Developer Community Manager

Also called: Community Manager (Tech)

Builds and runs online communities of users and developers around a tech product.

A day in the life

You host a Discord server with 50,000 developers, organize a hackathon, and spotlight cool projects users built.

Pay over a career

Starting
$55k
Typical
$85k
High
$130k

Estimate.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in communications or marketing; community experience.

Ways in: 4-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Communications, Marketing.

Outlook

Growing about average. Steady.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk for 10 years. AI bots answer common questions in forums, but building trust and running events stay human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: English, Business or marketing, AP CS Principles.

Official data: O*NET occupation 27-3031.

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