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Career Path for Developer Avocados, Technology evangelists and more
- Overview
- Courses
- YouTube Videos
- Blogs and Articles
- Books
- Mentors
- Podcasts
- Subscribe to Some YouTube Vids
- Watch Some Twitch Channels
- Conferences
- Tools
- And Then What?
| Name | Author | Step | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camunda Developer Relations - Career Path | Camunda | 1 | DevRel Role Descriptions |
| Name | Author | Step | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting Started in Developer Relations | Sam Julien | 1 | A great eBook to get you started |
| Name | Author | Step | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| What is a Facebook Open Source Developer Advocate? | 1 | What is a Facebook Open Source Developer Advocate? | |
| From Engineering to Developer Advocacy | 1 | From Engineering to Developer Advocacy | |
| DevRel Leadership: all the pieces matter | Ade Oshineye | 1 | Becoming a DevRel leader means fitting together advocacy, design, context, support, growth, metrics - and happiness |
| Sympathy for the DevRel | James Governor | 1 | Empathy is a big theme in developer relations but we've got to remember that it goes both ways. RedMonk’s James Governor makes the case for taking care of ourselves in dev rel as we also care for our developer communities, in his Stones-inspired talk |
| Lessons Learned on the DevRel Road | Tamao Nakahara | 1 | OpenShift Commons Gathering on Community Development |
| DevRel: Advocates, Evangelists, and Avocados | OpenSource.com | 1 | SCaLE 17x UpScale Lightning Talks |
| How to become a DevRel? Tips + stories from the Flyless community | Eddie Jaoude | 1 | Welcome to a warm, welcoming, inclusive community. We want to collaborate with you to create a better Developer Relations model that better suits the times |
| Influence with Purpose How to Identify, Execute and Measure Your DevRel Strategy | Benjamin Mostafa | 1 | DevRelCon Tokoyo Talk |
| Devrel - Misconceptions of a Developer Relations Advocate | dotnet media | 1 | Ben Lesh and Tracy Lee interview Tessa Mero, Developer Advocate at Cloudinary about developer relations |
| Measuring developer relations | Rey Bango | 1 | Measuring return on investment of developer relations activity is important for the longevity of dev rel teams but also a source of disagreement on how best to do it |
| Cloud Advocate AMA | IT Ops Talks | 1 | Join Pierre Roman, Sarah Lean and Thomas Maurer for a Ask Me Anything session |
| What is Developer Relations? | Twilio | 1 | An Interview with Twilio Developer Evangelist @LaylaCodesIt |
| Name | Author | Step | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defining a career path for Developer Relations | Bear Douglas | 1 | A great blog post about the DevRel Career Path |
| How I became a Technical Evangelist | Frédéric Harper | 1 | A great blog post about becoming a technical evangelist |
| The Camunda Developer Relations Career Path | Mary Thengvall | 1 | A great blog post about the DevRel Career Path |
| What Is Developer Relations (And Why Should You Care?) | Mary Thengvall | 1 | A great blog post about the DevRel Career Path |
| The Developer Relations Explainer | Kim Maida | 1 | A great blog post about the 4 DevRel Roles |
| The Developer Advocacy Feedback Loop | Guillaume Laforge | 1 | Developer Advocates are here to represent users, developers, technical practitioners, to influence the roadmap and development of the services and products to suit their needs. That’s the internal advocacy that loops back into improving the products |
| What is Developer Advocacy? | Ashley Mcnamara | 1 | A great blog post about DevRel |
| What does a developer evangelist/advocate do? | Christian Heilmann | 1 | A great blog post about DevRel |
| The Three Pillars of Developer Relations & Developer Advocates | Future Vision | 1 | This story covers my take and perspective on Developer Relations / Developer Advocacy / Developer Evangelism, and how to implement a successful program within your company |
| A Day in the Life of a Developer Evangelist | COURTNEY BOYD MYERS | 1 | A great blog post about A Day in the Life of a Developer Evangelist |
