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Srishti Sethi

Critic · DISC type C
Senior Developer Advocate at Wikimedia Foundation
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Srishti Sethi is a Senior Developer Advocate at the Wikimedia Foundation, where she supports and engages the technical volunteer community. An MIT graduate, she focuses on open source advocacy, knowledge-sharing, and community building. She also co-founded Unstructured Studio, a non-profit dedicated to fostering creativity among youth in underserved communities in India.

Deeply passionate about social impact, Srishti dedicates her efforts to advancing knowledge equity and empowering communities through technology and education. She is a frequent speaker at conferences, sharing her expertise on developer relations, open-source projects, and scaling community outreach efforts, especially for non-profits.

Unique fact: Srishti helped design and develop Unhangout, an MIT Media Lab platform for running large-scale, unconference-style events online.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Senior Developer Advocate
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Srishti shows up

Critic
Objective Thinker
ROI Driven

They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms. They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions. They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often.

Priorities

Topics Srishti cares about

Developer Relations
As a Senior Developer Advocate, she frequently speaks on scaling DevRel efforts and supporting technical volunteer communities, particularly in non-profit and open-source environments.
Knowledge Equity
This is a core motivation for her work at the Wikimedia Foundation and a stated passion in her professional mission to empower underserved communities.
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Career

Work history

7-2020
Senior Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation
10-2016 - 6-2020
Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation
11-2020
Co-Founder
Unstructured Studio
6-2013 - 5-2016
Learning Technology Designer/ Developer and prior MS Candidate.
MIT Media Lab
9-2012 - 4-2013
Software Developer
Embitel
In the press

Media appearances

Posts by Srishti Sethi – Wikimedia Foundation News. Featured in Wikimedia Foundation
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Education
2013 - 2015
Master's degree
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2007 - 2011
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)
Rajasthan Technical University
1992 - 2007
Education details unavailable
Sophia Senior Secondary School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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