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Developer, Advocate!

By : Geertjan Wielenga
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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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Introducing Regine Gilbert

Regine Gilbert is a user experience designer based in New York City. She is a professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, where she teaches user experience design to students in the Integrated Digital Media program. Regine has taught at General Assembly in New York City and is an alum of its part-time UX program. She has more than 10 years of experience in the tech arena with much focus on inclusion and accessibility. Regine has a strong belief in making the world a more accessible place and is passionate about advocating for good user experience that starts and ends with the user. Find Regine on Twitter: @reg_inee.

Geertjan Wielenga: You're a designer, but you interact a lot with developers and you promote your vision of user interface (UI) design. Do you see yourself as an advocate?

Regine Gilbert: I feel that, as a user experience (UX) designer, I advocate for the user, ultimately, but that means not making things hard for the developer either.

Geertjan...