# Wesley Faulkner

> DevRel strategist, public speaker, and podcaster. Chair of the DevRel
> Foundation, co-host of Community Pulse and Radical Respect, and a regular
> voice on developer relations, community leadership, and neurodiversity in
> tech. Twenty years across AMD, Atlassian, Dell, IBM, MongoDB, and AWS.

## Full content

- [llms-full.txt](https://wesleyfaulkner.com/llms-full.txt): Comprehensive plain-text profile — bio, career, podcasts, topics, recent work, FAQ. Optimized for one-shot LLM ingestion.

## Pages

- [Curated portfolio](https://wesleyfaulkner.com/): The front door — selected work, latest podcast episode (with audio), upcoming and recent talks, a filterable mini-archive, experience, recognition, and contact.
- [Everything I've ever done](https://wesleyfaulkner.com/everything): Complete chronological archive of 223 items spanning 2008–2026 — talks, podcast appearances (host and guest), authored articles, press mentions, livestreams, awards, and activities. Filterable by type and year, full-text searchable, color-coded by item type.

## Data

- [Full archive as JSON](https://wesleyfaulkner.com/everything-data.json): Machine-readable export of every portfolio item. Each row has `date`, `kind`, `label`, `title`, optional `url`, and optional `topics` array.

## Podcasts I co-host

- [Community Pulse](https://www.communitypulse.io): The challenges and opportunities of community building in Developer Relations. Co-host since June 2020. Latest: Episode 103 — "AI Slop in the Industry" (April 2026).
- [Radical Respect](https://radicalrespectbook.com/podcast): With Kim Scott on creating more inclusive and equitable workplaces. Co-host since April 2023.

## Topics I write & speak about

- Developer Relations (DevRel) strategy and practice
- Building and leading technical communities
- Neurodiversity in tech
- Workplace equity, inclusion, and respect
- The AI industry and its second-order effects
- Career, leadership, and the practice of saying "no"

## Notable recent work

- [SXSW 2026 Solo Talk — Why Work Sucks (And How We Can Make It Joyful Again)](https://schedule.sxsw.com/events/PP1162262)
- [Community Pulse Episode 100 milestone — What's Changed Since the Community Pulse Started](https://www.communitypulse.io/100-whats-changed)
- [Article: The Weekend I Helped Get NASDAQ Back Online](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/weekend-i-helped-get-nasdaq-back-online-wesley-faulkner-qtvpe)
- [THAT Conference 2021 Keynote — Be Just Like Me… Different](https://youtu.be/YP7RfeX8xnY?t=2155)

## Contact

- Speaking inquiries: book@wesleyfaulkner.com
- General: hello@wesleyfaulkner.com

## Profiles

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesley83/
- GitHub: https://github.com/wesley83
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wesleyfaulkner.com
- Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@wesley83
- Dev.to: https://dev.to/wesley83
- Sessionize speaker profile: https://sessionize.com/wesley83/

Last updated: 2026-07-10