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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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The problems with social media

Reza Rahman: I rely on social media a bit, but it's really difficult in some senses because some people's Twitter feeds are just product marketing or them trying to sell something. An agenda is very obvious from their Twitter streams and it's kind of annoying to follow people like that.

You'll have the same issues if you try to stay up to date with politics through Twitter. To anyone trying to do that, I wish you luck! You can get very one-sided views. It's really difficult to get a clear picture from social media and that's why you need to rely on the free press to some extent. That's true of tech as well.

I do read DZone and InfoQ. I just scan the headlines. If there's something I need to know about, then I set aside some time to go and investigate it. Knative is one of those things. I wasn't aware of it maybe even a few months ago.

I would say that about 20% of my research is on social media, and another...