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Developer, Advocate!

By : Geertjan Wielenga
Book Image

Developer, Advocate!

By: Geertjan Wielenga

Overview of this book

What exactly is a developer advocate, and how do they connect developers and companies around the world? Why is the area of developer relations set to explode? Can anybody with a passion for tech become a developer advocate? What are the keys to success on a global scale? How does a developer advocate maintain authenticity when balancing the needs of their company and their tech community? What are the hot topics in areas including Java, JavaScript, "tech for good," artificial intelligence, blockchain, the cloud, and open source? These are just a few of the questions addressed by developer advocate and author Geertjan Wielenga in Developer, Advocate!. 32 of the industry's most prominent developer advocates, from companies including Oracle, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, open up about what it's like to turn a lifelong passion for knowledge sharing about tech into a rewarding career. These advocates run the gamut from working at large software vendors to small start-ups, along with independent developer advocates who work within organizations or for themselves. In Developer, Advocate!, readers will see how developer advocates are actively changing the world, not only for developers, but for individuals and companies navigating the fast-changing tech landscape. More importantly, Developer, Advocate! serves as a rallying cry to inspire and motivate tech enthusiasts and burgeoning developer advocates to get started and take their first steps within their tech community.
Table of Contents (36 chapters)
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Other Books You May Enjoy
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Index
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Helping companies

Tracy Lee: Yes, and then we do things to support that. A lot of enterprise companies, for example, will come to us and say, "We want to open source our project." But the company may only know that it wants to open source something because the term "open source" has become buzzword-y, so we'll talk through that. Many enterprise companies don't understand the idea of open source, so their ultimate goal, especially in marketing and sales, is determining how to generate revenue or how to immediately sell.

A lot of developer relations teams also work on developer experience. They ask, "How do we actually onboard somebody? What's our open-source strategy? Does it actually work? Is it going to be effective long term? Does it seem too corporate? Does it sit well with developers?"

There are certain things you can do. You can reach out to influencers and get them to spread the word, but nobody's going to listen to you if you...