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Dev Programs: What Feels Worth Your Time?

  • February 4, 2026
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maria_yarotska
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Hi everyone β€” Maria here πŸ‘‹

I recently joined PagerDuty as a Community Program Manager and wanted to properly introduce myself.

Before joining PD, I spent most of my career designing developer programs across open source, Web3, and space-tech communities. That mostly meant running hackathons, education tracks, and experimentation programs that help devs explore new tools, share feedback, and build cool integrations.

PagerDuty’s developer and community ecosystem is still evolving, which honestly makes it a very exciting space to join. B2B developer communities often look very different from open-source ones – devs are usually balancing community engagement with their day jobs, which changes what feels valuable, fun, or realistic to participate in.

I’m curious to learn from you:

πŸ‘‰ What kinds of developer programs feel genuinely useful or enjoyable to you?

πŸ‘‰ What formats feel exciting vs. what feels like extra work?

Some examples I’ve worked with before include:

β€’ Hackathons

β€’ Integration / automation sprints

β€’ Guided learning challenges

β€’ Office hours or problem-solving sessions

β€’ Partner or customer workflow labs

If you’ve participated in anything like this before – inside or outside PagerDuty ecosystem – I’d love to hear what worked (or didn’t). I’m here mostly to listen and learn first, so any thoughts or experiences are very welcome.

Which format would you be most likely to enjoy?

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xenda-amici
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  • Community Manager πŸ’š
  • February 4, 2026

Welcome ​@maria_yarotska, so glad to have you with us!Β πŸ€—

If you had to be on-callΒ for one specific aspect of this community, what would you want to be paged for?


maria_yarotska
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  • Community Manager πŸ’š
  • February 4, 2026

Thank you ​@xamiciΒ !

Ops.lol seems like a great thing to be a great thing to be paged forΒ πŸ˜†

In all seriousness – getting answers to people who have questions is my favorite part. Page me anytime.