Erin Mikail Staples

@erinmikail
Dev Advocate, Community Human, Tech Educator
Brooklyn, NY
she/her

Writer

Gamer

Product Strategy

Life Long Learner

Community Manager

Rabbit Hole Explorer

Learn In Public

Women’s Empowerment

Black Lives Matter

Cyclist

ADHD

Neopets Alumnus

Neurodiverse

Bullet Journaler

Creative Technologist

Cocktail Enthusiast

Human-Centered Design

Remote Worker

Academic Research

Design Thinker

Book Worm

Product Research

User Research

Triathlete

Hitched

Maker

Community Management

Side Hustle

Content Creator

Video Creator

DevRel

Trust & Safety

Machine Learning

Real-world Machine Learning

Stand-up comedian

Hanging out at the intersection of product and community. Passionate about education, fandom, and creating opportunities for others.

Expert at building connections and creating value for individuals and businesses through expanding relationships.

Passion for finding new and innovative ways to communicate, educate, and elevate others.

Proven expertise in bridging teams and industries from media, product, engineering, design, developer relations, and customer success. Seasoned educator driven by a lifelong love of learning.

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I'm open to

speaking at events,

open source contributions,

guest lecturing,

speaking on podcasts,

live streaming,

content creation,

making introductions,

and participating in user research.

Contact Me

Resume

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Jan 2022 - Present

Adjunct Faculty , New York University

Nov 2022 - Present

Emcee + Host — Laugh, Dammit Comedy Series, Laugh, Dammit

Mar 2023 - Present

Comedy Producer, ComedyBytes

Jan 2023 - Present

Podcast Host | DevRelish Podcast, CFE.dev

Links

Join me at the following upcoming events. 📆

Portfolio

Performed at Gnar Father's Comedy Event

Gave a Lightning Talk at PyData Berlin

Married my best friend!

DevRelish

DevRelish | From IC to Management with Tessa Kriesel

DevRelish | Mixing DevRel and Local Community with Brittany Walker

DevRelish with Mary Thengvall

Label Studio

Launched HumanSignal Brand 🚀

Open Source

DevRelish | Open Source and Advocacy with Rizel Scarlett

Label Studio 1.8.0 Release

Worked on new Community Release of Label Studio! 🎉

Joined the Heartex/Label Studio Team

Comedy

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Performed at GAF East's Bombshelter Comedy

Comedy Bytes New York Times Press Mention

Produced a sold-out show at ComedyBytes

Performed Standup : Essence Comedy

Workshops + Events

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Produced and Hosted a Workshop on Zero-Shot Learning

Hosted a Workshop: Building your LLM Scorecard

Featured Project on GitHub's Open Source Friday

ComedyBytes AI Comedy Show: Rap Battle Edition

Things I've Built

Study Group: Bad Actors and Edgelords As part of Orbit's conversational education series, I hosted a workshop with Bryan Robinson on the importance of proactive moderation in your community. About ...

Launched Changelog Friday Series! Bryan and I launched a Changelog Friday Series at Orbit — where we'll be sharing our latest updates and working to continuously build with the community in mind. A...

Thought Leadership

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Emcee'd Event: The Future of Software in the Age of AI

DevRelish | What it takes to lead DevRel Teams with Cassidy Williams.

Spoke at PyData Berlin on Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF)

The Future of Community — Makerpad Featured Speaker Featured Speaker at Makerpad's conference covering the Future of Community and my predictions over this time.

Articles and blogs

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Blog Post: How to Use Our Generative AI templates

Understanding the Label Studio JSON format

Featured Community Contribution: Segment Anything

How to throw an Eleventh-Hour Happy Hour: