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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
35
Index
36
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Introducing Scott Davis

Scott Davis is a web architect and principal engineer with ThoughtWorks, where he focuses on innovative and non-traditional aspects of web development. He was also the founder of ThirstyHead, a Denver-based training and software development consultancy, where he became convinced that having the freedom to be honest about a product was the only way to speak about it with real enthusiasm. Scott has written a number of articles and books about web development and over the past 10 years has built a reputation as a hugely engaging keynote speaker on developer advocacy. Find Scott on Twitter: @scottdavis99

Geertjan Wielenga: To begin with, do you consider yourself to be a tech evangelist or a developer advocate, or something along those lines?