Chris Heilmann
Developer Advocacy in accelerated times
#1about 4 minutes
Defining the dual role of a developer advocate
A developer advocate acts as a translator between technical staff and the company, handling both internal and external communication.
#2about 1 minute
The business benefits of developer relations
Effective DevRel improves talent retention and product maintainability internally while driving product sales and partner acquisition externally.
#3about 2 minutes
Recognizing the danger signs in modern DevRel
The DevRel field has become diluted with marketing roles, leading to a focus on hiring social media personalities over nurturing internal technical experts.
#4about 3 minutes
New focus areas for developer relations teams
DevRel should focus on bridging the gap between job offers and CVs, creating clear developer career paths, and measuring developer worth beyond lines of code.
#5about 4 minutes
Practical initiatives to engage and retain developers
Companies can boost developer engagement and retention through internal presentations, research time, lightning talks, and maintaining open source repositories.
#6about 2 minutes
Finding quality technical content beyond social media
Avoid interaction-bait on social media and instead find valuable technical content for your team through curated newsletters and RSS feeds.
#7about 3 minutes
A walkthrough of the Dev Digest newsletter
The speaker showcases their curated newsletter and link archive tool as an example of providing valuable, categorized content to developers.
#8about 2 minutes
Using open source to find and vet talent
To find skilled and collaborative developers, companies should look at candidates' contributions and interactions on open source projects like GitHub.
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