Book Image

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)
34
Other Books You May Enjoy
35
Index
36
Packt

An average day for a developer advocate

Tim Berglund: My answer will be colored by the fact that I'm a leader of a developer relations team, so an individual contributor would have a slightly different answer.

On the road, I can be speaking at a conference during the day or traveling to a conference in the evening. There are meetings with people too. Those people might work with completely different tech or they might be people in my tech community who I'm catching up with. Maybe we're only going to see each other twice this year, so I have a lot of relationship maintenance to do in a short time.

At the same time, I still need to be on certain calls. I also need to attend to emails and Slack. Being on the road doesn't mean that office life stops. Since I'm the leader of a team, those management responsibilities don't go away.

At home, it will again be email, Slack, or phone calls that dominate my day. Every once in a while, I'll have some time...