| How to become a Developer Advocate: my story and some practical tips | Mariya Davydova | 1 | A great blog post about how to become a Devloper Advocate |
| What is a Developer Advocate and Why I became One | Dawn Parzych | 1 | A great blog post about the what and why of becoming a Devloper Advocate |
| Three years ago I attended a coding bootcamp. Today I became a Google Developer Advocate | Jennifer Bland | 1 | A great blog post about becoming a Google Developer Expert |
| What the heck is a Developer Advocate? | Wassim Chegham | 1 | A great blog post about what a Developer Advocate is |
| I'm Now a Developer Advocate at Google! | Robert Nyman | 1 | One Developers Career Path |
| How I got into developer advocacy | Josh Dzielak | 1 | One Developers Career Path |
| Proving Developer Relations | Mike Stowe | 1 | How to keep your job in Developer Relations |
| DevRel and the Increasing Popularity of the Developer Advocate | The NewStack | 1 | The Increasing Popularity of the Developer Advocate |
| 5 qualities of great open source developer advocates | OpenSource.com | 1 | Whether you're looking to hire a developer advocate or become one, here are the qualities to aim for |
| How I became a Technology Evangelist | Timo Elliot | 1 | Don't wait for someone to appoint you, just do it |
| Introducing Twilio Developer Evangelist Rachel Black | Twilio | 1 | Ex-teacher turned developer turned developer evangelist checking in. It’s been a winding road to my destination at Twilio, via meetups, bootcamps and hackathons. This is my journey from classroom to (online) conferences. |
| The 3 C’s of Developer Relations | SendGrid | 1 | A lot of people ask what a Developer Evangelist does, and the answers can vary a bit depending on which company they work for, and how the team is placed within the organization. Regardless of the tactics in place, all of them are based on a few core principles of Developer Relations, which I call the 3 C’s: Community, Code, and Content. |
| The Core Competencies of Developer Relations | Reto Meier | 1 | Building a Team That Can Change the World. |
| Best Practices for Community Managers | Devada | 1 | Developers enabling developers |
| Name | Author | Step | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developer, Advocate!: Conversations on turning a passion for talking about tech into a career | Geertjan Wielenga | 1 | A great book |
| Developer Marketing and Relations: The Essential Guide | SlashData | 1 | A great book |
| The Business Value of Developer Relations | Mary Thengvall | 1 | The Business Value of Developer Relations: How and Why Technical Communities Are Key To Your Success |
| The Developer's Guide to Content Creation | Stephani Morillo | 1 | A great book |
| Badass: Making Users Awesome | Kathy Sierra | 1 | A great book |
| Success in Programming | Frederic Harper | 1 | How to Gain Recognition, Power, and Influence Through Personal Branding |
| The Developer Evangelist Handbook | Chris Heilmann | 1 | The Developer Evangelist Handbook |
| The Developer Advocacy Handbook | Chris Heilmann | 1 | The Developer Advocacy Handbook |
| Name | Author | Step | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Community Builder | MARY THENGVALL | 1 | Mother of Communities |
| Microsoft Developer Advocates | Microsoft | 1 | All the current Microsoft avocados |
| Jessica Rose | Jessica Rose | 1 | Jessica Rose is a technology professional and keynote speaker specializing in community building, outreach and developing better processes for talent in technology |
| Top 20 Developer Advocates to Follow in 2020 | White Space | 1 | List of Top 20 Developer Advocates to Follow in 2020 |
| Name | Author | Step | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working in Developer Relations with Kim Maida on RealTalkJS #95 | John Papa | 1 | Kim Maida joins John, Ward, and Dan to talk about her career in developer relations - what her journey has been like, reasons to get into dev rel, what to look for when hiring someone in developer relations, how to bring feedback from the field to your product team, and processes Kim has set up to make developer relations easier for everyone |