--- title: The Power of Showing Up | daily.dev description: A personal story about how consistent involvement in a local Sacramento developer community led to an unexpected VP role. The author organized meetups, helped... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-power-of-showing-up-v7axvxaxz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Power of Showing Up | daily.dev og:description: A personal story about how consistent involvement in a local Sacramento developer community led to an unexpected VP role. The author organized meetups, helped... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-power-of-showing-up-v7axvxaxz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/v7AXvxAxZ.png og:image:alt: The Power of Showing Up og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Power of Showing Up **[Playful Programming](https://daily.dev/sources/playfulprogramming)** · [@crutchcorn](https://daily.dev/crutchcorn) · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal story about how consistent involvement in a local Sacramento developer community led to an unexpected VP role. The author organized meetups, helped rebuild the post-pandemic tech scene, and through a casual conversation at one of those events, was introduced to a CTO and ultimately hired as VP. Key takeaways: collective community knowledge is valuable, local meetups create natural relationships, and pre-existing trust enables meaningful professional connections. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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