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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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Battling technical issues

Ray Tsang: Yes, there have been a few times when the adapter was faulty, but I didn't figure that out until, say, 20 minutes in. One time, the screen was projected and it just went off, then after about five minutes it came back on. We had no idea why that was happening. There was nothing I could do. I couldn't really just stop, so I tried to talk through the concepts and do as much as I could.

As you know, I do a lot of live demos. If I can't do live demos, I have to talk through the concepts in more detail and that becomes a very difficult thing to do.

There was another time when I had to do the entire presentation from the back because the connection in the front didn't work, so there was no way for me to project my screen. I actually had to, after about 10 minutes of introduction, run to the back of the room, and sit right next to the A/V people.

If there's a complete outage of Internet, then what can you do? Life goes on. That&apos...