking today on the power of community on your career and i am super pumped about this talk!

content corner:

I just dropped vlog 002 of my travels to speak at blkmenintech in fort lauderdale. i had the chance to speak on two panels on how to be an ally in tech and how to level up your career. if you haven’t subscribed to my youtube channel yet, do so, and you won’t miss these drops!

bits and bytes:

• if you haven’t joined our jobs platform, I would absolutely do so. we are doing a lot of communication through our platform
• if you haven’t done so already you should connect with my team: angelos, nikita, sushmi, lucca, jason, and briana
• our discord is up to 1800+ members now! come and hang! i’m planning on a discord overhaul soon to make it more interactive but you should 100% join
• we are going to be a little quiet on the in person meetup from but we have some virtual events coming up on AI and ServiceNow so check out our meetup page!

appreciate you reading all the way through this email newsletter as always. if you need anything let me know! me and the torc community team are here for you throughout your career!

much love,

-taylor